Early life

Benjamin was born on May 23, 1966 to a Jewish family in Worcester, Massachusetts, and graduated from Worcester Academy in 1984.

Career

Benjamin's comedy career began at age twenty-four in Boston where he was in a comedy duo with Sam Seder, then a member of Cross Comedy, a comedy team led by David Cross. For approximately the first seven years of his career, Benjamin almost exclusively worked in groups rather than independently. Afterwards, his independent work remained more experimental, rejecting traditional styles of stand-up comedy.

Benjamin's live projects include the Midnight Pajama Jam, a show performed in New York City with Jon Glaser, and Tinkle, a show combining stand-up comedy and live music co-hosted by Todd Barry and David Cross. A Midnight Pajama Jam DVD is currently in production. He and Cross also appear together on the album Invite Them Up.

He was the guest on Space Ghost Coast to Coast in its eighty-first episode "King Dead" on December 17, 1999 where Zorak and Moltar kidnapped him. He has appeared in the television show Cheap Seats, on ESPN Classic, as "Gene Stapleton" and "Rabbi Marc Shalowitz". He co-starred in Todd Barry's short film Borrowing Saffron, and portrayed a talking can of vegetables with a shameful habit of autofellatio in the film Wet Hot American Summer. He also made short cameos in Not Another Teen Movie as the football trainer and on the FX Network comedy-drama Rescue Me as the pimp "F-bomb" in season two. He can also be seen in Turbocharge- the Unauthorized Story of the Cars, a comedy biopic about 80's rock band The Cars, playing the role of Cars' manager Elliot Roberts in his usual deadpan comedic delivery.

Benjamin has done extensive voice work in animated TV shows. His credits include starring roles in several Soup2Nuts cartoon shows, such as Science Court, Home Movies, O'Grady, Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, and Assy McGee. He also co-created the show Freak Show with his friend David Cross. Benjamin also starred as the Devil and multiple other roles in Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil, which ran for one season on Adult Swim beginning September 9, 2007. Benjamin also plays a recurring character on the PBS Kids series WordGirl, and is the announcer for The Sam Seder Show and the recently revived The Majority Report. He also did the voice of "Shelly", Sam Seder's accountant, on Breakroom Live with Maron & Seder.

Benjamin has made guest appearances in several animated shows. He was in the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episodes "Bus of the Undead" and "The Last One" as Mothmonsterman, in "Broodwich" as Mr. Sticks, in "Bible Fruit" as Mortimer Mango, and played the live-action role of Master Shake in "Last Last One Forever and Ever", credited as Capt. Turd Mahoy. He also made a cameo appearance as a government agent in the film Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters alongside frequent collaborator Jon Glaser. He has appeared in Family Guy as Carl, a movie trivia obsessed convenience store clerk who also portrayed Yoda in the Star Wars parody episode "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side".

Other notable recent appearances include The Venture Bros., in the episodes "Escape to the House of Mummies Part II," "I Know Why the Caged Bird Kills," and "The Better Man," in which he played Dr. Orpheus's master—who appears in the form of Cerberus, Catherine the Great's horse and, in "The Better Man", both Dr. Orpheus's ex-wife and a future Dean Venture, respectively. He also appeared in the Stella short "Bar", which can be found as an easter egg on the Season 1 DVD. Benjamin appeared on the Comedy Central sketch/variety show Important Things with Demetri Martin and had nearly as much screen time as Martin himself.

In 2009 Benjamin, along with David Cross, created and wrote for Paid Programming, a live action television pilot for Cartoon Network's late night programing block, Adult Swim. Paid Programming was not picked up for a full series, this was confirmed when Benjamin referred to it as an "abject failure".

Benjamin was featured in a Super Bowl XLIII Bud Light commercial with Conan O'Brien and was responsible for the McCain Girls videos on YouTube. He voices Sterling Archer, a secret agent in the FX series Archer that first aired January 14, 2010. He has also appeared in several segments of the television show Human Giant and had a cameo in the American Dad! episode "License to Till" as a talking head of cabbage.

Benjamin starred in the Comedy Central series Jon Benjamin Has a Van, which he co-created with comedian Leo Allen. The series debuted on May 14, 2011; a total of 10 episodes aired, the last on August 10, 2011.

Beginning in 2013, Benjamin's voice can be heard as the narrator of a series of TV commercials for Coke Zero, including some with tie-ins to ESPN's College Game Day program.

In 2014 Benjamin was named as the year's best male comedy performer for his work on Bob's Burgers and Archer by the Vulture TV Awards, a digital expansion of New York magazine.

