Seth Green
Seth Green | |
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 Seth Green in July 2011. | |
| Born | Seth Benjamin Green February 8, 1974 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian, voice actor, writer, producer, television director |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Spouse | Clare Grant (2010–present) |
| Website | www |
Seth Benjamin Green (born February 8, 1974) is an American actor, comedian, voice actor, television producer and screenwriter. Green is the creator and executive producer and most-frequent voice on Adult Swim's Robot Chicken, where he is also a writer and director. He directed many of the Robot Chicken specials including Robot Chicken: Star Wars and Robot Chicken's DC Comics Special. He's starred in the feature films, "The Italian Job," "Party Monster," "Can't Hardly Wait," "Without a Paddle" and all three "Austin Powers" films, among many others. Next up is "Sexy, Evil Genius" and "The Story of Luke." He is also well known for his role as Chris Griffin on Fox's "Family Guy" and previously as Daniel "Oz" Osbourne in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and "Greg the Bunny." He also voices Lieutenant Gibbs in Titan Maximum and Jeff "Joker" Moreau in the Mass Effect video game series. Green has appeared in many other movies, such as Rat Race, "America's Sweethearts," "Old Dogs" and as a child in Woody Allen's Radio Days, and in the horror films Stephen King's It and Idle Hands.
Early life
Green, whose birth name was Seth Benjamin Green, was born and raised in Philadelphia. After a camp production of Hello, Dolly!, Green decided that he wanted to be an actor.
Career
Early work
Green's first movie-role was in the 1984 film Billions for Boris. At eight, Green landed his first film assignment, a co-starring role in the 1984 film The Hotel New Hampshire with Jodie Foster and Rob Lowe. He appeared in the 1987 film Can't Buy Me Love, playing the part of Patrick Dempsey's character's little brother, Chuckie Miller. He also starred in Woody Allen's Radio Days (1987) as Joe, a 1940s boy, and appeared in Big Business (1988) and, in the same year, in My Stepmother Is an Alien, which also starred Buffy the Vampire Slayer co-star Alyson Hannigan.
In 1991 Green rose to fame in a Rally's "Cha Ching" commercial, which earned him an appearance at the 1991 Super Bowl. Green was given a key to New Orleans in honor of his role in the popular commercial.[1]
Green appeared in the film It (as Richie Tozier, age 12), Ticks - 1993), all three Austin Powers movies as Dr. Evil's son, Scott, and Enemy of the State and The Italian Job as a computer specialist. He was also in the films Can't Hardly Wait, Rat Race, Without a Paddle, Idle Hands and Sex Drive. Green also had a role in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but the scene he was in was subsequently cut.
In 1994, he starred alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt in the short-lived series The Byrds of Paradise. He worked with Hewitt again in 1998's Can't Hardly Wait.
Seth is not related to Bruce Seth Green, who directed some episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. On occasion, some sources confuse the two and have credited Seth as the director.
Green has also been featured in roles on Greg the Bunny, Tucker, The X-Files, That '70s Show, Will & Grace, MADtv, Reno 911!, Entourage, Grey's Anatomy, "The Wonder Years (TV series)" Heroes and My Name Is Earl.
Family Guy
Green went in to the casting of an animated television sitcom called Family Guy, created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the dysfunctional Griffin family and stars MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis and Mike Henry. Green primarily voices Chris Griffin, the teenage son, who is overweight, unintelligent and, in many respects, a younger version of his father, Peter Griffin; and Neil Goldman, a geeky and annoying neighbor.[2] Green admittedly did an impression of the Buffalo Bill character from the thriller film The Silence of the Lambs during his audition.[3] His main inspiration for Chris' voice came from envisioning how "Buffalo Bill" would sound if he were speaking through a PA system at a McDonald's.[4]
After two episodes of the second season, Family Guy was taken off the network's permanent schedule and shown irregularly thereafter. The show returned in March 2000 to finish airing the second season which contained 21 episodes, all the cast came back for the series return. The third season contained 21 episodes and began airing from July 11, 2001 to February 14, 2002. During its second and third-season runs, Fox publicly announced that the show had been canceled at the end of the second season in 2002.[5] In spite of the announced cancellation, in 2003 Fox decided to make the third season.[6] During the third season, Fox announced that the show was canceled for good.[7][8] The series was renewed later in 2005 for its fourth season due to strong DVD sales and its syndication on basic-cable networks.[9][10] Once again Green and the rest of the cast came back for their voice works.
