Abraham Benrubi

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birthname = Abraham Rubin Hercules Benrubi
birthdate = birth date and age|1969|10|4
birthplace = Bloomington, Indiana
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othername = Abraham Ben Rubi, Abe Benrubi
homepage = http://www.abrahambenrubi.com
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Abraham Rubin Hercules Benrubi (born October 4, 1969) is an American actor known for his regular appearances as Jerry Markovic on the long-running U.S. TV drama "ER" and for his first role as Francis Lawrence Kubiac III, aka "Larry Kubiac" or "Kube", on the early 1990s series "Parker Lewis Can't Lose".

Biography

Personal life

Benrubi was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the oldest son of Patricia and Asher Benrubi, who was a radio personality [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/0/Abraham-Benrubi.html Abraham Benrubi Biography (1969-) ] ] known as "Smash" to St. Louis radio audiences. Benrubi graduated from Broad Ripple High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, the same high school alma mater of David Letterman and former New England Patriots star Rosevelt Colvin.

Career

Benrubi's first major role was on the show "Wings", as Roy "R.J." Biggins, Jr., Roy's gay son. He would appear as R.J. twice: once during the show's third season, and again during the sixth season, shortly after he began working on NBC's "ER".

Benrubi stars as one of the main characters in ABC's show "Men in Trees", playing bartender/millionaire Ben Tomasson. This is a role where he is getting noticeably more main dialog and depth than with his previous longtime characters on "ER" and "Parker Lewis Can't Lose", which primarily consisted of supporting dialog. Ben Tomasson was described as "the cuddliest TV character since Jorge Garcia's Hurley on "Lost" by TV-critic David Bianculli. [http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2006/09/12/2006-09-12_trees_heche_branches_out_alas_shes_left_.html 1] Other previous work includes playing Mose in the 2003 western "Open Range". He frequently voices characters on Adult Swim's stop-motion animation show "Robot Chicken".

Benrubi is also known for his significant resemblance to both actor John Goodman and Philadelphia Eagles offensive lineman Jon Runyan. Benrubi played a young Dan Conner, the character portrayed by Goodman, in a flashback episode of "Roseanne".

Films

*"Diving In"
*"Crossing the Bridge" ... Rinny
*"The Shadow" ... Marine Guard
*"The Program" ... "Bud-Lite" Kaminski
*"Wagons East!" ... Abe Ferguson
*"George Of The Jungle" ... Thor
*"Talking Dessert"
*"Tempting Fate" (made-for-TV) ... John Bolladine
*"Border To Border" ... Geddy Paretti
*"I Woke Up Early the Day I Died"
*"Under Oath" ... Geoff Carmichael
*"Out in Fifty"
*"Twister ... Bubba
*"The Man Who Wasn't There" ... Young Man at Dance
*"War Story" ... Erik
*"Open Range" ... Mose Harrison
*"The Rugrats Movie" (voice only) ... Serge
*"Without a Paddle" ... Dennis
*"Charlotte's Web" (voice only) ... Uncle
*"" ... Erik
*"Miss Congeniality 2" ... Lou Steele

Television

*"Wings" ... Roy "R. J." Biggins, Jr.
*"Parker Lewis Can't Lose" ... Francis Lawrence "Larry" Kubiac III
*"Angel Street" (pilot episode)
*"Blossom" ... Francis
*"Growing Pains" ... Really Big Kid
*"Grace Under Fire" ... Mark
*"Roseanne" ... Young Dan Conner
*"ER" ... Jerry Markovic
*"Sleepwalkers" ... Vince Konefke
*"X-Files" ... Mike Raskub
*"Dark Angel" ... Break
*"Buffy the Vampire Slayer"...Olaf
*"Unscripted" (pilot episode) ... Himself
*"Going to California" ... Harvey
*"Married With Children" ... Bundy Baby from Hell/Cousin Jimmy
*"Men In Trees" ... Ben Thomasson
*"Robot Chicken" (voice only) ... various characters
*"Pizza Time" ... Bruno

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