David Krumholtz (born May 15, 1978) is an American actor. Krumholtz is best known for portraying Bernard in The Santa Clause franchise (1994–present), Michael Eckman in 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Goldstein in the Harold & Kumar film trilogy (2004–2011), Charlie Eppes in the CBS drama series Numb3rs (2005–2010), and Isidor Isaac Rabi in Oppenheimer (2023). Krumholtz has also had other supporting roles in notable films such as Addams Family Values (1993), The Ice Storm (1997), Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), Ray (2004), Serenity (2005), Superbad (2007), Hail, Caesar! (2016), Sausage Party (2016), Wonder Wheel (2017), and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018). He also portrayed Harvey Wasserman in the HBO drama series The Deuce (2017–2019) and Monty Levin in the HBO miniseries The Plot Against America (2020). Krumholtz made his Broadway debut in the 1992 play Conversations with My Father. He returned to Broadway playing Hermann Merz in Tom Stoppard's semi-biographical Holocaust play Leopoldstadt (2022), for which he received a Drama League Award nomination.

Filmography

• 2026Influenced — Gary
• 2026Kill Me — Lou
• 2026Mr. Irrelevant — Whitey Horai
• 2026Supergirl — Zor-El
• 2025An Intimate Evening with Adam Pally
• 2025Forelock — Randy, Executive Producer
• Long Story Short — (voice)
• 2025Paradise Records — Wise Guy #2
• 2025Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere — Al Teller
• The Studio — Mitch Weitz
• Batman: Caped Crusader — Fletcher Demming (voice)
• 2024If That Mockingbird Don’t Sing — Alfonso
• 2024Lousy Carter — Lousy Carter
• Sausage Party: Foodtopia — Lavash (voice)
• 2024Scattered
• 2023Oppenheimer — Isidor Rabi
• Poker Face — JB Turner
• White House Plumbers — William Bittman
• Angelyne — Max Allen's Lawyer
• Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber — Sergey Brin
• The Santa Clauses — Bernard
• 2021Down with the King — Paul
• 2020Asking for It — The Cop
• Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens — Jerry Harrison
• 2020Class — Adam
• 2020Entree Des Artists — David "The Producer"
• 2019Crown Vic — Stroke Adams
• 2019Frances Ferguson — Group Therapy Leader
• The Twilight Zone
• 2018A Futile and Stupid Gesture — Time-Life Publisher
• Living Biblically — Rabbi Gil
• 2018Presentation — Executive Producer, Casting
• 2018The Ballad of Buster Scruggs — Frenchman (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
• The Rookie — Ezra Kane
• All Hail King Julien: Exiled — Timo (voice), Timo / Mom-Bot (voice), Timo / Mom-Bot / Watermelon Bawkings (voice)
• The Deuce — Harvey Wasserman
• 2017Wonder Wheel — Jake
• Billions — Frotty Anisman
• 2016Casual Encounters — Sammy Deetz
• 2016Ghost Team — Stan
• 2016Hail, Caesar! — Communist Writer
• 2016I Saw the Light — James Dolan
• 2016Sausage Party — Kareem Abdul Lavash (voice)
• The Interestings — Ethan Figman
• Difficult People — Ray
• Fresh Beat Band of Spies — Santa Claus (voice)
• Gigi Does It — Gigi
• Master of None — Nathan
• Star vs. the Forces of Evil — Cobalt Ferrero (voice)
• All Hail King Julien — Timo (voice), Timo / Dr. Watermelon Bawkings (voice), Timo / Mom-Bot (voice)
• HitRECord on TV with Joseph Gordon-Levitt
• 2014The Big Ask — Andrew
• 2014The Judge — Mike Kattan
• Mom — Gregory
• 2013Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the World — David Krumholtz
• 2013This Is the End — David Krumholtz
• 2013Tuna — Getty
• Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 — Patrick Kelly
• Key & Peele — Terrorist #3
• Men at Work — Myron
• Partners — Joe Goodman
• The Newsroom — Dr. Jack Habib
• 2011A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas — Seth Goldstein
• 2011Mr. Popper's Penguins — Kent
• The Playboy Club — Billy Rosen
• Raising Hope — Carl
• 2009I Love You, Man — Sydney's Buddy (uncredited)
• The Good Wife — Josh Mariner
• The League — Joel Cocque
• 2008Big Breaks — Director, Executive Producer, Writer
• Childrens Hospital — Dookie
• 2008Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay — Seth Goldstein
• 2007Battle for Terra — Terrian Commander (voice)
• 2007Live! — Rex
• 2007Superbad — Benji Austin
• 2007Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story — Schwartzberg
• 2006American Storage — Kurt Jones
• 2006Bobby — Agent Phil
• 2005Crazy for Love — Max
• 2005Guess Who — Jerry MacNamara (uncredited)
• Numb3rs — Charlie Eppes
• 2005Serenity — Mr. Universe
• 2004Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle — Seth Goldstein
• 2004Looking for Kitty — Abe Fiannico
• 2004Ray — Milt Shaw
• 2003Kill the Poor — Joe Peltz
• 2003Scorched — Max
• 2003Sick in the Head
• The Lyon's Den — Jeff Fineman
• 2002Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie — Benny Silman
• 2002Cheats — Evan Rosengarden
• 2002How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog — Brian Sellars
• 2002The Santa Clause 2 — Bernard
• 2002You Stupid Man — Owen
• 2001According to Spencer — Ezra
• 2001Sidewalks of New York — Ben
• 2001The Mexican — Beck
• 2001Two Can Play That Game — Jason
• Undeclared — Greg
• The Trouble with Normal — Bob Wexler
• 199910 Things I Hate About You — Michael Eckman
• Freaks and Geeks — Barry Schweiber
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Ray Goldberg, Dr. Vincent Prochik
• 1999Liberty Heights — Yussel
• 1998Slums of Beverly Hills — Ben Abromowitz
• The Closer
• Chicago Sons — Billy Kulchak
• 1997Justice League of America — Martin Walters
• 1997The Ice Storm — Francis Davenport
• Union Square — Russell
• ER — Paul Sobriki
• Monty — David Richardson
• 1994The Santa Clause — Bernard
• 1993Addams Family Values — Joel Glicker
• 1993Life with Mikey — Barry Corman
• Raw — Fake Drew McIntyre
• Law & Order — Scotty Fisher
• Altar
• Bullet Catch
• Tuesday, New York

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 2024Not Fade Away: A Celebration of the Grateful Dead Legacy — Self
• 2023Kidnapping Oscar Isaac — Self
• Comedy Bang! Bang! — Self
• Hell's Kitchen — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• Teen Choice Awards — Self
• The George Lucas Talk Show: Live — Self