Seth Green
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| Born | Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green February 8, 1974 Overbrook Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Years active | 1984 — present | ||||||
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Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green (born February 8, 1974) is an American actor, comedian, voice actor, and television producer. He is known for his acting roles as Doctor Evil's son Scott in the Austin Powers series of comedy films, Mitch Miller in That '70s Show , and Daniel "Oz" Osbourne in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He voices the character of Chris Griffin on Family Guy, Flight Lieutenant Jeff "Joker" Moreau in the 2007 video game Mass Effect, and is the co-creator and producer of the stop motion comedy series Robot Chicken. Green appeared in several other movies, such as Rat Race, The Italian Job, and, as a child, Stephen King's It.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
Green was born and raised in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Barbara (née Gesshel), an artist, and Herb Green, a math teacher.[1] His first glimpse of fame occurred shortly after he was born, as his birth was used in a pamphlet on natural child birth.
Green was brought up Jewish and played a 1940s Jewish boy in Woody Allen's movie Radio Days .[2][3] In a 2000 interview he said "God is, to me, pretty much an idea. God is, to me, pretty much a myth created over time to deny the idea that we're all responsible for our own actions".[4]
[edit] Career
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 “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 little brother, Chuckie Miller. He also starred in Woody Allen's Radio Days (1987) as Joe, and appeared in Big Business (1988) and, in the same year, in My Stepmother Is an Alien (with future Buffy co-star Alyson Hannigan). Green appeared in the miniseries It (as Richie Tozier, age 12), 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 and Without a Paddle.
Green's first television appearances were in Tales from the Darkside and Amazing Stories in the mid-1980s. He made a few appearances on the 1980s television series The Wonder Years. He also appeared in commercials as the window cashier for Rally's Hamburgers in the early 1990s, sparking the catch-phrase, "Cha-Ching!". In 1994 he starred alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt in the shortlived series Byrds of Paradise.
He worked with Hewitt again in 1998's Can't Hardly Wait , which also featured Paige Moss who would later play the female werewolf that seduces OZ into cheating on Willow in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Amber Benson (Tara, Buffy) was also in this film, but her scenes were cut in order to get a PG-13 rating.
Green also began appearing as Daniel "Oz" Osbourne the werewolf in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer during seasons 2–4. Green has also been featured in roles on Greg the Bunny, Tucker, The X-Files, That '70s Show, Will & Grace, Mad About Steve, Reno 911!, Entourage, and Grey's Anatomy.
He is a co-creator and producer of the stop motion TV series Robot Chicken, for which he also 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. In September 2007, he made an appearance on The Soup to imitate Chris Crocker.[5] He also voiced the character of Joker, the pilot of the SSV Normandy, in the video game Mass Effect for the Xbox 360.[6] 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.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Awards & Nomination
- 2008: Won, "Best Directing in an Animated Television Production" - Robot Chicken: Star Wars
- 2004: Nominated, "Best Supporting Actor" - Party Monster
- 2007: Nominated, "Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)" - Robot Chicken (shared w/producers & writers)
- 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
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Seth Green Biography (1974-)
- ^ Seth Green Biography. Basic Famous People. Retrieved on 2007-11-24.
- ^ Tweens: Seth Green. Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago. Retrieved on 2007-11-24.
- ^ Thompson, Stephen (2000-09-06). Is there a God?. Onion Inc.. Retrieved on 2007-11-24.
- ^ 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 on 2007-11-24.
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- Seth Green at the Internet Movie Database
- Seth Green Producer Profile for The 1 Second Film
- Robot Chicken page on AdultSwim.com
- Seth Green at the Voice Chasers Database
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| NAME | Green, Seth |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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