Early life

Krumholtz was born in Queens, New York City. He is the son of Judy, a dental assistant, and Michael Krumholtz, a postal worker. He grew up in a "very working-class, almost poor" Jewish family. His mother moved from Hungary to the U.S. in 1956, and his paternal grandparents emigrated from Poland.

Career

At the age of 13, Krumholtz followed his friends to an open audition for the Broadway play Conversations with My Father (1992). When he tried out, he won the role of Young Charlie, with Judd Hirsch, Tony Shalhoub and Jason Biggs, who was also making his Broadway debut. Soon after his run on Broadway, Krumholtz co-starred in two feature films, Life With Mikey (1993) with Michael J. Fox and Addams Family Values (1993) with Christina Ricci. For his role in Mikey, David was nominated for a 1993 Young Artist Award. Although his work in these two films garnered him critical attention, David is probably best known by children as the sarcastic head elf Bernard from The Santa Clause (1994) and its sequel The Santa Clause 2 (2002). Because of filming overlap with Numb3rs, he was unable to take part in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006).

In 1994, Krumholtz co-starred in his first television series, Monty, with Henry Winkler; the show lasted only a few episodes. Krumholtz later starred in several short-lived series over the years. Along the way, he had the opportunity to work with Jason Bateman (Chicago Sons, 1997), Tom Selleck (The Closer, 1998), Jon Cryer (The Trouble with Normal, 2000), and Rob Lowe (The Lyon's Den, 2003). In 2005 he finally found television success with the CBS series Numbers. Along with his starring roles on television, Krumholtz made guest appearances on ER as schizophrenic patient Paul Sobriki, as well as on Law & Order, Undeclared, Lucky, and Freaks and Geeks.

He broke out of the children's movie genre with The Ice Storm (1997), directed by Ang Lee, and Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), starring Alan Arkin and Natasha Lyonne. In 1999, David starred as Michael Eckman in the popular teen movie 10 Things I Hate About You with Larisa Oleynik, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Julia Stiles, and Heath Ledger. That same year, he portrayed a completely different teen character - that of Yussel, a young conflicted Jewish man in Liberty Heights (1999).

It was the role of Yussel that brought Krumholtz to the attention of actor and filmmaker Edward Burns, who cast him in the independent film Sidewalks of New York (2001). Playing the romantic and slightly obsessed Benny, Krumholtz was on a path to larger, more complex film roles. His first role as a leading man was in the romantic comedy You Stupid Man (2002), opposite Milla Jovovich. Although never released theatrically in the United States, You Stupid Man, directed by Edward Burns's brother Brian Burns, was released on DVD (2006). Krumholtz carried his first leading role in a released American film when he starred Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie (2002), which premiered on FX Networks.

Big Shot was a true story based on the Arizona State University basketball fixing scandal in 1994. Krumholtz played Benny Silman, a college student and campus bookmaker, who was jailed for his part in shaving points off key Arizona State basketball games. Benny was unlike any character Krumholtz had played before; and he garnered critical praise for his performance, proving that he was not just a sidekick.

In 2005, Krumholtz played Max in My Suicidal Sweetheart (formerly Max and Grace), once again starring opposite actress Natasha Lyonne. Krumholtz also returned to smaller key roles in the successful films Ray (2004) and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004). In September 2005, he was seen in Joss Whedon's science fiction film Serenity as "Mr. Universe", a hacker and information broker. Most recently, in early 2006, Krumholtz's 2003 film Kill the Poor screened in New York City at IFC Center and across the country on Comcast's On Demand cable service.

He played Charlie Eppes, a mathematical genius who helped his brother Don (Rob Morrow), an FBI agent, solve crimes using mathematics, on CBS' show Numbers. The cast of Numbers also included Judd Hirsch and Peter MacNicol, who appeared with him in Addams Family Values as a camp counselor. Television critic Matt Roush (TV Guide) called Krumholtz's work on Numbers "probably his best TV work to date". Numbers was officially cancelled by CBS on May 18, 2010.

In 2012, Krumholtz was cast opposite Michael Urie in CBS' comedy TV series Partners but the show was cancelled after six episodes.

Personal life

He appeared in two documentaries on the Knocked Up DVD (one being staged and the other being genuine). "Gummy: The Sixth Roommate" tells the true story of how David dropped out of the film to play the lead part in a Woody Allen movie in Paris that got canceled before production, and Apatow would not write him back into his script. He would have played one of the main character's five roommates (along with other Freaks and Geeks alumni Seth Rogen, Jason Segel and Martin Starr). Friend and fellow Freaks actor Jason Segel appears with him in a short scene in Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny.

On May 22, 2010, Krumholtz married actress Vanessa Britting (born Vanessa Almeda Goonan), at The Plaza Hotel, in New York City; they had been engaged since July 2008. They have a daughter, Pemma Mae Krumholtz, who was born in 2014.

