Name	Saint Seth the Patriarch
Caption	Church icon of Seth
Venerated in	JudaismChristianityIslam
Titles	Holy Forefather, Antediluvian Patriarch, and Prophet

Seth (Hebrew: שֵׁת, Standard Šet, Tiberian ; Shith or Shiyth; "Placed; appointed"), in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, is the third listed son of Adam and Eve and brother of Cain and Abel, who are the only other of their children mentioned by name. According to , Seth was born after the slaying of Abel by Cain, and Eve believed God had appointed him as a replacement for Abel.

In the Hebrew Bible

According to Genesis, Seth was born when Adam was 130 years old "a son in his likeness and image."

Book of Jubilees

The Book of Jubilees also dates his birth to 130 AM. According to the Book of Jubilees, in 231 AM Seth married his sister, Azura, who was 4 years younger than he was. In the year 235 AM, Azura gave birth to Enos.

According to Seder Olam Rabbah, based on Jewish reckoning, he was born in 130 AM. According to Aggadah, he had 33 sons and 23 daughters. According to the Seder Olam Rabbah, he died in 1042 AM.

In Islam

Islamic tradition reveres Seth as the gift bestowed upon Adam after the death of Abel. Although not one of the prophets mentioned in the Qur'an, Muslims see Seth as a prophet like his father, and the one who continued teaching mankind after the death of Adam. Islamic lore gives Seth an exalted position among the Antediluvian Patriarchs of the Generations of Adam, and some sources even cite Seth as the receiver of a scripture. Islamic literature holds that Seth was born when Adam was past 100 and that, by the time Adam died, Adam had already made Seth the heir to him in guiding the "Children of Adam". Muslims hold that Seth was taught of the hours of day and night as well as of the Great Flood to come and was further taught to pray to God during the hours of the night. Islam, like Judaism and Christianity, traces the genealogy of mankind back to Seth, since Abel did not leave any heirs and Cain's heirs, according to tradition, were destroyed by the Great Flood.

Some Muslims believe that Seth's tomb is located in the village of Al-Nabi Shayth (literally meaning The Prophet Seth) where a mosque is named after him.

In Josephus

In the Antiquities of the Jews, Josephus refers to Seth as virtuous and of excellent character, and reports that his descendants invented the wisdom of the heavenly bodies, and built the "pillars of the sons of Seth", two pillars inscribed with many scientific discoveries and inventions, notably in astronomy. They were built by Seth's descendants based on Adam's prediction that the world would be destroyed at one time by fire and another time by global flood, in order to protect the discoveries and be remembered after the destruction. One was composed of brick, and the other of stone, so that if the pillar of brick should be destroyed, the pillar of stone would remain, both reporting the ancient discoveries, and informing men that a pillar of brick was also erected. Josephus reports that the pillar of stone remained in the land of Siriad in his day.

William Whiston, a 17/18th century translator of the Antiquities, stated in a footnote that he believed Josephus mistook Seth for Sesostris, king of Egypt, the erector of the referenced pillar in Siriad (being a contemporary name for the territories in which Sirius was venerated (i.e., Egypt). He stated that there was no way for any pillars of Seth to survive the deluge, because the deluge buried all such pillars and edifices far underground in the sediment of its waters.

In Christian tradition

The 2nd century BC Book of Jubilees, regarded as non-canonical except by Coptic Christianity, says that in 231 AM Seth married his sister, Azura, who was 4 years younger than he was. In the year 235 AM, Azura gave birth to Enos.

See also

Sethian

Knights of Seth

Biblical longevity

References

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Name	Seth Meyers
Caption	Meyers at the Time 100 Gala, May 4, 2010.
Birth name	Seth Adam Meyers
Birth date
Birth place	Bedford, New Hampshire, U.S.
Active	1995–present
Medium	Television, film
Nationality	American
Genre	Satire/political satire/news satire, improvisational comedy, sketch comedy
Subject	American politics, American culture, current events, pop culture, mass media/news media
Notable work	Weekend Update anchor on Saturday Night Live

Seth Adam Meyers (born December 28, 1973) is an American actor and comedian. He currently serves as head writer for Saturday Night Live and hosts its news parody segment Weekend Update.

Early life

Meyers was born in Bedford, New Hampshire, the son of Hillary, a middle school French teacher, and Lawrence Meyers. He attended Manchester High School West in Manchester, New Hampshire. He went on to graduate from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where he was a member of the fraternity Phi Gamma Delta. Meyers is the older brother of Josh Meyers who was best known as a cast member of MADtv.