Neil Goldman is Mort's stereotypical nerdy son, who has an unrequited crush on Meg Griffin. He is the editor of the school newspaper and is part of the A/V Club. He is more confident than his father, so much so that he does not seem to realize that Meg has nothing but contempt for him. At one point in the series, both Neil and Meg become interns at Channel 5, and they share a kiss. Neil speaks with a lisp when he wears his retainer, but when he removes it, he speaks with a deep, smooth bass (cf. the apocryphal story that Demosthenes improved his elocutionary skills by holding stones in his mouth during everyday speech). Seth MacFarlane does his voice until Neil puts his retainer back in. He has made few appearances in the series in recent years, being absent entirely in the fifth and eighth seasons, and only making a silent cameo appearance during the ninth. "Peter's Daughter," "Stew-Roids" and "You Can't Do That on Television, Peter" are to date the only episodes since the fourth season where he has spoken (and in the latter, he only spoke one line).
Chris Griffin is the second child. He is fat, dim-witted, selfless, and emotionally effusive. A recurring gag was that an evil monkey lives in his closet, which he found out was not evil in the episode Hannah Banana. He also tries to fit in with his peers but clearly doesn't, because he has the brains of his father.
Later work
Green is a co-creator, Executive Producer, writer, director and most frequent voice of the Emmy-winning stop-motion sketch comedy TV series Robot Chicken, for which he does many voices and has even appeared in animated form. Green is friends with the band Fall Out Boy, making a cameo in their music video, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race", and the band returned the favor with an appearance in Green's film Sex Drive. He also appeared in "Weird Al" Yankovic's "White & Nerdy" music video. He made two appearances on The Soup in 2007 and 2008, using his first appearance to lampoon Internet celebrity Chris Crocker.[11] He voiced the character Jeff "Joker" Moreau, pilot of the SSV Normandy and later the Normandy SR2, in the video games Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3.[12][13] He is a producer of The 1 Second Film and appears in the "making of" documentary that accompanies its feature-length credits. Green is also the co-creator (with Hugh Sterbakov) of the comic Freshmen, published by Top Cow Productions.
Green, along with Robot Chicken co-producer Breckin Meyer, appeared in the NBC show Heroes during the 2008–09 season.[14] In January 2009, Green worked with David Faustino (Bud Bundy from Married with Children) for an episode of Faustino's show Star-ving – Faustino is often mistaken for Green.[15]
On July 13, World Wrestling Entertainment's official website announced Green as the special guest host for the July 13 episode of WWE Raw, and on that night, Green competed in the main event, a six-man tag team match, which his team won by disqualification.[16][17] He was also in attendance for WWE's biggest event of the year, WrestleMania XXVI on March 28, 2010.
Personal life
Green married actress Clare Grant on May 1, 2010; the couple lives in Los Angeles.[18] They worked together on Robot Chicken, Warren the Ape, and her "Geek and Gamer Girls Song" viral video.[19][20]
Green filed papers at Los Angeles County Superior Court in August 2011 asking a judge to legally shorten his name to Seth Benjamin Green "to reflect my professional stage name."[21] The change became official on October 20, 2011.[22]
Filmography
Film
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Young People's Specials | Charlie | Episode: "Charlie's Christmas Secret" |
| 1985 | ABC Afterschool Special | Tommy Sanders | Episode: "I Want to Go Home" |
| Tales from the Darkside | Timmy | Episode: "Monsters in My Room" | |
| 1986 | Amazing Stories | Lance | Episode: "The Sitter" |
| Spenser: For Hire | Andy Chandler | Episode: "The Hopes and Fears" | |
| 1987 | The Comic Strip | Voice | Voice role |
| Action Family | Danny Elliot | ||
| 1988 | The Facts of Life | Adam Brinkerhoff | Episodes: "The Beginning of the End", The Beginning of the Beginning" |
| Divided We Stand | Cody Gibbs | ABC TV-Pilot | |
| 1989 | Free Spirit | Joey | Episode: "Too Much of a Good Thing" |
| Mr. Belvedere | Episodes: "Big" and "Paper Mill" | ||
| 1990 | Life Goes On | William Butler | Episodes: "The Spring Fling" and "The Visitor" |
