Seth Green

Seth Benjamin Green ( Gesshel-Green; born February 8, 1974) is an American actor and producer. His film debut was The Hotel New Hampshire, and he went on to have supporting roles in comedy films in the 1980s, including Radio Days, Can't Buy Me Love (both 1987) and Big Business (1988).

During the 1990s and 2000s, Green began starring in comedy films such as Idle Hands (1999), Rat Race (2001), Without a Paddle (2004) and Be Cool (2005). He also became known for his portrayal of Scott Evil, Dr. Evil's son, in the Austin Powers film series (1997–2002). Green has also taken serious roles in films, including The Attic Expeditions (2001) and Party Monster (2003). He has provided the voice for Howard the Duck in a number of Marvel Cinematic Universe films and series, including Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) and in the animated series What If...? (2021–2024). In 2019, he wrote, directed, and starred in the comedy-drama film Changeland.

Green's first lead role on television 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 the fantasy television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2000), and as the voice of Chris Griffin on the Fox adult animated comedy series Family Guy (1999–present). He also voiced Monty Monogram in the Disney Channel/Disney+ animated series Phineas and Ferb (2011–2015; 2025–present), Leonardo in the Nickelodeon animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014–2017) and Joker in the Mass Effect video game series (2007–2012). Green created, directed, wrote, and produced the adult animated comedy series Robot Chicken and its spinoffs (2005–present), which have earned him three Primetime Emmy Awards and five Annie Awards.

Early life Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green was born in Overbrook Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Barbara and Herbert Green. He has one sister, Kaela. Green later legally changed his name to Seth Benjamin Green. He was raised Jewish and had a bar mitzvah ceremony. His ancestors were from Russia, Poland, and Scotland. Green started acting at the age of 7. His early comic influences included Monty Python, Blackadder, Saturday Night Live, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Porky's, and Caddyshack.

Career

Early work Green's first film roles were in the 1984 films Billions for Boris and The Hotel New Hampshire; the second film cast him alongside Jodie Foster and Rob Lowe. 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 Days (1987) as Joe (a 1930s–1940s boy based on Allen) and appeared in Big Business (1988) and, in the same year, My Stepmother Is an Alien, which also starred Buffy the Vampire Slayer co-star Alyson Hannigan. In 1987. he played Danny in Chris Elliott's "Cinemax Comedy Experiment" anthology series episode, Action Family.

In 1984, Green portrayed Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer in the Jell-O Gelatin Pops commercials featuring The Little Rascals. In 1991, Green rose to fame in a Rally's "Cha Ching" commercial, which earned him an appearance at a New Orleans Saints game. Green was given a key to New Orleans in honor of his role in the popular commercial.

Green appeared in the horror TV series It (as Richie Tozier, age 12) and Ticks, all three Austin Powers films (as Dr. Evil's son, Scott), and Enemy of the State and The Italian Job (as a computer specialist in both). He was also in the films Can't Hardly Wait, Rat Race, Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, Without a Paddle (alongside Matthew Lillard), Idle Hands, Party Monster, Airborne, and Old Dogs.

In 1994, he starred alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt in the short-lived series The Byrds of Paradise. The two additionally appeared in 1998's Can't Hardly Wait. Green also had a role in the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He played Daniel "Oz" Osbourne, a calm, mild-mannered member of the band Dingoes Ate My Baby who gets turned into a werewolf. The character was very popular among fans of the series. Green is not related to Bruce Seth Green, who directed some episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. On occasion, some sources confuse the two and have credited Seth as the director. As an actor in the series, he was close to co-star Alyson Hannigan because they were lovers in the show. Green has starred on Fox's Greg the Bunny and guest-starred on The X-Files, That '70s Show, Will & Grace, MADtv, Reno 911!, Entourage, Grey's Anatomy, The Wonder Years, Heroes, The Facts of Life, The Drew Carey Show, and My Name Is Earl.

Family Guy

On the animated television comedy Family Guy, Green primarily voices Chris Griffin, the teenage son, who is overweight, unintelligent and, in many respects, a younger version of his father Peter Griffin. He also voices Neil Goldman, a neighbor of the Griffins. Green did an impression of Buffalo Bill from the thriller film The Silence of the Lambs during his audition. He has stated that his main inspiration for Chris' voice came from envisioning how Buffalo Bill would sound when speaking through a public address system at a McDonald's.

Howard the Duck Green provides the voice of Howard the Duck for the live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Vol. 2 (2017) and the Disney+ animated series What If...?, as well as the Disney XD animated series Guardians of the Galaxy (2015–2019) and Ultimate Spider-Man (2016).

Developing the character with James Gunn, Green did an impression of Danny DeVito, "being sort of a gruff and cynical sarcastic character [who] doesn't know what the Earth species of duck even is and doesn't think of himself that way and is offended by that generalization."