Career

Before SNL, Meyers got his improv comedy start as a member of the Northwestern University improv sketch group Mee-Ow, created by Paul Warshauer and Josh Lazar. He continued his career at ImprovOlympic with the group Preponderate as well as overseas as a cast member of Boom Chicago, an English language improv troupe based in Amsterdam, where his brother was also a cast member.

Meyers appeared with Brendan Fraser and Anita Briem in the 2008 3D film Journey to the Center of the Earth. He also makes a cameo in the 2008 film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist as a drunk man who mistakes the main character's Yugo for a taxi. Meyers is currently writing and will star in a movie called Key Party. He also starred in the 2004 comedy See This Movie with John Cho. In July 2008, Meyers directed the web series The Line on Crackle. Meyers has hosted the Webby Awards twice, in 2008 and 2009. In 2009, Meyers hosted the Microsoft Company Meeting at Safeco Field in Seattle, WA. Meyers also hosted the 2010 and 2011 ESPY Awards on ESPN. In 2011, Seth Meyers was the keynote speaker at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner on April 30.

Saturday Night Live

Meyers joined the SNL cast in 2001. In 2004, he auditioned to co-anchor "Weekend Update" with Fey, but lost out to Amy Poehler. With Fey's departure, Meyers became head writer for the 2006–2007 season and also took on the role of Weekend Update co-anchor with Amy Poehler. When Poehler left the show during the 2008–2009 season, Meyers anchored solo. In fall 2009, Meyers co-anchored two episodes of Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday with Poehler.

During the 2008 United States presidential election, while appearing on The Late Show with David Letterman, former SNL cast member Fey credited Meyers with writing the sketches involving Fey's impression of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

On SNL, Meyers has impersonated such figures as John Kerry, Even so, he mentioned in interviews that he regretted missing much of the presidential election primary season.

Other pursuits

Meyers won the third season of Bravo's Celebrity Poker Showdown and donated the $100,000 prize to the Boston-based Jimmy Fund. In 2008, Meyers donated over $4,000 to Barack Obama's presidential campaign. Meyers and SNL castmate Bill Hader penned a Spider-Man one-shot entitled "The Short Halloween". It was illustrated by Kevin Maguire and came out May 29, 2009, to positive reviews. Meyers, along with Mike Shoemaker of SNL, created an animated half-hour series "The Awesomes" that was picked up by MTV and will be produced by Lorne Michaels's production company, Broadway Video. He was also a guest speaker at the 2011 White House Press Correspondents Dinner.

Personal life

Meyers is an avid fan of the Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics and the Pittsburgh Steelers, his father being a Pittsburgh native. He is the older brother of actor Josh Meyers, who, like Seth, has done work on a sketch comedy show. Josh Meyers was a cast member on Saturday Night Live's former rival show MADtv.

Filmography

References

External links

in 2008

Official SNL cast biography

Live from New York: It’s Sunday Afternoon! conversation with Fred Armisen, Andy Samberg, Jason Sudeikis, Kenan Thompson, and Kristen Wiig at The New Yorker Festival, October 2010

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Name	Seth Rogen
Caption	Rogen in August 2007
Birthdate	April 15, 1982
Birthplace	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation	Actor, comedian, voice artist, producer, screenwriter
Yearsactive	1995–present

Seth Rogen (born April 15, 1982) is a Canadian actor, comedian, voice artist, screenwriter, and film producer. Rogen began his career doing stand-up comedy for four years during his teens, coming in second place in the Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest in 1998. While still living in his native Vancouver, he landed a supporting role in Freaks and Geeks. Shortly after Rogen moved to Los Angeles for his role, Freaks and Geeks was canceled after one season due to poor ratings. He then got a part on the equally short-lived Undeclared, which also hired him as a staff writer.

After landing a job as a staff writer on the final season of Da Ali G Show, for which Rogen and the other writers received an Emmy nomination, he was guided by film producer Judd Apatow toward a film career. Rogen was cast in a major supporting role and credited as a co-producer in Apatow's directorial debut, The 40-Year-Old Virgin. After receiving critical praise for that performance, Universal Pictures agreed to cast him as the lead in Apatow's next directorial feature, Knocked Up.