In July 2011, Krumholtz was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and began a radioactive iodine treatment five months later. At the end of January 2012, he was diagnosed cancer-free.

Filmography

Film

Film key

Dagger	Note
	Films with school cast

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Life with Mikey	Barry Corman
1993	Addams Family Values	Joel Glicker
1994	The Santa Clause	Bernard the Elf
1997	The Ice Storm	Francis Davenport
1998	Slums of Beverly Hills	Ben Abromowitz
1999	10 Things I Hate About You	Michael Eckman
1999	Liberty Heights	Yussel
2000	How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog	Brian Sellars
2001	The Mexican	Beck
2001	Sidewalks of New York	Benjamin Bazler
2001	Two Can Play That Game	Jason
2001	According to Spencer	Ezra
2002	Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie	Benny Silman	Television film
2002	You Stupid Man	Owen
2002	The Santa Clause 2	Bernard the Arch-elf
2002	Cheats	Evan Rosengarden
2003	Scorched	Max
2003	Kill the Poor	Joe Peltz
2004	Looking for Kitty	Abe Fiannico
2004	Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle	Goldstein
2004	Ray	Milt Shaw
2005	My Suicidal Sweetheart	Max
2005	Guess Who	Jerry MacNamara	Uncredited
2005	Serenity	Mr. Universe
2006	American Storage	Kurt	Short film
2006	The Nail	Daniel	Short film
2006	Bobby	Agent Phil
2006	Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny	Frat boy #2	Uncredited
2007	Live!	Rex
2007	Superbad	Benji Austin
2007	Battle for Terra	Terrian Commander (voice)
2007	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Schwartzberg
2008	Demption	Detective Joseph Schneider	Short film
2008	Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay	Goldstein
2009	I Love You, Man	Sydney's buddy #3	Uncredited
2011	Mr. Popper's Penguins	Kent
2011	A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas	Goldstein
2013	The Big Ask	Andrew
2013	This Is the End	David Krumholtz
2013	Tuna	Getty
2014	The Judge	Mike Kattan
2015	I Saw the Light	James Dolan
2016	Little Men
2016	Hail, Caesar!	Communist screenwriter #4
2016	Sausage Party	Vash (voice)
2016	Casual Encounters	Sammy Deetz	Post-production
2017	Gabriel Lim's DeanMen Means Day	Manny (voice)	Pre-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Law & Order	Scott Fisher	Episode: "Sweeps"
1994	Monty	David Richardson	5 episodes
1995	Pig Sty	Timmy	Episode: "Tess Makes the Man"
1997	Chicago Sons	Billy Kulchak	13 episodes
1997	Justice League of America	Martin Walters	Pilot
1997	Union Square	Russell	2 episodes
1998	Closer, TheThe Closer	Bruno Verma	10 episodes
2000-2002	ER	Paul Sobriki	3 episodes
2000	The Trouble with Normal	Bob Wexler	13 episodes
2000	Freaks and Geeks	Barry Schweiber	Episode: "Noshing and Moshing"
2001-2002	Undeclared	Greg	2 episodes
2003	Lucky	Tony	Episode: "Savant"
2003	The Lyon's Den	Jeff Fineman	13 episodes
2005-2010	Numbers	Charlie Eppes	118 episodes
2007	Wainy Days	Ortez	Episode: "Tough Guy"
2010	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Vincent Prochik	Episode: "Wet"
2011	The Playboy Club	Billy Rosen	7 episodes
2012	Raising Hope	Carl	2 episodes
2012	Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23	Patrick Kelly	Episode: "Shitagi Nashi..."
2012	The Newsroom	Dr. Jacob "Jack" Habib	3 episodes
2012	Partners	Joe Goodman	13 episodes
2012	Childrens Hospital	Dookie	Episode: "Wisedocs"
2013-2014	The League	Joel Cocque	2 episodes
2014	Newsreaders	Mark Jones	Episode: "Motorboating Dads; the Negative $100,000 Question"
2014	Key & Peele	Terrorist #3	Episode: "Terrorist Meeting"
2014	Men at Work	Myron	5 episodes
2014-2016	The Good Wife	Josh Mariner	7 episodes
2015-2016	Mom	Gregory Muchnick	5 episodes
2015	Forever	1984 Abe	Episode: "Punk is Dead"
2015	All Hail King Julien	Timo (voice)
2015	Gigi Does It	Gigi	8 episodes; also co-creator and executive producer
2015	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Himself	Episode: "David Krumholtz Wears a Blue Zip-Up Jacket and Grey Sneakers"
2015	Master of None	Nathan	Episode: "Plan B"

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992-1993	Conversations with My Father	Young Charlie	Royale Theatre March 22, 1992 - March 14, 1993

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