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Ben Schwartz
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- Ben Schwartz sells script to Universal
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- Ben Schwartz interview with AV Club
- Ben Schwartz cast in CollegeHumor movie "Coffee Town"
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- Ben Schwartz Q&A with LA Times
- LA Times names Ben Schwartz a "Face to Watch in 2012"
- Trailer released for new Showtime series House of Lies co-starring Ben Schwartz
- Ben Schwartz interviewed in BlackBook
- Ben Schwartz interview with Jewcy
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- Showtime picks up 'House of Lies' series starring Ben Schwartz
- Ben Schwartz interview in Movieline
- Ben Schwartz to pen Soapdish remake
- Ben Schwartz cast in Showtime pilot
- Ben Schwartz interviewed by TV Guide
- Universal acquires pitch from Ben Schwartz
- Ben Schwartz interviewed for Huffington Post
- Ben Schwartz joins JJ Abrams pilot for NBC
- LA Times spotlights UCBT performers "Funny People on the Way Up"
- Ben Schwartz book "Why is Daddy in a Dress?" now available
- Congratulations UCBT performers nominated for Emmy Awards
- UCB Theatre Performers & Alumni Continue To Find Television Success
Ben Schwartz is an Emmy award winning writer/actor from NY who currently resides in LA. He plays Clyde Oberholt on the Showtime show "House of Lies" as well as Jean-Ralphio on NBCs "Parks and Recreation."
He has written features for Imagine and Universal as well as a re-make of the movie Soapdish for Paramount. He was a staff writer for the third season of Adult Swims Robot Chicken and co-wrote Hugh Jackmans recession musical opening for the 81st Annual Academy Awards which won Ben an Emmy. He has three books out with Harper Collins- Grandmas Dead: Breaking Bad News with Baby Animals, Why is Daddy in a Dress: Asking Awkward Questions with Baby Animals and a third book to come out in October.
He started as a freelance writer, faxing in jokes to Saturday Night Lives Weekend Update and the Late Show with David Lettermans monologue. He has a website devoted to the jokes that didnt make it to air as well as other short films he wrote, directed and acted in - RejectedJokes.com.
Hes performed at the UCBT since 2003 and has been a part of countless improv and sketch shows including the sketch/improv team Hot Sauce with Adam Pally and Gil Ozeri which performed at the 2007 Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. He currently performs in LA every Sunday at 11pm with the improv team Shitty Jobs and the second sunday of every month at 9:30pm with Hot Sauce.
He has written features for Imagine and Universal as well as a re-make of the movie Soapdish for Paramount. He was a staff writer for the third season of Adult Swims Robot Chicken and co-wrote Hugh Jackmans recession musical opening for the 81st Annual Academy Awards which won Ben an Emmy. He has three books out with Harper Collins- Grandmas Dead: Breaking Bad News with Baby Animals, Why is Daddy in a Dress: Asking Awkward Questions with Baby Animals and a third book to come out in October.
He started as a freelance writer, faxing in jokes to Saturday Night Lives Weekend Update and the Late Show with David Lettermans monologue. He has a website devoted to the jokes that didnt make it to air as well as other short films he wrote, directed and acted in - RejectedJokes.com.
Hes performed at the UCBT since 2003 and has been a part of countless improv and sketch shows including the sketch/improv team Hot Sauce with Adam Pally and Gil Ozeri which performed at the 2007 Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival. He currently performs in LA every Sunday at 11pm with the improv team Shitty Jobs and the second sunday of every month at 9:30pm with Hot Sauce.