In 2015, Benjamin released his first jazz album, "Well, I Should Have...". Benjamin played piano and was joined by Scott Kreitzer on sax, David Finck on bass, and Jonathan Preitz on drums.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Who's the Caboose?	Ken Fold
1998	Next Stop Wonderland	Eric
2000	Happy Accidents	Reveler #1
2001	Wet Hot American Summer	Can of Vegetables (voice)
2001	Not Another Teen Movie	Trainer
2002	Martin & Orloff	Keith
2002	Borrowing Saffron	Ron	Short film
2003	Temptation	Kevin
2004	New York Minute	Vendor
2007	Puberty: The Movie	The Torah / Uncle Irving
2007	Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters	CIA Agent #1 (voice)
2007	The Ten	Lying Rhyno (voice)
2008	The Toe Tactic	Police Officer
2008	A Bad Situationist	Isaiah
2008	Turbocharge: the Unauthorized Story of the Cars	Dance Instructor
2014	22 Jump Street	MCS Coach	Uncredited
2014	Jason Nash Is Married	Dennis
2015	Creative Control	Gary Gass
2015	Limbo	Jim	Short film
2015	Hell & Back	The Tree (voice)

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Understanding	Quark	Episode: "Uncertainty"
1995-1999 2002	Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist	Ben / Various voices	80 episodes; also writer
1997	The Chris Rock Show	Third man on the street	Episode: "1.4"
1997	The Jenny McCarthy Show	Various roles	6 episodes
1997-2000	Science Court	Prof. Nick Parsons (voice)	29 episodes
1998	Sex and the City	Jeff	Episode: "Bay of Married Pigs"
1998	Upright Citizens Brigade	Various roles	10 episodes
1999	Dick and Paula Celebrity Special	Various voices	2 episodes; also writer
1999-2004	Home Movies	Coach John McGuirk / Jason Penopolis / Various voices	52 episodes; also writer, producer
1999	Space Ghost Coast to Coast	Himself	Episode: "King Dead"
2001-2009	Aqua Teen Hunger Force	Various voices	5 episodes
2002	Saddle Rash	Gummy / Tommy Morgan (voices)	Television pilot; also writer
2004	Pilot Season	Ken Fold	2 episodes
2004-2006	Cheap Seats: Without Ron Parker	Rabbi Marc Shalowitz / Gene Stapleton	4 episodes
2004-2006	O'Grady	Kevin Harnisch / Iris / Philip (voices)	19 episodes
2005	Rescue Me	Gary	Episode: "Rebirth"
2005-2006	Sunday Pants	Bob the Log	Featured on the Travel Logs shorts by Stuart Hill.
2005-2007	Lucy, The Daughter of the Devil	Satan / Special Father #1 (voices)	11 episodes; also writer
2006	Freak Show	Tuck / Various voices	7 episodes; also co-creator, writer, executive producer
2006-2012	The Venture Bros.	The Master (voice)	4 episodes
2006-present	Family Guy	Carl	25 episodes
2006-2008	Assy McGee	The Mayor / Various voices	19 episodes; also writer, consulting producer
2007-present	WordGirl	Reginald / InvisiBill / Jewelry Store Clerk / Additional voices	30 episodes
2007-2008	Human Giant	Various characters	4 episodes; also consultant writer
2009	Michael and Michael Have Issues	Larry	Episode: "Frog Box"
2009	Paid Programming	Various Characters	Television pilot Co-creator, writer, executive producer
2009	Parks and Recreation	Scott Braddock	Episode: "Kaboom"
2009	Titan Maximum	Tap Banister (voice)	Episode: "Dirty Lansbury"
2009-present	Archer	Sterling Archer (voice)	75 episodes
2009-2010	Important Things with Demetri Martin	Various characters	7 episodes; also writer, co-producer
2011	Jon Benjamin Has a Van	Host	10 episodes; also co-creator, writer, executive producer
2011	Soul Quest Overdrive	Mortimer (voice)	6 episodes; also co-creator, co-writer
2011-present	Bob's Burgers	Bob Belcher / Jimmy Pesto Jr. / Ms. LaBonz (voices)	93 episodes
2011	American Dad!	Talking Cabbage (voice)	Episode: "License to Till"
2012	Suburgatory	Tabitha	Episode: "Ryan's Song"
2012	Ugly Americans	Dick Maggotbone (voice)	Episode: "Mark Loves Dick"
2013	Nathan For You	Himself	Episode: "Yogurt Shop/Pizzeria"
2014	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Ben	Episode: "State Legislatures and ALEC"
2014	Family Guy	Bob Belcher (voice)	Episode: "The Simpsons Guy"
2015	Conan	Sterling Archer (voice)	Episode: "677"
2015	Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	Mitch/Can of Vegetables	4 episodes
2015	The Jim Gaffigan Show	Kevin	Episode: "The Bible Story"
2015	The Adventures of Puss in Boots	Baltasar (voice)	Episode: "Luck"
2015	Master of None	Benjamin	3 episodes
2015	All Hail King Julien	Fred	Episode: "The King Who Would Be King"
2016	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Scientist	Season 3, Episode 11. Scientific Studies segment

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