David Herman

David Herman (born February 20, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. He was an original cast member on MADtv from 1995 to 1997 and played Michael Bolton in Office Space.

He has done voice-over work in hundreds of episodes of King of the Hill, Futurama, American Dad!, Bob's Burgers, Brickleberry, Invader Zim, OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, Disenchantment, The Great North, and Paradise PD.

Early life Herman was born in New York City and raised in Washington Heights, Manhattan. He graduated from the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in 1985, then attended the acting program at SUNY Purchase.

Career Early acting roles Herman had appeared in the films Born on the Fourth of July, Lost Angels, and Let It Be Me.

MADtv

Herman was part of the cast of John Leguizamo's short-lived series House of Buggin' in 1995. When Fox canceled the series to replace it with a sketch comedy show, Herman signed on as one of nine original cast members of MADtv when the series began in 1995.

Herman's MADtv characters included Mike Lawson (Incredible Findings), Generation X anchorman Marsh (X News), and concerned father Joel Linder.

Herman lampooned celebrities and famous figures such as Don Adams (as Maxwell Smart from Get Smart), Tim Allen (as Tim Taylor from Home Improvement), Woody Allen, Nicolas Cage, Bill Clinton, Bob Dole, David Duchovny (as Fox Mulder from The X-Files), Larry Flynt, Tom Hanks (as Forrest Gump and as Jim Lovell from Apollo 13), Larry King, Kenny Kingston, Regis Philbin, Charles Nelson Reilly, John Ritter (as himself and as Jack Tripper from Three's Company), Joel Schumacher, Robert Shapiro, Pauly Shore, Brent Spiner, Patrick Stewart (as Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation), and Alex Trebek.

Herman stayed with the show until six episodes into the third season. When speaking about the show in 2019, he said that he wanted to leave the show to do other projects, but Fox would not let him out of his contract, as they considered him too valuable, so he got himself fired by screaming all his lines during read-through. While continuing his voice work on King of the Hill, he came across the script for Office Space, which Hill creator Mike Judge had written with Herman in mind for the part of Michael Bolton.

Other television projects Herman's television credits include guest-starring on the WB's Angel and Fox's action drama 24.

Film projects Though primarily a television actor, Herman has appeared in several films, including Dude, Where's My Car? and Fun with Dick and Jane. He had a prominent role in the 1999 comedy Office Space as a gangsta rap-loving nerd named Michael Bolton who must endure questions about his relationship to the famous singer. In 2006, he appeared in another Mike Judge film, Idiocracy.

Voice acting Herman is also known for his work as a voice actor in cartoons and video games, notably in Futurama, where he provides the voices of many recurring characters (including Scruffy, Planet Express's janitor; Roberto, the deranged criminal robot obsessed with stabbing people; New New York City Mayor Poopenmeyer, and Professor Farnsworth's former student and current rival Ogden Wernstrom), and King of the Hill, on which he voiced Luanne's ill-fated boyfriend, Buckley, as well as several one-shot and incidental characters.

Herman's other voice work include additional roles in American Dad!, Nickelodeon's short-lived animated series Invader Zim, the short-lived CGI-animated sitcom Father of the Pride (in which he voices Roy Horn), and the Jak and Daxter video game series. Herman starred as Ubuntu Goode (and other supporting voices) on Judge's short-lived companion series to King of the Hill, The Goode Family. He provides the voice for Mr. Frond and other supporting voices on Fox's Bob's Burgers; Mr. Gar, Brandon, and others on Cartoon Network's OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes; The Herald and various characters on Matt Groening's Netflix series Disenchantment; incompetent park ranger Steve Williams on Comedy Central's Brickleberry; and Kevin Crawford on Paradise PD.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1989 Lost Angels Carlo 1989 Born on the Fourth of July VA in Hospital 1997 Kirk and Kerry Dave Short film 1998 Gunshy Dan 1999 Olive, the Other Reindeer Guard Shack Elf (voice) 1999 Office Space Michael Bolton 2000 Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth Mr. Lowelle Buchanan Direct-to-video 2000 Dude, Where's My Car? Nelson 2000 Table One Norman 2000 Monsignor Martinez John Smith 2005 The Lather Effect Corey 2005 Kicking & Screaming Referee 2005 Fun with Dick and Jane Angry Caller (voice) 2006 Idiocracy Secretary of State 2007 Bee Movie Buzz, Bob Bumble, Pilot (voice) 2007 Futurama: Bender's Big Score Nudar, Scruffy, Turanga Morris, Terry, additional voices Direct-to-video 2008 Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs Ogden Wernstrom, Mayor Poopenmeyer, Pazuzu, Chu, Fatbot, Warden Vogel, additional voices Direct-to-video 2008 Futurama: Bender's Game Larry, Roberto, Scruffy, Turanga Morris, Ogden Wernstrom, additional voices Direct-to-video 2009 Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder Number 9 Man, Scruffy, Michael, additional voices Direct-to-video 2013 Bad Milo Ralph (voice) 2017 Best Fiends: Visit Minutia Roger (voice) Short film 2018 Best Fiends: Fort of Hard Knocks Gordon (voice) Short film 2018 Best Fiends: Baby Slug's Big Day Out Gordon (voice) Short film 2019 Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost Sheriff (voice) Direct-to-video 2019 Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island Sheriff, Jack (voice) Direct-to-video 2020 Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! Sheriff (voice) Direct-to-video 2022 The Bob's Burgers Movie Mr. Frond (voice)Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe Gage, German Tourist, Jail Warden (voice) 2023 Strays Underbite Pound Dog (voice)

Television Year Title Role Notes 1995 House of Buggin' Various Main cast 1995–1997 MADtv Various roles Main cast (Seasons 1–3) 1997–2010;2025–present King of the Hill Buckley, Jimmy Wichard, various characters (voice) Recurring role 1999–2003;2008–2013;2023–present Futurama Scruffy, Roberto, Larry, Ogden Wernstrom, Turanga Morris, Mayor Poopenmeyer, various characters (voice) Recurring role (Seasons 1–4)Main cast (Season 5–present) 2000 Angel David Nabbit 3 episodes 2001 Primetime Glick Various 2 episodes 2001–2003 Invader Zim Additional voices 7 episodes 2003 Life on Parole Dave Television film 2003, 2008 ChalkZone Generic Man (voice) 3 episodes 2004 24 Dalton Furrelle 2 episodes 2004 Grounded for Life Dave "J.J. Bodybuddy", Lomax 2 episodes 2004 Father of the Pride Roy Horn (voice) Main cast 2006–present American Dad! Various characters (voice) 2008 Moral Orel Principal Fakey, additional voices Season 3 only 2008–2009 The Drinky Crow Show Uncle Gabby, Captain Maak (voice) Main cast 2009 The Goode Family Ubuntu Goode (voice) Main cast 2011–present Bob's Burgers Mr. Phillip Frond, Trev, Marshmallow (Seasons 1–8), various characters (voice) Recurring role 2011 Beavis and Butt-Head Additional voices 4 episodes 2012 Family Guy David Strathairn (voice) Episode: "Tom Tucker: The Man and His Dream" 2012–2015 Brickleberry Steve Williams, various characters (voice) Main cast 2013 Out There Babel (voice) Episode: "Enter Destiny" 2013 Lakewood Plaza Turbo Mr. Gar, Brandon (voice) Pilot for OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes 2014–2016 TripTank Various characters (voice) 12 episodes 2014, 2025 The Simpsons Scruffy, Clincher (voice) Episodes: "Simpsorama" and "Thrifty Ways to Thieve Your Mother" 2015 Ridin' with Burgess Duzenthal, Narrator (voice) Pilot 2015 The Awesomes Pharaoh, additional voices 9 episodes 2016 Better Things Richard Episode: "Sam/Pilot" 2017 Jeff & Some Aliens Zib Zog's Father, Host (voice) Episode: "Jeff & Some Honer Killings" 2017–2019 OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Mr. Gar, Brandon, Jethro, Beardo, additional voices Main cast 2017 Adventure Time Randy (voice) Episode: "Ring of Fire" 2017 Tarantula Additional voices 3 episodes 2018–2023 Disenchantment Jerry, The Herald, Chazzzzz, Guysbert, various characters (voice) Main cast 2018–2022 Paradise PD Kevin Crawford, various characters (voice) Main cast 2018 BoJack Horseman Arnold Schwarzenegger (voice) Episode: "BoJack the Feminist" 2019–2021 Bless the Harts Peter, additional voices Recurring role 2020–2022 Central Park Dmitry, various characters (voice) Recurring role 2021–2025 The Great North Santiago Carpaccio, Gill Beavers, additional voices Recurring role 2022 Space Force Albertson (voice) Episode: "Budget Cuts" 2022 Farzar Principal Carter, additional voices Episode: "Robot Revolution" 2022 Slippin' Jimmy Roger, Warren, Seth (voice) 2 episodes 2024 Everybody Still Hates Chris Additional voices 2 episodes

Video games Year Title Voice role 2001 Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy Sculptor, Boggy Billy 2003 Futurama Larry, Adoy, Ra-Ra the Sun King 2003 Jak II Errol, Krimzon Guards 2004 Jak 3 Errol, Ottsel Surfer, Ottzel Dummy 2005 Jak X: Combat Racing Razer, Ximon, Thugs 2006 Daxter Ximon, Tik, Errol, Krimzon Guard, Miner 2016 Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow Scruffy, Leg Mutant, Malfunction Eddie 2018 OK K.O.! Let's Play Heroes Mr. Gar, Brandon 2022 High on Life Gene Zaroothian 2026 High on Life 2 Gene Zaroothian

Web Year Title Role Notes 2000 Zombie College Scott Bardo (voice) Main cast 2025 Guys Next Door Wooze, Richie (voice) Pilot