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Abraham Benrubi

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Abraham Benrubi
Benrubi at a NASA Social to preview the landing of the Curiosity rover in 2012
Born
Abraham Rubin Hercules Benrubi

(1969-10-04) October 4, 1969 (age 55)
Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Other namesAbraham Ben Rubi, Abe Benrubi
Occupation(s)Actor, voice actor
Years active1990–present

Abraham Rubin Hercules Benrubi (born October 4, 1969) is an American actor. He is known for his appearances as Jerry Markovic on the long-running medical television drama ER, for his first role as Larry Kubiac on the series Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Dennis in Without a Paddle, and for his voice acting on the Adult Swim claymation series Robot Chicken as well as numerous video games including many in the World of Warcraft series.

Early life and education

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Benrubi was born on October 4, 1969, in Indianapolis, Indiana, the eldest son of Patricia and Asher Benrubi, known professionally as Adam Smasher or "The Smash", who was the lead singer of Roadmaster and a radio personality in St. Louis.[1][2] His paternal grandfather was from a Greek-Jewish family. His paternal grandmother, who was born to a Greek Orthodox Christian family, helped shelter Jews in Greece during World War II and later converted to Judaism.[3][4] Benrubi graduated from Broad Ripple High School in Indianapolis.

Career

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Benrubi's early appearances included roles in the shows Growing Pains, Married... with Children and Blossom. His first major role was on the show Wings, as Roy "R.J." Biggins, Jr., Roy's gay son. He would appear as R.J. twice: once during the show's second season, and again during the seventh season, shortly after he began working on NBC's ER.

Benrubi portrayed a young Dan Conner, the character portrayed by John Goodman, in a flashback episode of Roseanne.[5]

Between the first and second seasons of Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Benrubi and co-star Taj Johnson worked as roadies for No Doubt's first tour.[dubious – discuss]

Benrubi appeared on ER from its first season, playing desk clerk Jerry Markovic. He was a regular cast member from 1994 to 1999; again from 2002 to 2006; and again from 2008 to 2009.

Benrubi starred as one of the main characters in ABC's show Men in Trees (2006 to 2008), playing bartender/millionaire Ben Tomasson. This was a role where he got noticeably more main dialog and depth than with his previous longtime characters on ER and Parker Lewis Can't Lose, where he played a more supporting role. Ben Tomasson was described as "the cuddliest TV character since Jorge Garcia's Hurley on Lost" by TV-critic David Bianculli.[6]

Following the cancellation of Men In Trees in early 2007, Benrubi returned to the cast of ER in late 2008 for the show's final season.

Benrubi starred in the short-lived ABC show, Happy Town (April to June 2010) where he portrayed the part of Big Dave Duncan. Almost immediately after ABC announced the series' cancellation, he appeared in a new show Memphis Beat, where he portrayed the part of police Sgt. Jody "JC" Lightfoot, a desk sergeant who is 1/16 Chickasaw by a distant relative, but chooses to embrace Native American culture all the same.[7]

In May 2011, it was announced that he would star in Glutton, a "3D psychological thriller" directed by David Arquette. Benrubi would have played Jethro, a 1,200-pound man, forced to save his sister's life.[8] Jethro's sister would have been portrayed by Patricia Arquette, while Kacey Barnfield would have also starred as his blind neighbor and only friend.

Benrubi is a member of Los Angeles' Sacred Fools Theater Company.[9]

Other work includes portraying Mose in the 2003 western Open Range, a role the actor won because he had been cut out of director Kevin Costner's previous film, The Postman. He frequently voices characters on Adult Swim's stop-motion animation show Robot Chicken (created by personal friend Seth Green), and has also contributed to a second show from Chicken's creators, Titan Maximum.

Filmography

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Film

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Film
Year Title Role Notes
1990 Diving In Rick
1992 Crossing the Bridge Rinny
1993 The Program Bud-Lite Kaminski
1994 The Shadow Marine Guard
Wagons East Abe Ferguson Credited as Abe Benrubi
1995 Magic Island Duckbone Direct-to-video
1996 Twister Bubba
1997 Talking Dessert Short film
1997 George of the Jungle Thor
U Turn Biker #1
Under Oath Geoff Carmichael
1998 Border to Border Geddy Paretti
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died Bouncer
The Rugrats Movie Serge Voice; credited as Abe Benrubi[10]
1999 Out in Fifty Spike
2001 War Story Eric Short film
The Man Who Wasn't There The Man at the Dance
2002 Zig Zag Hector
2004 Open Range Mose
Without a Paddle Dennis
2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous Lou Steele
2006 Wristcutters: A Love Story Erik
Charlotte's Web Uncle Voice[10]
National Lampoon's TV: The Movie Max Gottlieb
2009 Calvin Marshall Coach Dewey
2010 Venus & Vegas Bruno
2012 Shoot'er Punisher Short film
Deep Dark Canyon Michael Spencer
Ambush at Dark Canyon Garrett Kain
2013 Bounty Killer Jimbo
A Country Christmas Santa Claus
A Night in Old Mexico Big Roscoe Hammil
Chance at Romance Jackson
My Mother Is Not a Fish Walter Short film
String Theory Patsy Glen Short film
Noël Tim Short film
2014 Ghost Light Harvey
#Stuck Bartender
Big Hero 6 General Voice[10]
Ava & Lala Mr. Bear Voice
The Blackout Billy
2015 Little Boy Teacup
2016 The Finest Hours George "Tiny" Myers
Jessica Darling's It List Mr. Pudel
The Belko Experiment Chet Valincourt
2017 Heart, Baby Tree
Olaf's Frozen Adventure Additional Voices Voice
Short film
Like.Share.Follow. Detective Yarden
Aileron Trevor Short film
2019 Bliss Abe
2020 The Call of the Wild Skookum Bench King
2022 Christmas Bloody Christmas Santa Claus
Strange World Lonnie Redshirt Voice[10]
2023 The Old Way Big Mike

