American actor, comedian, writer, and producer

H. Jon Benjamin

Harry Jon Benjamin is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician. He is known for his voice roles in adult animated series, including Sterling Archer in Archer, Bob Belcher in Bob's Burgers, Ben in Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist, Kevin in O'Grady, Carl Graves in Family Guy, Satan in Lucy, the Daughter of the Devil, and Coach McGuirk and Jason Penopolis in Home Movies, starring as the voice of Boy in the film Boy Kills World (2023) and its spin-off video game Super Dragon Punch Force 3 (2024). Benjamin was named 2014's male comedy performer of the year at Vulture's TV Awards for his work in Bob's Burgers and Archer.

Born

1966

May 23

Died

Living

Era

1960s

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Key dates

1966 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

1430 Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction.
1498 Girolamo Savonarola is burned at the stake in Florence, Italy.
1533 The marriage of King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon is declared null and void.
1568 Dutch rebels led by Louis of Nassau defeat Jean de Ligne and his loyalist troops in the Battle of Heiligerlee, opening the Eighty Years' War.

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The world in 1966

When H. arrived

april 21 Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopia visits Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day.
april 22 American Flyers Airline Flight 280/D crashes on approach to Ardmore Municipal Airport in Ardmore, Oklahoma, killing 83.
april 23 Aeroflot Flight 2723 crashes into the Caspian Sea off the Absheron Peninsula, killing 33 people.
april 26 The magnitude 5.1 Tashkent earthquake affects the largest city in Soviet Central Asia with a maximum MSK intensity of VII (Very strong). Tashkent is mostly destroyed and 15–200 are killed.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on May 23

Alan García 1949–2019 Peruvian lawyer and politician, twice President of Peru (born 1949) Annemarie Schwarzenbach 1908–1942 Swiss author and photographer (died 1942) Barbara Ward 1914–1981 Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist, journalist, and prominent Catholic layperson (died 1981) C. R. M. F. Cruttwell 1887–1941 English historian (born 1887) Charles Barry 1795–1860 English architect, designed Upper Brook Street Chapel and the Palace of Westminster (born 1795) Franz Kline 1910–1962 American painter and academic (born 1910) Franz Mesmer 1734–1815 German physician and astrologist (born 1734) Lea DeLaria 1958– American actress and singer Lena Meyer-Landrut 1991– German singer-songwriter

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1966

Jimmy Wales 1966– American-British entrepreneur, co-founder of Wikipedia Allan Donald 1966– South African cricketer and coach Andrew Adamson 1966– New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter Andrew Wood 1966–1990 American singer-songwriter (died 1990) Ben Folds 1966– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Bill Ranford 1966– Canadian ice hockey player and coach Calvin Borel 1966– American jockey Charles Hazlewood 1966– English conductor Cynthia Nixon 1966– American actress

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