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James Urbaniak

James Urbaniak

Birthday: 1963-09-17 | Place of Birth: Bayonne - New Jersey - USA

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Beauty

as    Irv Merlin

2021
Things Heard & Seen

as    Bram

2020
Just Add Magic: Mystery City

as    Pierce Hamilton

2019
Where'd You Go, Bernadette

as    Agent Marcus Strang

2017
Wonderstruck

as    Dr. Kincaid, Rose's Father

2017
Dave Made a Maze

as    Harry

2015
Difficult People

as    Arthur Tack

2015
Advantageous

as    Fisher

2014
Such Good People

as    Dr. Cooper Whitehead, Ph.D.

2014
The Occupants

as    Glen

2014
Review

as    Grant Grunderschmidt

2014
Book of Christ

as    Rev. Boxley Fryer

2014
Ned Rifle

as    Simon Grim

2013
iSteve

as    Bill Gates

2013
Bitter Orange

as    Sweetie

2012
Advantageous

as    Dave Fisher

2011
Manhattan Mixup

as    Ernst

2011
The Music Never Stopped

as    Mike Tappin

2010
You Don't Know Jack

as    Jack Lessenberry

2010
Drones

as    Pete

2007
Fay Grim

as    Simon Grim

2006
Death of a President

as    Dr. James Pearn

2005
The Girl from Monday

as    Funk

1
The Sisters Rosensweig

as    Nick