2024-05-09

Seth Green
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  • Faith: Atheist
  • Career: Actor
  • Birthday:  February 08, 1974

Seth Green is a filmmaker and actor. His film debut came with a role in "The Hotel New Hampshire," and he went on to have supporting roles in comedy movies throughout the 1980s, including "Big Business" and "Radio Days." During the 1990s and 2000s, Green started starring in comedy movies like "Idle Hands,” "Rat Race,” "Without a Paddle," and "Be Cool." During this time, he became known for his portrayal of Scott Evil, Dr. Evil's son, in the "Austin Powers" film series. Green has also taken serious roles in movies, including "Party Monster" and "The Attic Expeditions." He's provided the voice for Howard the Duck in several Marvel Cinematic Universe movies and series, including the "Guardian of the Galaxy" film series and the animated series "What If…?" In 2019, he directed, wrote, and starred in the comedy-drama "Changeland."

His first lead role on TV was on the ABC sitcom "Good & Evil" in 1991, for which he won a Young Artist Award. Green later gained attention for his supporting roles as Oz, a teenage guitarist and the boyfriend of Willow Rosenberg, on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and the voice of Chris Griffin on "Family Guy." He also voiced Leonardo in the animated series "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and Joker in the Mass Effect video game series. Green directed, created, wrote, and produced the adult animated comedy series "Robot Chicken" and its spinoffs, which have earned him three Primetime Emmy Awards and five Annie Awards.

Seth Green was born in Philadelphia in 1974, the son of Barbara and Herbert Green. He has one sister, Kaela. Green started acting when he was seven years old, and his early comic influences included "Saturday Night Live," Monty Python, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, and "Caddyshack." His first movie roles were in the 1984 movies "Billions for Boris" and "The Hotel New Hampshire." The second movie cast him alongside Rob Lowe and Jodie Foster. He appeared in the 1987 film "Can’t Buy Me Love,” playing Patrick Dempsey’s character’s little brother, Chuckie Miller. He starred in Woody Allen’s “Radio Day” as Joe and appeared in “Big Business” and in the same year, “My Stepmother Is an Alien.” In 1991, he rose to fame in a Rally’s “Cha-Ching” commercial, which earned him an appearance at a New Orleans Saints game.

Green appeared in the TV series “It” and “Ticks,” all three “Austin Powers” movies and “Enemy of the State” and “The Italian Job.” He was also in “Rat Race,” “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed,” “Old Dogs,” “Party Monster,” and “Without a Paddle.”

What religion is Seth Green?

Green was raised Jewish and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony. His full name is Seth Benjamin Gesshel Green, but he legally changed it to Seth Benjamin Green, dropping Gesshel. However, Green has since become an atheist, saying, “God, to me, is pretty much an idea. God, to me, is pretty much a myth created over time to deny the idea that we're all responsible for our own actions.”

 


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