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Seth Benjamin Gesshel Green (born February 8, 1974) is an American actor, comedian, voice actor, and television producer. He is best known for his role as Daniel "Oz" Osbourne in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as well as Doctor Evil's son Scott in the Austin Powers series of comedy films and Mitch Miller in That '70s Show. He also voices the character of Chris Griffin on Family Guy, Flight Lieutenant Jeff "Joker" Moreau in the 2007 video game Mass Effect, and is one of the creators and producers of the stop motion comedy series Robot Chicken.
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Seth Benjamin Gesshel Green (born February 8, 1974) is an American actor, comedian, voice actor, and television producer. He is best known for his role as Daniel "Oz" Osbourne in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as well as Doctor Evil's son Scott in the Austin Powers series of comedy films and Mitch Miller in That '70s Show. He also voices the character of Chris Griffin on Family Guy, Flight Lieutenant Jeff "Joker" Moreau in the 2007 video game Mass Effect, and is one of the creators and producers of the stop motion comedy series Robot Chicken. Green appeared in several other movies, such as Rat Race, The Italian Job, Can't Hardly Wait, and as a child, Stephen King's It.
Biography
Personal life
Seth Green was born and raised in West Philadelphia, the son of Barbara (née Gesshel), an artist, and Herb Green, a math teacher. His parents divorced when Seth was 15, which caused havoc in his personal life. However, he found refuge in Camp Harlam in Kunkletown, Pennsylvania, where he had been going since he was 5 years old. His mom worked there for a couple of years as the art director. This was where he discovered that performing was his true calling. After his parents' divorce, he said that camp was a place where he could reinvent himself and be good at anything he wanted. On an Online chat he admitted, "I'm five-four."
Green was brought up Jewish and played a 1940s Jewish boy in Woody Allen's movie Radio Days. 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".
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, Rat Race ,Without a Paddle and Sex Drive. He also voices Chris Griffin in the hit cartoon series Family Guy.
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 1991, the Rally's ads led to Green being flown to New Orleans, where he was featured during a Saints halftime show and was given the key to the city.
In 1994, he starred alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt in the short-lived 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 with him 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 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. 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, and My Name Is Earl.
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. He made two appearances on The Soup in 2007 and 2008, using his first appearance to lampoon then-Internet celebrity Chris Crocker. He also voiced the character Joker, pilot of the SSV Normandy, in the video game Mass Effect for the Xbox 360 and PC. 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, appears in the NBC Show Heroes during the 2008/2009 season.
In January of 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.
Filmography
Awards and nomination
Annie Awards
- 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
Chlotrudis Awards
- 2004: Nominated, "Best Supporting Actor" - Party Monster
Emmy Awards
- 2007: Nominated, "Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)" - Robot Chicken (shared w/producers & writers)
- 2008: Pre-Nominated, "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series" - Grey's Anatomy (Crash Into Me, Part 1, Crash Into Me, Part 2)
Teen Choice Awards
- 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
Young Artist Awards
- 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
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