Benjamin Joseph Schwartz (born September 15, 1981) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his recurring role as Jean-Ralphio Saperstein on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, his starring role as Clyde Oberholt on the Showtime series House of Lies, and his voice roles as Randy Cunningham in Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, Dewey Duck in DuckTales, and Leonardo in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Sonic the Hedgehog in the eponymous film series and its spin-off miniseries Knuckles. He also appeared many times in the CollegeHumor web series Jake and Amir. His film career also includes roles in Peep World: Everybody's Fine, The Other Guys; Transformers: Age of Extinction; The Walk; This Is Where I Leave You; Standing Up, Falling Down; and Flora & Ulysses. On television, he has starred in the Netflix comedy series Space Force (2020–2022) and the Apple TV+ murder mystery comedy series The Afterparty (2022–2023). He also voiced in the Netflix interactive special We Lost Our Human as Pud. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Schwartz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2028The Beatles: George
• 2028The Beatles: John
• 2028The Beatles: Paul
• 2028The Beatles: Ringo
• 2027Sonic the Hedgehog 4 — Sonic (voice)
• 2026Bad Day
• 2026Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice — Symon
• LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy - Pieces of the Past — Jaxxon (voice)
• Long Story Short — (voice)
• 2024Die Hart 2: Die Harter — Andre
• Knuckles — Sonic the Hedgehog (voice)
• 2024Sonic the Hedgehog 3 — Sonic (voice)
• 2023Renfield — Tedward Lobo
• The Muppets Mayhem — Gus D’Vore
• 2023We Lost Our Human — Pud / Future Pud / Cow Pud / Kitten Pud / Puddling (voice)
• Chibiverse — Dewey Duck (voice)
• 2022DC League of Super-Pets — Mark / Fire Guinea Pig (voice)
• Lightning Wolves
• 2022Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie — Leo / Janitor Man (voice)
• 2022Sonic Drone Home — Sonic the Hedgehog (voice)
• 2022Sonic the Hedgehog 2 — Sonic (voice)
• The Afterparty — Yasper
• The Boys Presents: Diabolical — Simon (voice), Kingdom’s Dad (voice)
• Calls — Andy (voice)
• 2021Flora & Ulysses — George
• INVINCIBLE — Shapesmith / Rus / Punk Thug (voice), Shapesmith (voice), Shapesmith / Rus / Tech Trooper #2 (voice), Shapesmith / Rus / Corey (voice), Shapesmith / Rus Livingston / Doctor (voice), Rus (voice)
• Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. — Louis 'Lou' Tarleton (voice)
• 2021Music — Rudy
• Rugrats — Lord Crater (voice)
• 2021Rumble — Jimothy Brett-Chadley III (voice)
• Star Wars: The Bad Batch — TAY-0 (voice)
• 2020A Parks and Recreation Special — Jean-Ralphio Sapperstein
• Crossing Swords — Keefer (voice)
• Die Hart — Andre
• Middleditch & Schwartz — Self, Creator
• 2020Sonic the Hedgehog — Sonic (voice)
• 2020Sonic the Hedgehog - Around the World in 80 Seconds — Sonic (voice)
• Space Force — F. Tony Scarapiducci
• Staged — Tom, Ben
• 2020Standing Up, Falling Down — Scott, Executive Producer
• Bless the Harts — Bryce Aldredge (voice)
• Human Discoveries — Leader Elk (voice)
• 2019Runnin'
• 2019The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part — Banarnar (voice)
• 2018An Actor Prepares — Jimmy
• 2018Blue Iguana — Paul Driggs
• 2018DuckTales: Destination Adventure! — Dewey Duck (voice)
• 2018Happy Anniversary — Sam
• Medal of Honor — Vito Bertoldo
• 2018Night School — Marvin
• 2018Outside In — Ted
• Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — Leonardo (voice)
• 2017DreamWorks Home: For the Holidays — Ben Schwartz (voice)
