Ben Schwartz Biography

Fast Facts

• After college, he began crafting his improvisational skills at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre
• Quote: "The perfect thing for me is to be on something I love, where I’m doing it and have enough money not to be poor, and I’m allowed to go on vacation․"
• Quote: "The way I started, I just really wanted to do entertainment and I wanted to write and act so badly that I tried every single avenue at the beginning to try to hit it․"
• Quote: "The anxiety of not knowing what my next gig is keeps me hungry․"
• Frequently portrays characters who are arrogant or narcissistic
• Often takes on the role of a sidekick or companion to a main character
• Graduated from Union College in 2003, where he double majored in psychology and anthropology
• Before getting parts on television, he worked as a freelance writer for the Weekend Update segment of "Saturday Night Live․"
• Was hired by Paramount Pictures to help create a re-make of the film "Soapdish․"
• Worked as a page for the "Late Show with David Letterman․"