Rob Benedict
Biography
Rob Benedict is an American actor, writer and musician who has built a career across television, film, and music. Born in Columbia, Missouri, he studied performance at Northwestern University. His television work includes Felicity, where he played Richard Coad, Threshold as physicist Lucas Pegg, and Supernatural, where he portrayed the writer Chuck Shurley, later revealed as God and the show's main antagonist. He also recurred on Lucifer as Vincent LeMec and appeared on Alias, Bosch, Masters of Sex, and NCIS: New Orleans. His film credits include Waiting... (2005), in which he starred as Calvin, its sequel Still Waiting... (2009), A Little Help (2010), The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest (2002), and 30 Miles from Nowhere (2018). Benedict wrote, produced, and starred in the short film The Sidekick and the series Kings of Con, and he is the frontman of the band Louden Swain.
56years old
Turns 57 on September 21in 344 days
- Born Columbia
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as Robert Patrick Benedict
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 23 years2002 to 2025
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Behind the camera
Rob Benedict took on writing, producing and starring duties for The Sidekick, a 30 minute short film from 2013. Jordan Peele, Lizzy Caplan, Ike Barinholtz, Ron Livingston and Jason Ritter were among its cast.
Behind the camera
Benedict created and starred in the 2017 series Kings of Con with Richard Speight Jr., drawing on their real convention experiences; it first aired on Comic-ConHQ.
Beyond film
Benedict plays guitar and sings lead for Louden Swain, a band from Los Angeles that has released eleven albums. He also put out a solo album called Leave the Light On.
Behind the camera
Benedict helped write and acted in Lifetripper, an independent short film that first showed at the LA Short Film Festival. He also helped write and took the part of Miles Davis-Davidson in the Unauthorized Hangover 2 Documentary.
Rob Benedict movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Michael J. Weithorn directed two of these films. Seven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Michael J. WeithornDirector, 2 films, 2010 to 2025
All films by Michael J. Weithorn
Also two films together1 more actor
- Seana KofoedClearMind (2024) and 30 Miles from Nowhere (2018)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.