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Abraham Benrubi
Born	Abraham Rubin Hercules Benrubi October 4, 1969 (1969-10-04) (age 40) Bloomington, Indiana
Other name(s)	Abraham Ben Rubi, Abe Benrubi
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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.

Contents 1 Personal life 2 Career 3 Films 4 Television 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Personal life

Benrubi was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the oldest son of Patricia and Asher Benrubi, who was a radio personality^[1] 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.

[edit] 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.

Between the first and second seasons of Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Benrubi and co-star Taj Johnson worked as roadies for No Doubt's first tour.

Benrubi starred as one of the main characters in ABC's show Men in Trees, playing bartender/millionaire Ben Tomasson. This was a role where he got 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.^[2] 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.

Following the cancellation of Men In Trees in early 2007, Benrubi returned to the cast of ER in late 2008 for the show's final season.

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

[edit] Films

• Diving In ... Rick
• 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
• Wristcutters: A Love Story ... Erik
• Venus and Vegas ... Bruno
• Miss Congeniality 2 ... Lou Steele
• Calvin Marshall ... Coach Dewey

[edit] 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
• A Touch of Hope ... Dr. Neil Bachman
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer... Olaf the Troll ("Triangle" and "Selfless")
• Cold Feet (Unaired NBC pilot)
• Unscripted (pilot episode) ... Himself
• Going to California ... Harvey (Benrubi was also cast in the unaired pilot shopped around to the WB, but was not cast when the show was green-lighted by Showtime)
• Married With Children ... Bundy Baby from Hell ("She's Having a Baby, Pt 1")/Cousin Jimmy ("The Wedding Repercussuions")
• Criminal Minds
• Men In Trees ... Ben Thomasson
• Robot Chicken (voice only) ... Darth Vader, Optimus Prime, various characters
• Pizza Time ... Bruno
• 1% ... Citizen Dave (Unaired Pilot for an HBO series)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Abraham Benrubi at the Internet Movie Database
• Abraham Benrubi at Allmovie