David Herman

This article is about the actor and comedian. For the professional football player, see Dave Herman. For the mixed martial artist, see Dave Herman (fighter).

David Herman
Born	February 20, 1967 (1967-02-20) (age 44) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, comedian, voice actor
Years active	1989–present
Spouse	Christi Campbell (1 child)

David Herman (born February 20, 1967) is an American actor, comedian and voice actor best known as an original cast member of MADtv and for his role as Michael Bolton in Office Space. He is also known for his voice roles on television programs such as Futurama and King of the Hill.

Biography

David Herman was born in New York City and raised in Washington Heights. He graduated from the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in 1987, then attended the acting program at SUNY Purchase. Herman appeared in the films Born on the Fourth of July, Lost Angels and Let It Be Me, but he is probably best known for his role as Michael Bolton in Mike Judge's Office Space. Earlier, Herman had joined the cast of John Leguizamo's House of Buggin' in 1994; however, that show was short-lived. When Fox decided to mount a sketch comedy show to replace House of Buggin', Herman was kept on as an original MADtv cast member.

Career

MADtv

Herman was one of nine original cast members of MADtv when the series debuted in 1995. Unlike the other original repertory and featured players, he was one of the few cast members who came to the show with an established acting career. Herman's MADtv characters included Mike Lawson (Incredible Findings), Generation X anchorman Marsh (X News), and concerned father Joel Linder. Former cast-mate Artie Lange referred to Herman as "a brilliant, talented actor" and called him "one of my best friends in show business."

Herman lampooned celebrities and famous figures such as Tom Hanks, Woody Allen, Joel Schumacher, Regis Philbin, Alex Trebek, Brent Spiner, Pauly Shore, Bill Clinton, Patrick Stewart, Larry King, John Ritter, Bob Dole, Larry Flynt, David Duchovny, Nicolas Cage, Robert Shapiro, Tim Allen, and Kenny Kingston.

Herman was a repertory performer on the show for two and a half seasons. He left MADtv in the middle of the show's third season (1997–98) to pursue a movie career and other projects.

Other television projects

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

Film projects

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

Voice acting projects

Herman is also known for his work as a voice actor in video games and cartoons, notably in Futurama (where he provides the voices of Scruffy and various others) and King of the Hill, where he provided incidental character voices. His other voice work includes American Dad!, Invader Zim, Father of the Pride and the Jak and Daxter video game series. He now stars as Ubuntu Goode (and other supporting voices) in Mike Judge's new animated series, "The Goode Family". He also voiced a civilian in a mission called The Evacuation of Starcraft 2: Wings of Liberty. More recently, he has voiced a character in Fox's Bob's Burgers.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2006	Idiocracy	Secretary of State	Comedy
2005	Fun with Dick and Jane	Angry Caller	Comedy
2005	Kicking & Screaming	Referee
2005	The Lather Effect	Corey
2003	Life on Parole	Dave
2001	Primetime Glick	Various Characters
2000	Angel	David Nabbit	Science Fiction/Action Drama
2000	Monsignor Martinez	Smith
2000	Table One	Norman	Comedy
2000	Dude, Where's My Car?	Nelson	Comedy
2000	Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth	Mr. Lowelle Buchanan	Comedy
1999	Office Space	Michael Bolton	Comedy
1997	Kirk and Kerry	Dave	Comedy
1995	Let it Be Me		Comedy
1995–1997	MADtv	Various Characters	Sketch Comedy
1989	Born on the Fourth of July	VA in Hospital	Drama
1989	Lost Angels	Carlo

Voice and video game appearances

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2011	Eric Kaplan's Sketch World	Various
2011	Bob's Burgers	Mr. Frond, Marshmallow
2009	The Goode Family	Ubuntu Goode
2008	The Drinky Crow Show	Uncle Gabby, Additional Voices
2008	Moral Orel	Coach Stopframe, Principal Fakey, Additional voices	Replaced Jay Johnston
2007	Futurama	Turanga Morris, Scruffy the Janitor, Roberto, Malfunctioning Eddie, Additional Voices	Nudar in Bender's Big Score and the No. 9 man in Into the Wild Green Yonder.
2007	Bee Movie
2007	Zombie College	Scott
2006	American Dad!	Arboreus, Mr. Aids
2005	Jak X: Combat Racing	Razer, Ximon, Thugs
2004	Father of the Pride	Roy
2004	Jak 3	Errol, Male Citizens
2003	Jak II	Erol, Agent 2, Krimzon Guards
2003	Futurama	Larry, Adoy, Ra-Ra the Sun King, Additional Voices
2001	Invader ZIM	Various Voices
2001	Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy	Boggy Billy, Sculptor
2000	Futurama	Various Characters
1999	Family Guy	Various Characters
1997–2009	King of the Hill	Buckley, Eustis, Anthony Page, Jimmy Witchert (the same voice he performs for Uncle Gabby in Drinky Crow), Additional voices

External links

• David Herman at the Internet Movie Database
• http://www.mrskin.com/Skinterviews/181/index.htm

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Name	Herman, David
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Date of birth	February 20, 1967
Place of birth	New York City, New York, U.S.
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