Rob Benedict

Robert Patrick Benedict (born September 21, 1970) is an American stage, film and television actor and writer. His 25 year career includes more than 70 television and movie credits. He is best known for his work on the television series Supernatural, Threshold, Felicity and the comedy film Waiting....

Rob Benedict
Benedict at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
Born
Robert Patrick Benedict

(1970-09-21) September 21, 1970
Columbia, Missouri, U.S.
OccupationActor, writer, musician
Children2
RelativesAmy Benedict (sister)

He is also the lead singer/songwriter of the Los Angeles based band Louden Swain.

Biography

Benedict was born in Columbia, Missouri. He graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor's degree in Performance Studies. Benedict is the front man and guitar player in the Los Angeles band Louden Swain, which completed its eighth album "Splitting the Seams" in 2018. He has three older siblings; his sister, Amy Benedict, is also an actress.

Rob has a daughter name Audrey & a son name Calvin.

Career

In the critically acclaimed WB series Felicity he appeared as Felicity Porter's dorm mate, Richard Coad. In CBS's Threshold Benedict played physicist Lucas Pegg, member of a secret government team investigating the first contact with an extraterrestrial species. In seasons 4, 5, 10, 11, 14 and 15 of Supernatural he plays a writer, Chuck Shurley, previously thought to be a prophet of the lord but later revealed to be God. On Alias Benedict was Sydney Bristow's short-term CIA partner, Brodien. Additional early television series credits include Birds of Prey and Come to Papa, with guest appearances on NCIS, CSI, Monk, Medium, Chicago Hope, NYPD Blue, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Snoops, Burn Notice, and Beverly Hills, 90210.

More recent television credits include a recurring roles in Bosch, NCIS: New Orleans, Masters of Sex, Fox's Touch, Franklin & Bash, and the digital series Susanna with Anna Paquin. He also appeared as the irreverent power agent Jeremy Berger in the Starz Original comedy series Head Case. Other recent guest star appearances are Documentary: Now!, NCIS: Los Angeles, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders, Shameless, Psych and Law and Order: Los Angeles.

His feature film credits include A Little Help, with Jenna Fischer, State of Play with Russell Crowe. In 2005 he starred as Calvin in the cult comedy Waiting... with Ryan Reynolds, and later revised the role in the sequel Still Waiting... Other films include Kicking & Screaming, with Will Ferrell, Group Sex, Say Goodnight with Aaron Paul, Two Days, with Paul Rudd, The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest, starring Rosario Dawson, and Not Another Teen Movie. Benedict has also done some voice acting work, most notably voicing the character Vin, in the video games Jak II and Jak 3.

He co-wrote and starred in the independent short film Lifetripper, which made its debut at the LA Short Film Festival. He also co-wrote and played Miles Davis-Davidson in the Unauthorized Hangover 2 Documentary, which was featured on the DVD of The Hangover Part II.

In 2013 he wrote, produced and starred in the 30 minute short film The Sidekick, which starred Jordan Peele, Lizzy Caplan, Ike Barinholtz, Ron Livingston and Jason Ritter.

In 2016 he returned to Supernatural for four episodes. At the end of the episode "Don't Call Me Shurley", Benedict played a cover of "Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song)". In 2019 he returned to Supernatural for the 14th season finale.

In 2017, he wrote, produced and starred in the 10 episode series Kings of Con with friend and fellow actor Richard Speight Jr.[1] The series first aired on Comic-ConHQ and currently can be found on CWseed. The comedy series is set behind the scenes at fan conventions, based loosely on their real life experiences at said conventions.

In 2018, he had a starring role in the horror film 30 Miles from Nowhere, with Carrie Preston.

Since 2020, he hosts a podcast, together with his friend and colleague Richard Speight Jr, called "...and my guest is Richard Speight".

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role
1995Run a Mile in My Shoes (short)Unknown
1999Tequila Body ShotsTed
Bad City BluesTommy
2001Not Another Teen MoviePreston Wasserstein
2002The First $20 Million Is Always the HardestWilly
The Naked runLancer Higgins
American PiMax
2003Two DaysScott
My Dinner With JimiDonovan
2005OverachieversBen Martan
Kicking & ScreamingBeantown Employees
Waiting...Calvin
2007Sex and Death 101Bow-Tie Bob
2008Say GoodnightLeroy
2009Still Waiting...Calvin
Call BackLevi
State of Play (film)Milt
2010A Little HelpPaul Helms
Arts & CraftsRob
Group SexDonny
2011LifetripperStan Norman
2012The Case of the Missing Garden Gnome (short)Seamus
Sexy Daddy
2013GrowUnknown
The SidekickMax McCabe
2015Bad, Bad MenKen
201830 Miles from NowhereLarry
2020VioletFred Collins

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1996Beverly Hills, 90210Student1 episode
1997Alright AlreadyJason1 episode
1998Pacific BlueCraig1 episode
1999WastelandUnknown1 episode
1998–2002FelicityRichard Coad36 episodes
2000SnoopsMarv1 episode
Chicago HopeDr. Peter Ball2 episodes
Buffy the Vampire SlayerJape2 episodes
Opposite SexCecil Livengood1 episode
Mysterious WaysWarren1 episode
2002NYPD BlueJeff Gamble1 episode
2002–2003Birds of PreyGibson Kafka4 episodes
2004Come to PapaJudah4 episodes
2005NCISAaron Alan Wright1 episode
MediumMale Passenger1 episode
AliasBrodien2 episodes
MonkJonathan Davenport1 episode
2005–2006ThresholdLucas Pegg13 episodes
2008DirtKeith Straub1 episode
HouseDr. Jaime Conway1 episode
Burn NoticeEddie Ash1 episode
2008–2009Head CaseJeremy Berger21 episodes
2009CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationBrian Morley1 episode
2009–2020SupernaturalChuck Shurley/Carver Edlund
God		12 episodes
2010'Til DeathRainbow1 episode
Cold CaseSteve Burke '891 episode
Law & Order: LAAdam Yarborough1 episode
2011SvetlanaUnknown1 episode
2012ShamelessDr. Noah Pitts1 episode
PsychMandlebaum1 episode
Hawaii Five-0Jarrod Prodeman1 episode
NCIS: Los Angeles1 episode
TouchWalt King, The Invisible Prince2 episodes
2013The MentalistPaul Friedman1 episode
1600 PennSkeptic1 episode
SusannaPeter6 episodes
Franklin & BashSandy Hall2 episodes
2015The Hillywood ShowCain1 episode: Supernatural Parody[2]
Documentary Now!Larry Fein1 episode
Masters of SexJonathan Laurents3 episodes
2016–2017"Kings of Con"Rob Bennett10 episodes[3]
2017WannabeZThe Manager1 episode
2019BoschDr. Victor Hansen2 episodes
NCIS: New OrleansLiam2 episodes
TBALuciferVincent LeMecSeason 5, Episode 15[4]
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References
  1. "Comic-Con HQ". Comic-Con HQ. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
  2. Grant, Stacey (May 21, 2015). "This "Supernatural" Taylor Swift Parody Is The Video Fans Didn't Know They Needed". Buzzfeed.com. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  3. Prudom, Laura (November 15, 2016). "Watch the first 2 episodes of 'Kings of Con,' a love letter to fans from the stars of 'Supernatural'". Mashable.com. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  4. Mitovich, Matt Webb (26 June 2020). "Lucifer Season 5: Supernatural's Own God, Rob Benedict, Will Guest-Star". TVLine.
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