| It | Young Richie Tozier | ||
| 1991 | Our Shining Moment | Wheels | |
| Good & Evil | David | ||
| 1992 | Evening Shade | Larry Phipps | Episode: "Hasta la Vista" |
| The Wonder Years | Jimmy Donnelly | Episodes: "Lunch Stories", "Sex and Economics" | |
| Batman: The Animated Series | Wizard | Voice role Episode: "I Am the Night" | |
| 1993 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Wayne | Episode: "The Game Is Chicken" |
| The X-Files | Emil | Episode: "Deep Throat" | |
| The Day My Parents Ran Away | Leo | Television movie | |
| seaQuest DSV | Mark "Wolfman" | Episode: "Photon Bullet" | |
| 1994 | The Byrds of Paradise | Harry Byrd | |
| Weird Science | Lubec | Episode: "Lisa's Virus" | |
| 1995 | Real Ghosts | Termite | UPN Miniseries |
| Step by Step | Danny | Episode: "Head of the Class" | |
| 1996 | Something So Right | Napoleon | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1997 | Pearl | Bob | Episode: "Mission ImPearlsible" |
| Mad About You | Bobby Rubenfeld | Episode: "Guardianhood" | |
| The Drew Carey Show | The MC | Episode: "That Thing You Don't" | |
| Temporarily Yours | David Silver | ||
| 1997–2000 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Daniel "Oz" Osbourne | 39 episodes |
| 1998 | Cybill | Jaybo | Episode: "Cybill Sheridan's Day Off" |
| 1999–2001 2005–present |
Family Guy | Chris Griffin Neil Goldman Additional voices |
Voice roles |
| 1999 | Angel | Daniel "Oz" Osbourne | Episode: "In the Dark" |
| 1999–2001 | Batman Beyond | Nelson Nash Dempsey |
Voice role Episodes: "Rebirth", "Golem", "Revenant", "The Eggbaby", "Plague", "Sentries of the Lost Cosmos" |
| 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd | Eddie McDowd | Voice role | |
| 2000 | MADtv | Brightling | Episodes: 5.17, 6.15, 7.18, 10.12 |
| 2000–2001 | Tucker | Himself | |
| 2002 | Greg the Bunny | Jimmy Bender | |
| Whatever Happened to Robot Jones? | Various voices | Voice roles | |
| 2003–2004 | That '70s Show | Mitch Miller | Episodes: "The Battle of Evermore (a.k.a. Pioneer Days)", "Nobody's Fault But Mine", "Substitute", "Squeeze Box", "E5:15" |
| Aqua Teen Hunger Force | Himself | Episode: "The Dressing" | |
| 2004 | Married to the Kellys | Dr. Jim Coglan | Episode: "A Portrait of Susan" |
| Crank Yankers | Voice role Episode: 2.27 | ||
| Sesame Street | Vinny | Episode: August 16, 2004 | |
| 2005 | Will & Grace | Randall Finn | Episode: "Friends With Benefits" |
| 2005–present | American Dad! | Etan Cohen Matthew McConaughey Joey |
Voice role Episodes: "Homeland Insecurity", "Tearjerker", "Bar Mitzvah Hustle", "Jack's Back" |
| Robot Chicken | Various voices | Co-creator Voice roles Director Writer | |
| 2006 | Four Kings | Barry | |
| Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide | Dog | Voice role Episode: "Guide to April Fool's Day and Excuses" | |
| The Secret Policeman's Ball | Private Parts/Mt. Pink | Channel 4 TV-special | |
| Entourage | Himself | Episodes: "Strange Days", Vegas Baby, Vegas!" | |
| 2007 | Grey's Anatomy | Nick | Episodes: Crash Into Me (1), Crash Into Me (2) |
| Robot Chicken: Star Wars | Various voices | Co-creator Voice roles Director Writer TV-special | |
| Blue Harvest | Chris Griffin/Additional voices | Voice role TV Special, Direct-to-DVD release | |
| 2008 | Reno 911! | Rick the Manager | Episode: "Undercover at Burger Cousin" |
| My Name Is Earl | Buddy | Episode: "The Magic Hour" | |
| Entourage | Himself | Episode: "Seth Green Day" | |
| Heroes | Sam | Episodes: "The Eclipse, "Our Father" | |
| Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy | Various characters | ||
| Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II | Various characters | Co-creator Voice roles Director Writer Executive producer TV-special | |
| 2009 | Un-broke: What You Need To Know About Money | Himself | Television special |
| WWE Raw | Himself | Special guest host | |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Todo 360 Ion Papanoida |
Guest voice | |
| Titan Maximum | Various characters, Lt. Gibbs | Voice roles Exeutive producer | |
| The Cleveland Show | Chris Griffin | Voice | |
| Something, Something, Something, Dark Side | Chris Griffin/Additional voices | Voice role TV Special, Direct-to-DVD release | |
| The Venture Brothers | Lance Hale | Voice | |
| 2010 | Warren The Ape | Himself | |
| Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III | Various Voices | Co-creator Voice roles Director Writer Executive producer TV-special | |
