About Ben Schwartz
Benjamin Joseph Schwartz (born September 15, 1981) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for his recurring role as Jean-Ralphio Saperstein on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, his starring role as Clyde Oberholt on the Showtime series House of Lies, and his voice roles as Randy Cunningham in Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, Dewey Duck in DuckTales, Leonardo in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Sonic the Hedgehog in the eponymous film series. He also appeared many times in the CollegeHumor web series Jake and Amir. His film career also includes roles in Peep World; Everybody's Fine; The Other Guys; Transformers: Age of Extinction; The Walk; This Is Where I Leave You; Standing Up, Falling Down; and Flora & Ulysses. On television, he has starred in the Netflix comedy series Space Force (2020–2022) and the Apple TV+ murder mystery comedy series The Afterparty (2022–2023). He also voiced in the Netflix interactive special We Lost Our Human as Pud. Aside from his on-screen roles, Schwartz is known as a improv comedian, touring as Ben Schwartz & Friends with recurring guests including Colton Dunn and Drew Tarver and making regular appearances on the podcast Comedy Bang! Bang!. Schwartz has been nominated for four Emmys and won the 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for coauthoring Hugh Jackman's opening number for the 81st Academy Awards. In 2022, Schwartz was in the main cast of the first season of the Apple TV+ mystery comedy series The Afterparty, reprising his role in a guest capacity in the series' 2023 second season. His parents, both Bronx natives, raised Schwartz in Riverdale, a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the Bronx.
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