Later work

Green is a co-creator, co-producer, writer, director, and most frequent voice of the Emmy-winning stop-motion sketch parody comedy TV series Robot Chicken, for which he does many voices and has appeared in animated form. Green is friends with the band Fall Out Boy, making a cameo in their music video, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race". He also appeared 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 Internet celebrity Chris Crocker. He voiced the character Jeff "Joker" Moreau, pilot of the Normandy-SR starship series in the video games Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3. 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 and Robot Chicken co-producer Breckin Meyer appeared in the NBC show Heroes during the 2008–09 season. In January 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. Later in the same year, he worked with one of his idols, Robin Williams, in the comedy film Old Dogs, which also starred John Travolta. On July 13, World Wrestling Entertainment's official website announced Green as the special guest host for the July 13 episode of WWE Raw, and on that night, Green competed in the main event, a six-man tag team match, which his team won by disqualification. He was also in attendance for WWE's biggest event of the year, WrestleMania XXVI on March 28, 2010. In 2011, Green provided the voice of Monty Monogram in the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb. Green became the new voice of Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles following Jason Biggs' departure from the role.

In 2019, he wrote and directed his first film named Changeland, starring Brenda Song and Macaulay Culkin. The film was released on June 7, 2019.

In 2020, Green reprised his voice role as Monty Monogram in the Disney+ exclusive original film, Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe, the second overall Phineas and Ferb film, released on August 28, 2020.

In 2021, Green reprised the role of Todo 360 in Star Wars: The Bad Batch. The following year, Green voiced Thunderbolt in the third season of Stargirl, replacing Jim Gaffigan.

Personal life After getting engaged on New Year's Eve in 2009, Green married actress Clare Grant on May 1, 2010, in Northern California. They worked together on Robot Chicken, Warren the Ape, Changeland, Holidays, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., and her Saber and "Geek and Gamer Girls Song" viral videos. Green revealed in an October 2025 interview with Bill Maher that they have a two-year-old child together.

In October 2022, Green accused Bill Murray of forcibly dropping him in a trash bin backstage on Saturday Night Live when he was nine years old. He claimed that the assault occurred after Murray was frustrated that Green refused to move from the armrest of a couch.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1984 Billions for Boris Benjamin "Ape-Face" Andrews 1984 The Hotel New Hampshire "Egg" Berry 1986 Willy/Milly Malcolm 1987 Radio Days Joe 1987 Can't Buy Me Love Chuckie Miller 1988 Big Business Jason 1988 My Stepmother Is an Alien Fred Glass 1990 Missing Parents Leo 1990 Pump Up the Volume Joey 1991 Our Shining Moment Wheels 1992 The Double 0 Kid Chip 1992 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Vampire 1993 Ticks Tyler Burns 1993 Arcade Stilts 1993 Airborne Wiley 1993 The Day My Parents Ran Away Leo 1995 Notes from Underground Punk Neighbor 1995 White Man's Burden 3rd Youth at Hot Dog Stand 1996 To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday Danny Green 1997 Boys Life 2 Homophobe #2 Segment: "Nunzio's Second Cousin" 1997 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Scott Evil 1998 Can't Hardly Wait Kenny Fisher 1998 Enemy of the State Selby Uncredited 1999 Idle Hands Mick 1999 Stonebrook Cornelius 1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Scott Evil 2001 Rock Star 101 Le'Von Short film 2001 The Trumpet of the Swan Boyd (voice) 2011 Mars Needs Moms Milo Motion capture only, was also the original voice of Milo during production, voice-over work cut. 2011 The Story of Luke Zack 2013 Sexy Evil Genius Zachary Newman 2013 Dear Mr. Watterson Himself Documentary 2013 I Know That Voice Himself Documentary 2014 Guardians of the Galaxy Howard the Duck (voice) Uncredited cameo 2014 The Identical Dino 2014 Yellowbird Yellowbird (voice) 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Howard the Duck (voice) 2020 Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe Monty Monogram (voice) 2022 Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Radio DJ 2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Howard the Duck (voice) 2024 Little Death David 2026 The Highest Stakes Samuel Nicholas

Television

Web

Video games Year Title Role Notes 1992 Make My Video Band Member 1994 Playtoons Sneetches, Peter T. Hooper, Crowd #1 Storylines: "Uncle Archibald" and "The Secret of the Castle" 1994 Storybook Weaver Various 2004 Storybook Weaver Deluxe Various 2006 Family Guy Video Game! Chris Griffin 2007 Mass Effect Jeff "Joker" Moreau Robot Chicken, episode: "Born Again Virgin Christmas Special" 2014 Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance Robot Chicken 2015 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance Robot Chicken, episode: "Chipotle Miserable" 2016 Outstanding Short Form Animated Program Robot Chicken, episode: "Robot Chicken Christmas Special: The X-Mas United" 2018 Outstanding Short Form Animated Program Robot Chicken, episode: "Freshly Baked: The Robot Chicken Santa Claus Pot Cookie Freakout Special: Special Edition" 2019 Outstanding Short Form Animated Program Robot Chicken, episode: "Why Is It Wet?" 2020 Outstanding Short Form Animated Program Robot Chicken, episode: "Santa's Dead (Spoiler Alert) Holiday Murder Thing Special" 2021 Outstanding Short Form Animated Program Robot Chicken, episode: "Endgame" 2022 Outstanding Short Form Animated Program Robot Chicken, episode: "Happy Russian Deathdog Dolloween 2 U"