H. Jon Benjamin
Biography
H. Jon Benjamin is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and musician known for voice roles in adult animated series. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, he began in Boston comedy with Sam Seder and later joined David Cross's Cross Comedy. His early voice work included Ben on Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist and Coach McGuirk and Jason Penopolis on Home Movies. He went on to voice Sterling Archer on Archer and Bob Belcher on Bob's Burgers. His screen work includes a cameo in Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (2007), the voice of Carl in the Family Guy Star Wars parody Something, Something, Something, Dark Side, and the voice of Boy in Boy Kills World (2024). He co-created and starred in Jon Benjamin Has a Van, released a jazz album, and wrote a comedic autobiography. In 2014, Vulture's TV Awards named him the year's best male comedy performer for Archer and Bob's Burgers.
60years old
Turns 61 on May 23in 194 days
- Born Worcester
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Also credited as Jon Benjamin
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 27 years1998 to 2025
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A change of course
Benjamin began his comedy career in Boston, where he was part of a duo with Sam Seder and later a member of Cross Comedy, a team led by David Cross. For his first seven years, he worked almost exclusively in groups.
Behind the camera
Benjamin's comedic autobiography, Failure is an Option: An Attempted Memoir, came out from Penguin Random House in May 2018, and he narrated the audiobook version himself.
Behind the camera
Benjamin co-created the Comedy Central series Jon Benjamin Has a Van with comedian Leo Allen; it debuted on May 14, 2011, and ran for 10 episodes, the last airing on August 10, 2011.
H. Jon Benjamin movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Family Guy Presents: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side2009as Carl as Yoda
IMDb rating 7.77.4K votes
Worked with
H. Jon Benjamin shares two films with Kevin Kline, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Kevin Kline's page
Mila Kunis's page
Susan Sarandon's page
Kevin Michael Richardson's page
Dolph Lundgren's page
James Caan's page
Moritz MohrDirector, 1 film, 2024
All films by Moritz Mohr
Bernard DerrimanDirector, 1 film, 2022
All films by Bernard Derriman
Loren BouchardDirector, 1 film, 2022
All films by Loren Bouchard
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.