
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. James Christian Urbaniak (born September 17, 1963) is an American actor. Urbaniak was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. He lives in Santa Monica, California with his wife Julie and their twins, son Severn Jerzy and daughter Esme Maeve. One of his first noteworthy roles was in the avant-garde playwright/director Richard Foreman's The Universe, for which Urbaniak won an Obie. He has also been acclaimed for his acting in the films Henry Fool and American Splendor, in the latter of which he played legendary illustrator R. Crumb. He was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his role in Thom Pain (based on nothing). He provides the voice for main character Dr. Thaddeus Venture on The Venture Bros. as well as the Doctor's brother Jonas Venture Junior and the super-villain Phantom Limb. In one of his lesser-known roles, Urbaniak played a pizza guy in the famous "Whassup?" television commercials for Budweiser. He also portrayed the moderator in "Human Centipede Anonymous", a Funny or Die short depicting three men who grapple with their past as a human centipede.
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Serial | Just Add Magic: Mystery City | Pierce Hamilton | 2020-01-17 |
Film | Tesla | Professor Anthony | 2020-08-14 |
Film | Where'd You Go, Bernadette | Marcus Strang | 2019-08-16 |
Film | Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay | Lazlo Valentin / Professor Pyg (voice) | 2018-05-09 |
Film | Wonderstruck | Dr. Kincaid | 2017-10-13 |
Film | Rebel in the Rye | Gus Lobrano | 2017-09-15 |
Film | Dave Made a Maze | Harry | 2017-08-18 |
Film | After Adderall | The Agent | 2016-07-30 |
Serial | Difficult People | Arthur Tack | 2015-08-05 |
Film | Advantageous | Fisher | 2015-06-23 |
Film | Ned Rifle | Simon Grim | 2015-04-01 |
Film | The Thrilling Adventure Hour Live | Doll Zero | 2015-03-01 |
Serial | Marvel's Agent Carter | Miles Van Ert | 2015-01-06 |
Serial | Review | Grant Grunderschmidt | 2014-03-06 |
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Film | Book of Christ | Rev. Boxley Fryer | 2014-11-24 |
Film | Such Good People | Dr. Cooper Whitehead, Ph.D. | 2014-05-09 |
Film | The Boxtrolls | Sir Broderick / Male Workman 1 / Male Workman 2 (voice) | 2014-09-10 |
Film | Bitter Orange | Sweetie | 2013-06-17 |
Film | iSteve | Bill Gates | 2013-04-14 |
Film | Grimm Fairy Tales Animated | Voice | 2012-10-15 |
Film | From the Head | Danny | 2011-06-24 |
Film | The Music Never Stopped | Mike Tappin | 2011-03-18 |
Film | Sound of My Voice | Mr. Pritchett | 2011-01-22 |
Film | Beware the Gonzo | Principal Roy | 2010-04-22 |
Film | You Don't Know Jack | Jack Lessenberry | 2010-04-14 |
Film | Drones | Pete | 2010-01-23 |
Serial | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Sarkissian | 2008-01-13 |
Serial | The Mentalist | Aaron Kalinoski | 2008-09-23 |
Film | Across the Universe | Sadie's Manager | 2007-09-14 |
Film | Death of a President | Dr. James Pearn | 2006-10-27 |
Serial | Kidnapped | Unknown | 2006-09-20 |
Film | Fay Grim | Simon Grim | 2006-09-11 |
Serial | Weeds | The Wizard | 2005-08-07 |
Serial | The Office | Rolf | 2005-03-24 |
Serial | Numb3rs | Unknown | 2005-01-23 |
Serial | Medium | Unknown | 2005-01-03 |
Film | The Girl from Monday | Funk | 2005-01-01 |
Serial | The Venture Bros. | Dr. Venture (voice) | 2004-08-07 |
Serial | NCIS | Unknown | 2003-09-23 |
Film | American Splendor | Robert Crumb | 2003-08-15 |
Film | Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde | Lab Technician | 2003-07-02 |
Film | Plain Dirty | Druden Hunt | 2003-01-20 |
Film | Teknolust | Agent Hopper | 2002-01-01 |
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Serial | CSI: Miami | Unknown | 2002-09-23 |
Serial | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
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Serial | Ed | Unknown | 2000-10-08 |
Film | Intern | Olivier Di Santo | 2000-01-21 |
Film | Sweet and Lowdown | Harry | 1999-12-03 |
Serial | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
Film | The Book of Life | True Believer | 1998-08-22 |
Film | Henry Fool | Simon Grim | 1997-09-07 |
Film | The Sticky Fingers of Time | Isaac | 1997-06-06 |
Film | The Other Also | Voice | 1997-01-01 |
Film | NYC 3/94 | 1994-03-01 | |
Film | Opera No. 1 | James | 1994-01-02 |