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Green in July 2011. |
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| Born | Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green February 8, 1974 Overbrook Park, West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, comedian, voice actor, writer, producer |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Spouse | Clare Grant (2010–present) |
Seth Benjamin Green (born February 8, 1974) is an American actor, comedian, voice actor, and television producer. He is well known for his role as Daniel "Oz" Osbourne in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as Dr. Evil's son Scott in the Austin Powers series of comedy films, Mitch Miller in That '70s Show, and the voice of Chris Griffin on Family Guy. He also voices Lieutenant Gibbs in Titan Maximum and Jeff "Joker" Moreau in the Mass Effect video game series. Green is one of the creators and producers of the stop motion comedy series Robot Chicken, in which he also voices several characters. He has appeared in many other movies, such as Rat Race, The Italian Job, Can't Hardly Wait, Without a Paddle, as a child in Woody Allen's Radio Days, and in the horror films Stephen King's It and "Idle Hands".
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Green was born and raised in Overbrook Park, West Philadelphia, a section of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents are Barbara (née Gesshel), an artist, and Herbert Green, a math teacher.[1] After his parents' divorce, he has stated that camp was a place where he could reinvent himself and be good at anything he wanted.[2] This camp was called URJ Camp Harlam[3] in Kunkletown, Pennsylvania. After a camp production of Hello Dolly, Green decided that he wanted to be an actor.
Green's first movie role was in the 1984 film A Billion 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.[4]
Green appeared in the miniseries It (as Richie Tozier, age 12), Infested (aka '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, which also featured Paige Moss, who would later play with him in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Amber Benson (Tara Maclay, Buffy) was also in this film, but her scenes were cut in order to get a PG-13 rating.
Green appeared as Daniel "Oz" Osbourne, a werewolf, in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer during the second through fourth seasons, and one episode in the first season of the spinoff Angel. 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, Heroes and My Name Is Earl. Also voiced the character Joker in the game trilogy Mass Effect.
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.[5] Green admittedly did an impression of the Buffalo Bill character from the thriller film The Silence of the Lambs during his audition.[6] 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.[7]
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.[8] In spite of the announced cancellation, in 2003 Fox decided to make the third season.[9] During the third season, Fox announced that the show was canceled for good.[10][11] The series was renewed later in 2005 for its fourth season due to strong DVD sales and its syndication on basic-cable networks.[12][13] 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" and "Stew-Roids" are to date the only episodes since the fourth season where he has spoken.
Chris Griffin is the second child. He is fat, dim-witted, blond, 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.
Green is a co-creator and producer of the stop motion TV series Robot Chicken, for which he does many voices and has even appeared in animated form. He also appeared as a cameo in the Fall Out Boy music video, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race", and 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.[14] He voiced the character Jeff "Joker" Moreau, pilot of the SSV Normandy, in the video games Mass Effect for the Xbox 360 and PC; and its sequel, Mass Effect 2 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.[15] He will also reprise the role in Mass Effect 3.[16] 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.[17] 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.[18]
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.[19][20] He was also in attendance for WWE's biggest event of the year, WrestleMania XXVI on March 28, 2010.
Green married actress Clare Grant on May 1, 2010; the couple lives in Los Angeles.[21] They worked together on Robot Chicken, Warren the Ape, and her "Geek and Gamer Girls Song" viral video.[22][23] 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."[24] The change became official on October 20, 2011.[25]
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1984 | The Hotel New Hampshire | 'Egg' Berry | |
| 1986 | Willy/Milly | Malcolm | |
| 1987 | Radio Days | Joe | |
| Can't Buy Me Love | Chuckie Miller | ||
| 1988 | Big Business | Jason | |
| My Stepmother Is an Alien | Fred Glass | ||
| 1990 | Missing Parents | Leo | |
| Pump Up the Volume | Joey | ||
| Stephen King's It | Young Richie Tozier (Beep Beep Richie) | ||
| 1992 | The Double 0 Kid | Chip | Direct-to-video release |
| 1993 | Ticks | Tyler Burns | |
| Arcade | Stilts | ||
| Airborne | Wiley | ||
| The Day My Parents Ran Away | Leo | ||
| 1995 | Notes from Underground | Punk Neighbor | |
| White Man's Burden | 3rd Youth at Hot Dog Stand | ||
| 1996 | To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday | Danny Green | |
| 1997 | Boys Life 2 | Homophobe 2 | Segment: Nunzio's Second Cousin |
| Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Scott Evil | ||
| 1998 | Can't Hardly Wait | Kenny Fisher | |
| Enemy of the State | Selby | Uncredited role | |
| 1999 | Idle Hands | Mick | |
| Stonebrook | Cornelius | ||
| Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Scott Evil | ||
| 2001 | Rock Star 101 | Le'Von | Short film |
| The Trumpet of the Swan | Boyd | Voice role | |
| The Attic Expeditions | Douglas | ||
| Josie and the Pussycats | Travis (Du Jour band member) | ||
| America's Sweethearts | Danny Wax | ||
| Rat Race | Duane Cody | ||
| Knockaround Guys | Johnny Marbles | ||