| 2011 | It's a Trap! | Chris Griffin/Additional voices | Voice role TV Special, Direct-to-DVD release |
| MAD | Jacob Black, Captain America, Gordon Ramsay, Ted Mosby | Voice Episodes: "Twigh School Musical/Avenger Time", "Kitchen Nightmares Before Christmas/How I Met Your Mummy" | |
| 2012 | Phineas and Ferb | Monty Monogram | Voice role Episodes: "Minor Monogram", "Sipping with the Enemy" |
| Franklin and Bash | Jango | Episode: "Jango and Rossi" |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Make My Video | Band Member | |
| 2007 | Mass Effect | Flight Lieutenant Jeff 'Joker' Moreau | Voice and likeness |
| 2010 | Mass Effect 2 | ||
| 2012 | Mass Effect 3 |
Awards and nomination
- 2008: Won, "Best Directing in an Animated Television Production" – Robot Chicken: Star Wars
- 2009: Won, "Best Writing in an Animated Television Production" – Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II
- 2004: Nominated, "Best Supporting Actor" – Party Monster
- 2007, 2008, 2009: Nominated, "Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)" – Robot Chicken (shared w/producers & writers)
- 2009, 2010, 2011: Nominated, Outstanding Voice-Over Performance – "Robot Chicken"
- 2010: Won, Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program - "Robot Chicken" (Shared w/producers, writers & directors)
- 2000: Nominated, "Choice TV Actor" – Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- 2002: Nominated, "Choice Comedic TV Actor" – Greg the Bunny
- 2005: Nominated, "Choice Movie Dance Scene" – Be Cool
- 1989: Won, "Best Young Actor Guest Starring in a Syndicated Comedy, Drama or Special" – The Facts of Life
- 1992: Nominated, "Outstanding Young Comedian in a Television Series" – Good & Evil
- 2009: Nominated, "Best Raw Guest Host"
See also
- List of recurring That '70s Show characters
- List of celebrities who have been the subject of pranks on Punk'd
References
- ^ Robertson, Lindsay. "Remember When Seth Green Was the 'Cha-Ching!' Burger Commercial Kid?". Yahoo!.[dead link]
- ^ Graham, Jefferson (April 9, 1999). "Seth Green fits right in with new Family". USA Today.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ "Fans help 'Family Guy' return to Fox". Observer-Reporter. April 29, 2005. p. E5.
- ^ Green, Seth (September 27, 2005). Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story: Audio Commentary (DVD).
- ^ Gilbert, Matthew (April 30, 2005). "Family Guy Returns, Just As Funny As Ever". Boston.com. Retrieved August 24, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Levin, Gary (November 18, 2003). "Family Guy may return". USAtoday.com. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ "Family Guy has finally been officially cancelled by Fox". TKtv. May 16, 2002. Retrieved August 24, 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ McKinley, Jesse (May 2, 2005). "Canceled and Resurrected, on the Air and Onstage". The New York Times. Retrieved August 24, 2009.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ James, Meg (April 13, 2005). "Fox Reuniting Itself With Family Guy". Los Angeles Times.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Rosenthal, Phil (November 20, 2003). "Yet another Family reunion". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 53.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Seth Green wants you to leave Chris Crocker alone – VIDEO – TV Squad
- ^ "Mass Effect: Q&A with Seth Green". CNET Networks, Inc. 2007-10-18. Retrieved 2007-11-24.
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- ^ "Exclusive: 'Heroes' Geeks out over Seth Green, Breckin Meyer". EntertainmentWeekly.com. 2008-08-11. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
- ^ "Star-ving for a Married…With Children Reunion?". Seriously? OMG! WTF?. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
- ^ "WWE: Inside WWE > NEWS > Seth Green will host Raw". WWE.com. 2009-07-10. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
- ^ Plummer, Dale (2009-07-13). "RAW: Orton sees Green". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ^ Seth Green marries Claire Grant, The Huffington Post, May 2, 2010
- ^ Break.com: G33k & G4m3r Girls Song.
- ^ Interview: Why Seth Green Loves Geek and Gamer Girls.
- ^ "Petition for Change of Name" (PDF). L.A. Superior Court. August 18, 2011.
- ^ Looks, Elka (August 29, 2011). "Family Guy's Seth Green - now sounding a little less Jewish". Haaretz.
- ^ Seth Green Emmy Nominated
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