Rogen has appeared in the films Donnie Darko, You, Me and Dupree, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Observe and Report, and The Green Hornet, and also in the Apatow-produced comedies The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Superbad, Pineapple Express, and Funny People. He and his comedy partner Evan Goldberg co-wrote the comedy films Superbad and Pineapple Express, for which he originally intended to headline while in high school. Rogen has provided voice talents in the animated films Horton Hears a Who!, Kung Fu Panda, and Monsters vs. Aliens. He also supports Crowdrise, a charitable networking site.

Early life

Rogen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Sandy, a social worker, and Mark Rogen, who works for non-profit organizations and as an assistant director of a Workmen's Circle. He has one older sister, Danya, who is a social worker. Rogen attended Vancouver Talmud Torah Elementary School and Point Grey Secondary School (although he never graduated), incorporating many of his classmates into his writing. He was also known for the stand-up comedy he performed at Camp Miriam, a Habonim Dror camp. Rogen got his start in show business at age 13, after signing up for a comedy class. At the age of 14, with his friend Evan Goldberg, he co-wrote Superbad, reflecting pieces from their childhood and dad. With his deadpan humor, he placed second in the Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest at 16 years old, then headed south of the border to continue stand-up and acting.

Career

Early career

Rogen's first exposure to the entertainment field began with commercial work in Canada at the age of 13. After trying his hand as a standup comic for a few years, Rogen obtained his first starring role in the series Freaks and Geeks with only two auditions. He played cynical, acerbic "freak" Ken Miller. Judd Apatow, the show's co-producer, was very impressed with Rogen's improvisational skills. After the show was cancelled in the middle of its first season, Rogen was cast in a similar role in Apatow's second, also short-lived series, Undeclared, and went on to write several episodes. In 2001, Rogen also had a minor role in Donnie Darko (playing Ricky Danforth) and in 2003 on an episode of Dawson's Creek called "Rock Bottom" as "Bob" in their last season, that he also claims he never saw. Following the cancellation of his second series in 2002, Rogen developed a soured attitude toward television, not wanting to act on another show unless Apatow was involved.

Writing career

Rogen's first major writing job was for Apatow's second short-lived television series, Undeclared, for which he was hired as a writer before he was offered an acting role. During the show's run, Rogen wrote one episode by himself and co-wrote four others.

Rogen's experience with Undeclared paid off when he and his writing partner, Evan Goldberg, joined the writing staff of Da Ali G Show for its second and ultimately final season. In 2005, the Ali G Show writing staff, including Rogen and Goldberg, received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in the Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Program category. Rogen's association with the show's star, Sacha Baron Cohen, who had belonged to the same Jewish youth group, Habonim Dror, was not over, however; in a recent interview with Tokion (#55), Rogen claimed to have made uncredited contributions to Cohen's film version of , and he is credited with providing additional material for Brüno.

In 2008 Rogen won the Best Writing (Film) Canadian Comedy Award for Superbad. He had written the script for this 2007 comedy years earlier, as a starring role for himself. The Superbad team then looked for "an 18-year-old version" of Rogen and chose frequent Rogen collaborator Jonah Hill (who is slightly less than two years younger). Rogen also wrote the screenplay for the Owen Wilson movie Drillbit Taylor, which is based on a 70-page scriptment written by John Hughes.

Acting roles

Rogen returned to the big screen in 2005 with a major supporting role in Apatow's directorial debut The 40-Year-Old Virgin alongside Steve Carell. The film was a success, grossing $109,449,237 domestically ($177,358,395 worldwide). Apatow then cast Rogen as the lead in the 2007 film Knocked Up. Upon completing The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Apatow had approached Rogen about potential starring roles, but the actor suggested many high-concept science fiction ideas. After Apatow insisted that Rogen would work better in real life situations, the two agreed on the accidental pregnancy concept that became Knocked Up, for which Rogen was nominated for Best Actor at the 2008 Canadian Comedy Dundies, losing to Michael Cera for his role in Superbad which was co-written by Rogen.

In USA Today's recent profile of the so-called "frat pack" group of contemporary actors, they mention those actors' rising salaries makes it financially wiser to cast newcomers like Rogen as supporting characters, citing his roles in The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Dupree as successful examples. When asked in an interview if he is in the group, Rogen has stated that he is not sure.

Rogen and Apatow were behind the 2007 teen comedy Superbad at Sony Pictures. Rogen and Goldberg wrote the film, with Apatow as one of the producers. While Rogen did pen Owen Wilson's Drillbit Taylor, he did not appear in it since the script mostly involved high school students. Freaks and Geeks co-star James Franco reunited with Rogen for the Rogen/Goldberg-written comedy, Pineapple Express. Rogen hosted Saturday Night Live on October 6, 2007 and again on April 4, 2009. Rogen's next release was Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno, in which he co-starred with Elizabeth Banks. It was the first film Rogen has co-headlined in that grossed under $100 million at the domestic box-office. Rogen also appeared along-side Kevin Smith on the October 18th, 2008 episode of the movie review podcast Scene Unseen.

He starred in the Jody Hill-directed mall cop comedy Observe and Report, which opened in theaters on April 10, 2009.

Later in 2009, Rogen starred in Apatow's third directorial feature, Funny People, with Adam Sandler. Rogen played a young, inexperienced comic while Sandler played a mentor of sorts to Rogen's character; the film had more dramatic elements in it than Apatow's previous directorial efforts. Other co-stars included Eric Bana and Apatow's wife Leslie Mann.

In April 2008, Empire reported that Rogen and Evan Goldberg would write an episode for the animated television series The Simpsons. He also voiced a character in the episode. The episode was titled Homer the Whopper and was the season premiere.

After years of speculation, a feature film adaptation of The Green Hornet will be handled by Rogen and Evan Goldberg with a theatrical release of January 2011. To prepare for his role, Rogen's physical appearance has been changed through fitness routines. In 2007, in a strategy to garner interest and funding, Rogen created a pre-pre-production trailer for Jay and Seth vs. The Apocalypse, a film he is now working on with Goldberg, and is set to produce and take a supporting role in the film Live With It, from Mandate Pictures. The film is based on an autobiographical comedy script by screenwriter Will Reiser.

In June 2010, Executive Producer of Entourage, Doug Ellin, admitted that he once considered casting Rogen for the program.

Improvisation

Though Rogen has penned scripts for both film and television, his comedic stylings tend to rely heavily on improvisational dialogue. Apatow noticed this improvisation talent on the set of Freaks and Geeks, which influenced his decision to have Rogen write for Undeclared and pitch jokes for The 40-Year-Old Virgin. As with most Apatow projects, the dialogue in Rogen's films is usually not what it was on paper. Because Apatow never stops rolling after takes, allowing his actors to improvise differently each time, Rogen's three largest film roles to date (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Pineapple Express) all achieved the rare milestone of shooting over a million feet of film, almost unprecedented for comedies. In an interview with MTV, he said of Smith "I feel like my strengths were always kind of ripping off a Kevin Smith movie anyway. It's not a far departure." Of Smith and his films, Rogen has gone as far as to say (to Smith) "I wouldn't be a writer if it wasn't for you and your movies."

Personal life

Rogen moved to Los Angeles at the age of 16, after Apatow discovered him in Vancouver. During his late teens, Rogen's parents moved from Canada with him, but by the time he landed his second television series, his parents would live in both Canada and the United States. Rogen and Miller became engaged in September 2010.

He is a big fan of The Simpsons and has always wanted to work with Matt Groening on a movie. According to "Rotten Tomatoes", his five favorite films are: The Big Lebowski (1998), Ghost Busters (1984), The Last Detail (1973), Total Recall (1990) and Goodfellas (1990).

Filmography

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Awards

References

Further reading

External links

The Education of A Comic Prodigy on Time.com (a division of Time Magazine)

The Onion A.V. Club interview

Seth Rogen Interview in Complex Magazine

Telegraph.co.uk Interview with Seth Rogen

"Irony Man" ELLE magazine

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Name	Seth Godin
Birth date	July 10, 1960
Occupation	author, marketing guru
Website	sethgodin.com

Seth Godin (born July 10, 1960) is an American entrepreneur, author and public speaker. Godin popularized the topic of permission marketing.

Background

Born in Mount Vernon, New York, Seth Godin graduated from Tufts University in 1979 with a degree in computer science and philosophy. Godin earned his MBA in marketing from Stanford Business School. From 1983 to 1986, he worked as a brand manager at Spinnaker Software. For a time Godin commuted every week between California and Boston both to do his new job and to complete his MBA.

After leaving Spinnaker Software in 1986, Godin used $20,000 in savings to found Seth Godin Productions, primarily a book packaging business, out of a studio apartment in New York City. It was in the same offices that Godin met Mark Hurst and founded Yoyodyne. After a few years Godin sold the book packaging business to his employees and focused his efforts on Yoyodyne, one of the first online marketing companies. It was with Yoyodyne that Godin came up with the concept of permission marketing. For a period of time, Godin served as a columnist for Fast Company

Godin and his wife Helene now live in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

Viewpoints

Godin believes that the end of the "TV-Industrial complex" means that marketers no longer have the power to command the attention of anyone they choose, whenever they choose. Second, in a marketplace in which consumers have more power, he thinks marketers must show more respect; this means no spam, no deceit and a bias for keeping promises. Finally, Godin asserts that the only way to spread the word about an idea is for that idea to earn the buzz by being remarkable. Godin refers to those who spread these ideas as "Sneezers", and to the spreading idea as an "IdeaVirus." He calls a remarkable product or service a . Yahoo! currently has a model of a purple cow in the lobby of its Sunnyvale campus.

Advertisements on television and radio are classified as 'interruption marketing' which interrupt the customer while they are doing something of their preference. Godin introduced the concept of "permission marketing" where the business provides something "anticipated, personal, and relevant".

Business ventures

Yoyodyne

In 1995, Godin launched Yoyodyne which used contests, online games, and scavenger hunts to market companies to participating users. In August, 1996, venture-capital firm Flatiron Partners invested $4 million in Yoyodyne in return for a 20% stake. The site gained significant traction, with over one million viewers visiting the site, and companies like America Online, American Express, H&R; Block, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble, Sony Music, Sprint, and Volvo using its services.

At Yoyodyne, Godin developed the principle of permission marketing and authored Permission Marketing: Turning strangers into friends and friends into customers.

In 1998, Godin sold Yoyodyne to Yahoo! for $30 million and became Yahoo's vice president of direct marketing, a position he held until 2000.

Squidoo

In March 2006, Godin launched Squidoo, a community website allowing users to create pages (called "lenses") for subjects of interest. The site donates 5% of the profits to charity, and 50% to the lensmasters. Godin and Squidoo have been profiled on CNN and the Washington Post. The site was given top prize in SXSW's community/wiki category. As of July 2008, Squidoo is one of the 500 most visited sites in the world.

Other projects

ChangeThis

Godin developed the idea for ChangeThis, a website aimed at spreading ideas through PDF files. In the summer of 2004, Godin hired five interns—Amit Gupta, Catherine Hickey, Noah Weiss, Phoebe Espiritu and Michelle Sriwongtong—to build and develop the website. The website went live on August 14, 2004. Tom Peters, Chris Anderson, and Guy Kawasaki all had manifestos featured on ChangeThis. In July 2005, ChangeThis was turned over to 800-CEO-READ, the leading distributor of business literature in the United States.

Six month alternative MBA program

In December 2008, Godin announced in a blog post that he would be offering a six month alternative MBA program at his office in Hastings on Hudson, NY. 48,000 people looked at the post and 340 applied. He invited 27 applicants to his office for a group interview. They spent two hours interviewing one another. After co-mingling, they and Godin together wrote down the names of their favorite candidates. Three weeks later the chosen 9 showed up at Godin's office. This group graduated in July 2009.

Books

Godin is the author of 11 books; his Free Prize Inside was a Forbes Business Book of the Year in 2004, in its first two years of release, Purple Cow sold over 150,000 copies in more than 23 printings. The Dip was a Business Week and New York Times bestseller. And Godin has called his free ebook Unleashing the Ideavirus the most "popular ebook ever written". In the early 1990s he created a ten book series for children titled Worlds of Power, which was written by various writers. In each the plot of a single video game was told in a novelized form.

Beginning with Permission Marketing, Godin uses the concepts discussed in the books to promote the book. For Permission Marketing, Godin gave 1/3 of the book away for free to anyone who sent an e-mail. For Unleashing the Ideavirus, Godin released the entire eBook on the Internet for free, which led to eventual publishing deals in 41 countries and a public speaking career. For Purple Cow, Godin created a milk carton container for the book which generated attention from work colleagues. For Tribes, Godin launched an exclusive online community for the first 3000 people who pre-ordered the book. For Linchpin, Godin gave the book away for three weeks before its release for free to anyone willing to give $30 to the Acumen Fund for the $20 book, and raised $100,000 for the Acumen Fund.

Bibliography

Book online - Detailing the idea of Viral marketing

Blog

Godin's blog, is ranked in the AdAge Power 150 as the #1 marketing blog out of 976 tracked.

References

External links

Official site

Seth Godin on TED

An interview with Seth Godin on The Marketplace of Ideas

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Caption	Green at the 2008 Comic-Con International
Birthname	Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green
Birthdate	February 08, 1974
Birthplace	Overbrook Park, West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, comedian, voice actor, writer, producer
Yearsactive	1983–present
Spouse	Clare Grant (2010–present)

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 Dr. 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, Jeff "Joker" Moreau in the Mass Effect video game series, and is one of the creators and producers of the stop motion comedy series Robot Chicken, in which he also voices many characters. Green has appeared in many other movies, such as Rat Race, The Italian Job, Can't Hardly Wait, Without a Paddle, and as a child in the horror film Stephen King's It.

Early life

Green was born and raised in Overbrook Park, West Philadelphia, a section of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents are Barbara (née Gesshel), an artist, and Herb Green, a math teacher. Green was raised Jewish. After his parents' divorce, he has stated that camp was a place where he could reinvent himself and be good at anything he wanted.

Career

Early work

Green's first movie role was in the 1984 film A Billion for Boris. At eight, Green landed his first film assignment, a co-starring role in the 1984 film The Hotel New Hampshire with Jodie Foster and Rob Lowe. He appeared in the 1987 film Can't Buy Me Love, playing the part of Patrick Dempsey's character's little brother, Chuckie Miller. He also starred in Woody Allen's Radio Days (1987) as Joe, a 1940s boy, and appeared in Big Business (1988) and, in the same year, in My Stepmother Is an Alien, which also starred Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series) co-star Alyson Hannigan. Green appeared in the miniseries It (as Richie Tozier, age 12), Infested (aka 'Ticks' - 1993), all three Austin Powers movies as Dr. Evil's son, Scott, and Enemy of the State and The Italian Job as a computer specialist. He was also in the films Can't Hardly Wait, Rat Race, Without a Paddle, Idle Hands and Sex Drive. Green also had a role in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but the scene he was in was subsequently cut.

In 1994, he starred alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt in the short-lived series The Byrds of Paradise. He worked with Hewitt again in 1998's Can't Hardly Wait, which also featured Paige Moss, who would later play with him in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Amber Benson (Tara Maclay, Buffy) was also in this film, but her scenes were cut in order to get a PG-13 rating.

Green appeared as Daniel "Oz" Osbourne, a werewolf, in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer during the second through fourth seasons, and one episode in the first season of the spinoff Angel. Seth is not related to Bruce Seth Green, who directed some episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. On occasion, some sources confuse the two and have credited Seth as the director.

Green has also been featured in roles on Greg the Bunny, Tucker, The X-Files, That '70s Show, Will & Grace, MADtv, Reno 911!, Entourage, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes and My Name Is Earl. Also voiced the character Joker in the game trilogy Mass Effect.

Family Guy

for Family Guy.]] Green went in to the casting of an animated television sitcom called Family Guy, created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series centers on the dysfunctional Griffin family and stars MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mila Kunis and Mike Henry. Green primarily voices Chris Griffin, the teenage son, who is overweight, unintelligent and, in many respects, a younger version of his father, Peter Griffin; and Neil Goldman, a geeky and annoying neighbor. Green admittedly did an impression of the Buffalo Bill character from the thriller film The Silence of the Lambs during his audition. His main inspiration for Chris' voice came from envisioning how "Buffalo Bill" would sound if he were speaking through a PA system at a McDonald's.

After two episodes of the second season, Family Guy was taken off the network's permanent schedule and shown irregularly thereafter. The show returned in March 2000 to finish airing the second season which contained 21 episodes, all the cast came back for the series return. The third season contained 21 episodes and began airing from July 11, 2001 to February 14, 2002. During its second and third-season runs, Fox publicly announced that the show had been canceled at the end of the second season in 2002. In spite of the announced cancellation, in 2003 Fox decided to make the third season. During the third season, Fox announced that the show was canceled for good. The series was renewed later in 2005 for its fourth season due to strong DVD sales and its syndication on basic-cable networks. Once again Green and the rest of the cast came back for their voice works.

Later work

Green is a co-creator and producer of the stop motion TV series Robot Chicken, for which he does many voices and has even appeared in animated form. He also appeared as a cameo in the Fall Out Boy music video, "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race", and in "Weird Al" Yankovic's "White & Nerdy" music video. He made two appearances on The Soup in 2007 and 2008, using his first appearance to lampoon then-Internet celebrity Chris Crocker. He voiced the character Jeff "Joker" Moreau, pilot of the SSV Normandy, in the video games Mass Effect for the Xbox 360 and PC; and its sequel, Mass Effect 2 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. He will also reprise the role in Mass Effect 3. He is a producer of The 1 Second Film and appears in the "making of" documentary that accompanies its feature-length credits. Green is also the co-creator (with Hugh Sterbakov) of the comic Freshmen, published by Top Cow Productions.

Green, along with Robot Chicken co-producer Breckin Meyer, appeared in the NBC show Heroes during the 2008–09 season. In January 2009, Green worked with David Faustino (Bud Bundy from Married with Children) for an episode of Faustino's show Star-ving – Faustino is often mistaken for Green.

On July 13, World Wrestling Entertainment's official website announced Green as the special guest host for the July 13 episode of WWE Raw, and on that night, Green competed in the main event, a six-man tag team match, which his team won by disqualification. He was also in attendance for WWE's biggest event of the year, Wrestlemania 26 on March 28, 2010.

Personal life

Green married actress Clare Grant on May 1, 2010; the couple live in Los Angeles. They worked together on Robot Chicken, Warren the Ape, and her "Geek and Gamer Girls Song" viral video.

Filmography

Film

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Television

{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 90%;" ! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Television |- style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1984 | Young People's Specials | Charlie | Episode: Charlie's Christmas Secret |- | rowspan="2"|1985 | ABC Afterschool Special | Tommy Sanders | Episode: I Want to Go Home |- | Tales from the Darkside | Timmy | Episode: Monsters in My Room |- | rowspan="2"|1986 | Amazing Stories | Lance | Episode: The Sitter |- | | Andy Chandler | Episode: The Hopes and Fears |- | rowspan="2"|1987 | The Comic Strip | Voice | Voice role |- | Action Family | Danny Elliot | |- | rowspan="2"|1988 | The Facts of Life | Adam Brinkerhoff | Episode: Episode: |- | Divided We Stand | Cody Gibbs | ABC TV-Pilot |- | rowspan="2"|1989 | Free Spirit | Joey | Episode: Too Much of a Good Thing |- | Mr. Belvedere | | Episode: Big Episode: Paper Mill |- | rowspan="2"|1990 | Life Goes On | William Butler | Episode: The Spring Fling Episode: The Visitor |- | It | Young Richie Tozier | ABC TV-movie |- | rowspan="2"|1991 | Our Shining Moment | Wheels | |- | Good & Evil | David | |- | rowspan="3"|1992 | Evening Shade | Larry Phipps | Episode: Hasta la Vista |- | The Wonder Years | Jimmy Donnelly | Episode: Lunch Stories Episode: Sex and Economics |- | | Wizard | Voice role Episode: I Am the Night |- | rowspan="4"|1993 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Wayne | Episode: The Game Is Chicken |- | The X-Files | Emil | Episode: Deep Throat |- | The Day My Parents Ran Away | Leo | TV-movie |- | seaQuest DSV | Mark 'Wolfman' | Episode: Photon Bullet |- | rowspan="2"|1994 | The Byrds of Paradise | Harry Byrd | |- | Weird Science | Lubec | Episode: Lisa's Virus |- | rowspan="2"|1995 | | Termite | UPN Miniseries |- | Step by Step | Danny | Episode: |- | 1996 | Something So Right | Napoleon | Episode: Pilot |- | rowspan="4"|1997 | Pearl | Bob | Episode: Mission ImPearlsible |- | Mad About You | Bobby Rubenfeld | Episode: |- | The Drew Carey Show | The Emcee | Episode: |- | Temporarily Yours | David Silver | |- | 1997–2000 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Daniel "Oz" Osbourne | 39 episodes |- | 1998 | Cybill | Jaybo | Episode: Cybill Sheridan's Day Off |- ||1999-2001; 2005-present | Family Guy | Chris Griffin Neil Goldman Additional voices | Voice roles |- ||1999 | Angel | Daniel "Oz" Osbourne | Episode: In the Dark |- | rowspan="2"|1999–2001 | Batman Beyond | Nelson Nash Dempsey | Voice role Episode: Rebirth (1) Episode: Golem Episode: Revenant Episode: The Eggbaby Episode: Plague Episode: Sentries of the Lost Cosmos |- | 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd | Eddie McDowd | Voice role |- | 2000 | MADtv | Brightling | Episode: 5.17 Episode: 6.15 Episode: 7.18 Episode: 10.12 |- | 2000–2001 | Tucker | Himself | |- | rowspan="2"|2002 | Greg the Bunny | Jimmy Bender | |- | Whatever Happened to Robot Jones? | Various voices | Voice