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Seth Benjamin Gesshel Green (born February 8, 1974) is an American
actor,
comedian,
voice actor, and
television producer. He is well known for his role as
Daniel "Oz" Osbourne in
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as well as
Doctor Evil's son
Scott in the
Austin Powers series of comedy films and
Mitch Miller in
That '70s Show. He also voices the characters of
Chris Griffin on
Family Guy,
Lieutenant Gibbs in
Titan Maximum, Flight Lieutenant Jeff "Joker" Moreau in the 2007 video game
Mass Effect and its 2010 sequel
Mass Effect 2, and is one of the creators and producers of the
stop motion comedy series
Robot Chicken, where he voices many characters as well. Green appeared in many other movies, such as
Rat Race,
The Italian Job,
Can't Hardly Wait, as a child in
Stephen King's It and as Dan in the 2004 movie
Without a Paddle.
Early life
Green was born and raised in
West Philadelphia, a section of the City of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents are Barbara (
née Gesshel), an artist, and Herb Green, a math teacher.
[Seth Green Biography (1974-2009) Bot generated title -->] His parents divorced when Seth was 15, causing havoc in his personal life. However, he found refuge in
URJ Camp Harlam in Kunkletown, Pennsylvania, where he had been going since he was five years old. His mother worked there for a couple of years as the art director. There he discovered that performing was his true calling. After his parents' divorce, he said that camp was a place where he could reinvent himself and be good at anything he wanted.
[www.npr.com] Green was raised
Jewish and played a 1940s Jewish boy in
Woody Allen's movie
Radio Days;
his ancestors were from Poland, Russia and Scotland. In this regard, he said: {(({cquote|According to my folks, I'm
Russian,
Scottish and
Polish. Which means I can drink heavily, can't tan, and occasionally put screen doors on submarines.