• DuckTales — Dewey Duck (Voice)
• 2017How to Be a Latin Lover — Jimmy / Valet
• The New V.I.P.'s — Lenny
• Bajillion Dollar Propertie$ — Quistian Gayle
• The Earliest Show — Josh Bath, Director, Writer, Creator
• 2016The Earliest Show: Outtakes & Bloopers — Josh Bath, Director, Writer
• 2016The Intervention — Jack
• 2015Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Stormtrooper (uncredited)
• 2015The Walk — Albert
• 2014Better Living Through Chemistry — Noah
• BoJack Horseman — Rutabaga Rabitowitz / Tawnie's Boyfriend (voice), Rutabaga Rabitowitz (voice)
• HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
• 2014I'm a Mitzvah — David
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Spokesman
• 2014The Interview — Publicist
• 2014This Is Where I Leave You — Rabbi Charles Grodner
• 2014Transformers: Age of Extinction — Bumblebee (voice) (uncredited)
• 2013Coffee Town — Gino
• 2013House of Lies Live — Self, Executive Producer
• 2013Runner Runner — Craig
• 2013Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World — Ben Schwartz
• 2013Turbo — Skid Mark (voice)
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — Rodney Wayber
• House of Lies — Clyde Oberholt
• House of Lies: Fridays at Galweather — Clyde Oberholt, Writer
• Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja — Randy Cunningham / The Ninja (voice)
• TRON: Uprising — Rilo
• Bob's Burgers — Josh (voice), Rick (voice)
• 2011Stay Awake Contest
• 2010Peep World — Nathan
• 2010Perfect Audition
• 2010The Other Guys — Beaman's Assistant
• Undercovers — Bill Hoyt
• Accidentally on Purpose — Max
• 2009Everybody's Fine — Writer
• 2009I Hate Valentine's Day — Tammy's Date
• Modern Family — Nick
• 2009Mystery Team — Dougie's Buddy
• Parks and Recreation — Jean-Ralphio Saperstein
• Hardly Working
• Hardly Working: All-Nighters — Branch Windwood, Ben, Writer
• 2008Job Interview — Interviewee, Writer, Director
• Mayne Street — Evan Mintz
• 2008Valentine's Break Up
• Bronx World Travelers — Ben, Co-Director, Writer, Creator
• 2007New York City Serenade — Russ
• Starveillance — Glenn - Host
• 2007Teddy Saw — Jason, Writer
• The Sarah Silverman Program — Writer
• 2007Ysketball — Writer, Director
• 2006Cheating — Ben, Writer
• American Dad! — Fire Marshall (voice), Brigham (voice)
• Robot Chicken — Scaredy Smurf / Roger Radcliffe / Toy Announcer (voice), Dickwax / Oog (voice)
• Arrested Development — John Beard Jr.
• The Simpsons — The Raw Barn Clerk (voice)
• 79ers — Screenplay
• DNA — Writer, Executive Producer
• Five nights at sonic — Sonic (voice)
• Happiness Isn't Everything — Jacky Hamburger
• Weezer: Security Threat

Appearances as themselves (23)

• 2025Wicked: One Wonderful Night — Self
• Dinner Time Live with David Chang — Self
• Superhot: The Spicy World of Pepper People — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Make Some Noise — Self - Player, Self - Gift Prompt (video footage)
• Stay Tooned — Self - Guest
• Celebrity Wheel of Fortune — Self - Contestant
• Last Meals — Self
• 2020Best of Stand-Up 2020 — Self
• 2020The Candlenights 2020 Special — Self
• 2018A Legendary Christmas with John & Chrissy — Self
• 2018Monster Challenge — Self
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series — Self
• A Little of Your Time with Quinn Marcus — Himself
• Match Game — Self - Panelist
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• The Game Awards — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• Good Mythical Morning — Self
• Conan — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self - Guest
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest