Benjamin Schwartz (born September 15, 1981) is an American actor,
comedian, writer, director and producer, who portrayed Jean-Ralphio
Saperstein on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, Clyde Oberholt on
the Showtime series House of Lies, voices Dewey Duck in DuckTales and
appears many times in the CollegeHumor web series Jake and Amir.His
feature film credits include Peep World, Everybody's Fine, The Other
Guys, The Walk, This Is Where I Leave You,Standing Up, Falling Down,
and Sonic the Hedgehog as the titular character.Schwartz was born in
1981 in The Bronx, New York City. His parents, both Bronx natives,
raised Schwartz in Riverdale, a neighborhood in the Northwestern part
of the Bronx. His father was a social worker before going into real
estate and his mother was a music teacher. In an interview with Kevin
Pollak, he stated, "When I told people I was from the Bronx, it was
like 'Oh, do you have bullet wounds?' And I'm like 'No, it's just me
and, like, Jewish people.'"When he was eleven years old, his family
moved to Edgemont, New York, in adjacent Westchester County. Schwartz
attended Edgemont Juniorâ€"Senior High School where he played
basketball and sang in the chorus; he graduated in 1999. He then
attended Union College from which he graduated in 2003 with a double
major in psychology and anthropology.
comedian, writer, director and producer, who portrayed Jean-Ralphio
Saperstein on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, Clyde Oberholt on
the Showtime series House of Lies, voices Dewey Duck in DuckTales and
appears many times in the CollegeHumor web series Jake and Amir.His
feature film credits include Peep World, Everybody's Fine, The Other
Guys, The Walk, This Is Where I Leave You,Standing Up, Falling Down,
and Sonic the Hedgehog as the titular character.Schwartz was born in
1981 in The Bronx, New York City. His parents, both Bronx natives,
raised Schwartz in Riverdale, a neighborhood in the Northwestern part
of the Bronx. His father was a social worker before going into real
estate and his mother was a music teacher. In an interview with Kevin
Pollak, he stated, "When I told people I was from the Bronx, it was
like 'Oh, do you have bullet wounds?' And I'm like 'No, it's just me
and, like, Jewish people.'"When he was eleven years old, his family
moved to Edgemont, New York, in adjacent Westchester County. Schwartz
attended Edgemont Juniorâ€"Senior High School where he played
basketball and sang in the chorus; he graduated in 1999. He then
attended Union College from which he graduated in 2003 with a double
major in psychology and anthropology.
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