| 2002 | Austin Powers in Goldmember | Scott Evil | |
| 2003 | Party Monster | James St. James | |
| The Italian Job | Napster | ||
| 2004 | Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed | Patrick Wisely | |
| Without a Paddle | Dan Mott | ||
| 2005 | Be Cool | Shotgun (Music video director) | Uncredited role |
| Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story | Chris Griffin/Additional voices | Voice role Direct-to-DVD release |
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| The Best Man | Murray | ||
| 2006 | Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo | Jonah "the taper" | |
| Leave Chris Crocker alone | Himself | YouTube video | |
| The TV Set | Slut Wars Host | ||
| 2008 | The 1 Second Film | Himself | |
| Sex Drive | Ezekiel | ||
| 2009 | His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th | Himself | Documentary-Film |
| Old Dogs | Craig White | ||
| 2011 | Mars Needs Moms | Milo | Motion-capture and narrator |
| The Story Of Luke | Zack | ||
| 2012 | Back in Time | Trey Campbell | |
| 2013 | Sexy Evil Genius | Zachary Newman | |
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| 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 | Episode: The Beginning of the End Episode: 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 | Episode: Big Episode: Paper Mill |
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| 1990 | Life Goes On | William Butler | Episode: The Spring Fling Episode: The Visitor |
| It | Young Richie Tozier | ABC TV-movie | |
| 1991 | Our Shining Moment | Wheels | |
| Good & Evil | David | ||
| 1992 | Evening Shade | Larry Phipps | Episode: Hasta la Vista |
| The Wonder Years | Jimmy Donnelly | Episode: Lunch Stories Episode: Sex and Economics |
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| Batman: The Animated Series | Wizard | Voice role Episode: I Am the Night |
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| 1993 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Wayne | Episode: The Game Is Chicken |
| The X-Files | Emil | Episode: Deep Throat | |
| The Day My Parents Ran Away | Leo | TV-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 |
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| 1999 | Angel | Daniel "Oz" Osbourne | Episode: In the Dark |
| 1999–2001 | Batman Beyond | Nelson Nash Dempsey |
Voice role Episode: Rebirth (1) Episode: Golem Episode: Revenant Episode: The Eggbaby Episode: Plague Episode: Sentries of the Lost Cosmos |
| 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd | Eddie McDowd | Voice role | |
| 2000 | MADtv | Brightling | Episode: 5.17 Episode: 6.15 Episode: 7.18 Episode: 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 | Episode: The Battle of Evermore (a.k.a. Pioneer Days) Episode: Nobody's Fault But Mine (2) (a.k.a. Hyde Loves Jackie) Episode: Substitute Episode: Squeeze Box Episode: E5:15 |
| Aqua Teen Hunger Force | Himself | Special guest, one episode: The Dressing | |
| 2004 | Married to the Kellys | Dr. Jim Coglan | Episode: A Portrait of Susan |
| Crank Yankers | Voice role Episode: 2.27 |
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| Sesame Street | Vinny | Episode: August 16, 2004 | |
| 2005 | Will & Grace | Randall Finn | Episode: Friends With Benefits (1) Episode: Friends With Benefits (2) |
| 2005–present | American Dad! | Etan Cohen, Matthew McConaughey, Joey | Voice role Episode: Homeland Insecurity Episode: Tearjerker Episode: Bar Mitzvah Shuffle Episode: Jack's Back |
| Robot Chicken | Various voices | Co-creator Voice roles Director Writer |
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| 2006 | Four Kings | Barry | |
| Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide | Dog | Voice role Episode: Guide to April Fool's Day and Excuses |
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| The Secret Policeman's Ball | Private Parts/Mt. Pink | Channel 4 TV-special | |
| Entourage | Himself | Episode: Strange Days Episode: Vegas Baby, Vegas! |
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| 2007 | Grey's Anatomy | Nick | Episode: Crash Into Me (1) Episode: Crash Into Me (2) |
| Robot Chicken: Star Wars | Various voices | Co-creator Voice roles Director Writer TV-special |
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| Blue Harvest | Chris Griffin/Additional voices | Voice role TV Special, Direct-to-DVD release |
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| 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 | Episode: The Eclipse (1) Episode: The Eclipse (2) Episode: Our Father |
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| Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy | Various characters | 2008–Present | |
| Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II | Various characters | Co-creator Voice roles Director Writer Executive producer TV-special |
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| 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 |
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| Titan Maximum | Various characters, Lt. Gibbs | Voice roles Exeutive producer |
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| The Cleveland Show | Chris Griffin | Guest voice | |
| Something, Something, Something, Dark Side | Chris Griffin/Additional voices | Voice role TV Special, Direct-to-DVD release |
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| The Venture Brothers | Lance Hale | Guest voice | |
| 2010 | Warren The Ape | Himself | Guest Star |
| Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III | Various Voices | Co-creator Voice roles Director Writer Executive producer TV-special |
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| 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 | Guest voice Episodes: Twigh School Musical/Avenger Time, Kitchen Nightmares Before Christmas/How I Met Your Mummy | |
| Video games | |||
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Mass Effect | Flight Lieutenant Jeff 'Joker' Moreau | voice and likeness |
| 2010 | Mass Effect 2 | Joker | voice and likeness |
| 2012 | Mass Effect 3 | Joker | voice and likeness |