Early life and career

Arend was born in the Manhattan borough of New York City. His mother is Pakistani and his father is of German and English ancestry. He graduated from New York City's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in 1996. In 1998, Arend joined the cast of Daria as the voice artist for obnoxious flirt Charles "Upchuck" Ruttheimer III. He would voice Upchuck until the end of the series in 2002, as well as in the video game Daria's Inferno. After the show finished, Arend landed small roles in films such as Super Troopers and Bubble Boy. He played a mentally challenged man in the film The Ringer, and then had a supporting role in the romantic comedy (500) Days of Summer. On October 11, 2009, Arend married actress Christina Hendricks, who is known for her role in Mad Men.

Arend previously appeared in the medical drama television series Body of Proof, which aired on ABC from March 29, 2011 to May 28, 2013 and currently plays speech writer Matt Mahoney on the CBS drama Madam Secretary.

Personal life

On October 11, 2009, he married actress Christina Hendricks. Hendricks has said in interviews that she and Arend do not plan to have children.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Super Troopers	College Boy 3
2001	Bubble Boy	Flipper Boy
2003	It Runs in the Family	Malik
2003	Tale of Two Pizzas, AA Tale of Two Pizzas	Johnny
2004	Garden State	Karl Benson
2005	Press to Say 2	Temp Agent (voice)	Short film
2005	Ringer, TheThe Ringer	Winston
2006	National Lampoon's Pledge This!	Dax / Mother / Photographer
2007	Loveless in Los Angeles	Ryan
2007	Killing Zelda Sparks	Terry Seville
2008	She Pedals Fast (For a Girl)	Catcaller	Short film
2008	American Carol, AnAn American Carol	Mohammed
2009	Paper Tigers	Meu	Short film
2009	(500) Days of Summer	McKenzie
2010	Peep World	Dr. Novak
2010	Devil	Vince McCormick
2011	Quirky Girl		Short film
2012	Save the Date	Kevin
2014	Beach Pillows	Morgan Midwood
2014	Worst Friends	Jeremy
2016	The Angry Birds Movie	Day Care Teacher (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997-2001	Daria	Charles 'Upchuck' Ruttheimer III (voice)	Recurring role (21 episodes)
2002	Undeclared	Jimmy	Episode: "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs"
2002	Is It College Yet?	Charles 'Upchuck' Ruttheimer III (voice)	TV film
2002	Porn 'n Chicken	Andy	TV film
2003	Hey Joel	David Faustino / Intercom Voice / Moby (voice)	Episode: "Judgment Day"
2003	Guiding Light	Gavin Strong / The Mole (voice)	Episode: "dated 11 June 2003"
2003	Law & Order	Jeffrey	Episode: "Bounty"
2004	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Daris Macelvoy	Episode: "Conscience"
2004	Wrong Coast, TheThe Wrong Coast	Various Celebrity Voices	Unknown episodes
2005	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Game Designer	Episode: "Game"
2006	Love Monkey	Kyle	Episodes: "The Window"
2007	Making It Legal	Ethan	TV film
2008	Greek	Egyptian Joe	2 episodes
2009	Trust Me	Hector Culligan	Main role (13 episodes)
2009	Rex	Jeffrey Wagstaff	TV film
2009	Private Practice	Jimmy	Episode: "Slip Slidin' Away"
2010	Medium	Andy Seward	Episode: "Allison Rolen Got Married"
2010	Closer, TheThe Closer	Wayne West	Episode: "In Custody"
2011-2013	Body of Proof	Ethan Gross	Main role (42 episodes)
2013	Neil's Puppet Dreams	DJ	Episode: "Bollywood"
2014	Grey's Anatomy	Thom	Episode: "Throwing it All Away"
2014	Garfunkel & Oates	Todd	Episode: "The Fadeaway"
2014-present	Madam Secretary	Matt Mahoney	Main role

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Daria's Inferno	Charles 'Upchuck' Ruttheimer III
2004	Red Dead Revolver	Mr. Black / Prof. Perry / Cowboys #6
2004	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	Pedestrian
2005	Warriors, TheThe Warriors	Hi Hat
2006	Neverwinter Nights 2	Cain / Githyanki Lieutenant / Vashne
2007	Manhunt 2	The Legion
2008	Grand Theft Auto IV	The Crowd of Liberty City

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