Television

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Television
Year Title Role Notes
1990 Growing Pains Really Big Kid Episode: "Mike, the Teacher"
1990-1996 Wings Roy "R.J." Biggins Jr. 2 episodes
1990-1993 Parker Lewis Can't Lose Larry Kubiac 66 episodes
1991-1993 Married... with Children Jimmy/Baby 2 episodes
1992 Blossom Francis Episode: "Whines and Misdemeanors"
Angel Street Pilot episode
Roseanne Teenage Dan Episode: "Halloween IV"
1993 Grace Under Fire Mark Episode: "Grace Undergraduate"
1994-2009 ER Jerry Markovic 137 episodes
1995 Out There Roy Television film
1998 Sleepwalkers Vincent Konefke Main role
Cold Feet Man on the Bus Television film
Tempting Fate John Bolladine Television film
1999 The X-Files Big Mike Raskin Episode: "Arcadia"
A Touch of Hope Dr. Neil Bachman Television film
2000 Dark Angel Break Episode: "Flushed"
2001-2002 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Olaf 2 episodes
2002 Going to California Harvey Episode: "Mixed Doubles"
2005 Unscripted Himself Episode 1 pilot
Criminal Minds Frank Fielding Episode: "The Fox"
2005-2017 American Dad! Todd and Employee Voice, 2 episodes
2005-2018 Robot Chicken Darth Vader, Optimus Prime, Great Pumpkin, Ving Rhames, Fidel Castro, Dominic Toretto, Cyborg, Bowser, and other various characters 27 episodes
Sometimes credited as Abe Benrubi
One episode uncredited
2006 Pizza Time Bruno Television film
Dr. Vegas Star Wars Thug Episode 8: "Heal Thyself
2006-2008 Men in Trees Ben Thomasson Main role
2007 Robot Chicken: Star Wars Darth Vader Voice
2008 Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II Darth Vader and Owen Lars Voice
1% Citizen Dave Unaired pilot for an HBO series
2009 Titan Maximum Drill Instructor Episode 6: "Dirty Lansbury"
2010 Happy Town Big Dave Duncan 6 episodes
Memphis Beat Sgt. JC Lightfoot/Jody 10 episodes
Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III Darth Vader and Owen Lars Voice
2011 Team Unicorn The Professor Episode: "Alien Beach Crashers"
2012 Community Orderly Episode: "Curriculum Unavailable"
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special Cyborg, Kilowog, Appa Ali Apsa, Solomon Grundy Voice
Bones Willis McCullum Episode: "The Method in the Madness"
Pair of Kings Silver Fox Episode: "Yeti, Set, Snow"
Star Wars Detours Additional Voices Voice
Series unaired, hiatus
2012-2013 Brickleberry Mr. Cunaman, Meat-Hammer Voice, 2 episodes
2013 Once Upon a Time Arlo Episode: "Tiny"
The Garcias Have Landed Admiral Lomax Television film
Chance at Romance Jackson Television film
2014-2015 Bosch Rodney Belk 4 episodes
2014 Beware the Batman Street Thug Voice, episode: "Fall"[10]
The Bridge DEA Agent Joe McKenzie 10 episodes
2016 TripTank Chief Voice, episode: "Crime Steve Investigation"[10]
Outcast Caleb 3 episodes
2017 APB Pete McCann 11 episodes
Still the King Leslie Episode: "Who's Your Daddy?"
2019 Chicago Fire Russ LaPointe Episode: "The White Whale"
2020-22 It's Pony George Bramley Voice, recurring role[10]

Video games

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Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2001 Mystery Island II Voice
Myth III: The Wolf Age Voice
2004 World of Warcraft Additional Voices Voice
2005 ER Jerry Markovic Voice
2012 Skylanders: Giants Additional Voices Voice
2013 Skylanders: Swap Force Additional Voices Voice
2014 Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Urzael Voice[10]
Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition Urzael Voice
World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor Additional Voices and Monster Vocal Effects Voice
2015 Heroes of the Storm Diablo Voice
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void Additional Voices Voice
2016 World of Warcraft: Legion Additional Voices Voice
2018 World of Warcraft: Battle for Azeroth Additional Voices Voice
2022 World of Warcraft: Dragonflight Voice
Credited as Abe Benrubi

References

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  1. ^ "Abraham Benrubi Biography (1969–)". FilmReference.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "Radio Legend "The Smash" Returning to the Airwaves". RiverBender.com. April 9, 2020. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  3. ^ Cohn, Robert A. (August 3, 2011). "Rachel Benrubi, 86; family hid Jews in Greece during WWII". St. Louis Jewish Light. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  4. ^ Kelly, Robert. (April 20, 2009). Those who aided Jews honored Many put their lives at stake to conceal Jews from Nazis during Holocaust. COMMMERATION. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
  5. ^ Darus, Alex (2022-02-10). "Why Russ LaPointe From Chicago Fire Looks So Familiar". Looper. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  6. ^ "'Trees': Heche Branches Out. Alas, she's left out on a limb". New York Daily News. September 12, 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
  7. ^ Lloyd, Robert (June 22, 2010). "Television Review: 'Memphis Beat'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  8. ^ Snyder, Jeff (May 16, 2011). "Benrubi set to play 'Glutton'". Variety. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  9. ^ "Associate Members". Sacred Fools Theater Company. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h "Abraham Benrubi (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 22, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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