Seth Green
Seth Green West Philadelphia, born and raised, a section of the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents are Barbara (née Gesshel), an artist, and Herb Green, a math teacher. His parents divorced when Seth was 15, which caused havoc in his personal life. However, he found refuge in URJ Camp Harlam in Kunkletown, Pennsylvania, where he had been going since he was 5 years old. His mom worked there for a couple of years as the art director. This was where he discovered that performing was his true calling. After his parents’ divorce, he said that camp was a place where he could reinvent himself and be good at anything he wanted. Green was brought up Jewish and played a 1940s Jewish boy in Woody Allen’s movie Radio Days.
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 little brother, Chuckie Miller. He also starred in Woody Allen’s Radio Days (1987) as Joe, and appeared in Big Business (1988) and, in the same year, in My Stepmother Is an Alien. Green appeared in the miniseries It (as Richie Tozier, age 12), all three Austin Powers movies as Dr. Evil’s son, Scott, and Enemy of the State and The Italian J as a computer specialist. He was also in the films Can’t Hardly Wait, Rat Race, Without a Paddle, Idle Hands and Sex Drive. He also voices Chris Griffin in the hit cartoon series Family Guy.
Green’s first television appearances were in Tales from the Darkside and Amazing Stories in the mid-1980s. He made a few appearances on the 1980s television series The Wonder Years. He also appeared in commercials as the window cashier for Rally’s Hamburgers in the early 1990s, sparking the catch phrase, “Cha-Ching!”. In 1991, the Rally’s ads led to Green being flown to New Orleans, where he was featured during a Saints halftime show and was given the key to the city.
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. 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, and My Name Is Earl.