roles |- | rowspan="2"|2003–2004 | That '70s Show | Mitch Miller | Episode: The Battle of Evermore (a.k.a. Pioneer Days) Episode: Nobody's Fault But Mine (2) (a.k.a. Hyde Loves Jackie) Episode: Episode: Episode: |- | Aqua Teen Hunger Force | Himself | Special guest, one episode: The Dressing |- | rowspan="3"|2004 | Married to the Kellys | Dr. Jim Coglan | Episode: |- | Crank Yankers | | Voice role Episode: 2.27 |- | Sesame Street | Vinny | Episode: August 16, 2004 |- | 2005 | Will & Grace | Randall Finn | Episode: Friends With Benefits (1) Episode: Friends With Benefits (2) |- | rowspan="2"|2005–present | American Dad! | Etan Cohen, Matthew McConaughey, Joey | Voice role Episode: Homeland Insecurity Episode: Tearjerker Episode: Bar Mitzvah Shuffle Episode: Jack's Back |- | Robot Chicken | Various voices | Co-creator Voice roles Director Writer |- | rowspan="4"|2006 | Four Kings | Barry | |- | Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide | Dog | Voice role Episode: |- | The Secret Policeman's Ball | Private Parts/Mt. Pink | Channel 4 TV-special |- |Entourage | Himself | Episode: Strange Days Episode: Vegas Baby, Vegas! |- | rowspan="3"|2007 | Grey's Anatomy | Nick | Episode: Crash Into Me (1) Episode: Crash Into Me (2) |- | | Various voices | Co-creator Voice rolesDirector WriterTV-special |- | Blue Harvest | Chris Griffin/Additional voices | Voice role TV Special, Direct-to-DVD release |- |rowspan="6"|2008 | Reno 911! | Rick the Manager | Episode: Undercover at Burger Cousin |- | My Name Is Earl | Buddy | Episode: |- |Entourage | Himself | Episode: |- |Heroes | Sam | Episode: Episode: Episode: |- | Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy | Various characters | 2008–Present |- | | Various characters | Co-creator Voice rolesDirector WriterExecutive producerTV-special |- |rowspan="7"|2009 | |Himself |Television special |- |WWE Raw |Himself |Special guest host |- | |Todo 360 Ion Papanoida |Guest voice |- |Titan Maximum |Various characters, Lt. Gibbs |Voice rolesExeutive producer |- |The Cleveland Show |Chris Griffin |Guest voice |- | Something, Something, Something, Dark Side | Chris Griffin/Additional voices | Voice role TV Special, Direct-to-DVD release |- | The Venture Brothers | Lance Hale | Guest voice |- |rowspan="2"|2010 | Warren The Ape | Himself | Guest Star |- | | Various Voices | Co-creator Voice rolesDirector WriterExecutive producerTV-special |- |rowspan="2"|2011 | It's a Trap! | Chris Griffin/Additional voices | Voice role TV Special, Direct-to-DVD release |- | ''Mad | Jacob Black, Captain America | Guest voice |- |}

Awards and nomination

Annie Awards

2008: Won, "Best Directing in an Animated Television Production" – Robot Chicken: Star Wars

2009: Won, "Best Writing in an Animated Television Production" – Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II

Chlotrudis Awards

2004: Nominated, "Best Supporting Actor" – Party Monster

Emmy Awards

2007, 2008, 2009: Nominated, "Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)" – Robot Chicken (shared w/producers & writers)

2009: Nominated, Outstanding Voice-Over Performance – "Robot Chicken"

Teen Choice Awards

2000: Nominated, "Choice TV Actor" – Buffy the Vampire Slayer

2002: Nominated, "Choice Comedic TV Actor" – Greg the Bunny

2005: Nominated, "Choice Movie Dance Scene" – Be Cool

Young Artist Awards

1989: Won, "Best Young Actor Guest Starring in a Syndicated Comedy, Drama or Special" – The Facts of Life

1992: Nominated, "Outstanding Young Comedian in a Television Series" – Good & Evil

Slammy Awards

2009: Nominated, "Best Raw Guest Host"

See also

List of recurring That '70s Show characters

List of celebrities who have been the subject of pranks on Punk'd

References

External links

Seth Green Producer Profile for The 1 Second Film

Robot Chicken page on AdultSwim.com

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