David Herman

American actor (born 1967)

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David Herman

Herman at SXSW 2024

Born|  (1967-02-20) February 20, 1967 (age 58)

New York City, New York, U.S.

Education| State University of New York, Purchase (BFA)
Occupations|

* Actor
* comedian

Years active| 1989–present
Spouse| Christi Campbell (divorced)
Children| 2

David Herman (born February 20, 1967) is an American actor and comedian. He was an original cast member on MADtv from 1995 to 1997 and played Michael Bolton in Office Space.

He has done voice-over work in hundreds of episodes of Bob's Burgers, Brickleberry, Futurama, King of the Hill, OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, Disenchantment, and Father of the Pride.

## Early life

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Herman was born in New York City and raised in Washington Heights, Manhattan. He graduated from the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in 1985, then attended the acting program at SUNY Purchase.

## Career

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### MADtv

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Herman in 2018

Herman was part of the cast of John Leguizamo's short-lived series House of Buggin' in 1995. When Fox canceled the series to replace it with a sketch comedy show, Herman signed on as one of nine original cast members of MADtv when the series began in 1995.

Unlike most of the other featured players, Herman came to the show with an established acting career (as did fellow cast member Phil LaMarr); he had appeared in the films Born on the Fourth of July, Lost Angels, and Let It Be Me. Herman's MADtv characters included Mike Lawson (Incredible Findings), Generation X anchorman Marsh (X News), and concerned father Joel Linder.

Herman lampooned celebrities and famous figures such as Don Adams (as Maxwell Smart from Get Smart), Tim Allen (as Tim Taylor from Home Improvement), Woody Allen, Nicolas Cage, Bill Clinton, Bob Dole, David Duchovny (as Fox Mulder from The X-Files), Larry Flynt, Tom Hanks (as Forrest Gump and as Jim Lovell from Apollo 13), Larry King, Kenny Kingston, Regis Philbin, Charles Nelson Reilly, John Ritter (as himself and as Jack Tripper from Three's Company), Joel Schumacher, Robert Shapiro, Pauly Shore, Brent Spiner, Patrick Stewart (as Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation), and Alex Trebek.

Herman stayed with the show until six episodes into the third season. When speaking about the show in 2019, he said that he wanted to leave the show to do other projects, but Fox would not let him out of his contract, as they considered him too valuable, so he got himself fired by screaming all his lines during read-through. While continuing his voice work on King of the Hill, he came across the script for Office Space, which Hill creator Mike Judge had written with Herman in mind for the part of Michael Bolton.[1]

### Other television projects

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Herman's television credits include guest-starring on the WB's Angel and Fox's action drama 24.

### Film projects

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Though primarily a television actor, Herman has appeared in several films, including Dude, Where's My Car? and Fun with Dick and Jane. He had a prominent role in the 1999 comedy Office Space as a gangsta rap-loving nerd named Michael Bolton who must endure questions about his relationship to the famous singer. In 2006, he appeared in another Mike Judge film, Idiocracy.

### Voice acting

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Herman is also known for his work as a voice actor in cartoons and video games, notably in Futurama, where he provides the voices of many recurring characters (including Scruffy, Planet Express's Sling Blade-esque janitor; Roberto, the deranged criminal robot obsessed with stabbing people; New New York City Mayor Poopenmeyer, and Professor Farnsworth's former student and current rival Ogden Wernstrom), and King of the Hill, on which he voiced Luanne's ill-fated boyfriend, Buckley, as well as several one-shot and incidental characters. Herman's other voice work includes parts on Family Guy, American Dad!, the short-lived CGI-animated sitcom Father of the Pride (in which he voices Roy Horn), and the Jak and Daxter video game series. Herman starred as Ubuntu Goode (and other supporting voices) on Judge's short-lived companion series to King of the Hill, The Goode Family. He provides the voice for Mr. Frond and other supporting voices on Fox's Bob's Burgers; Mr. Gar, Brandon, and others on Cartoon Network's OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes; The Herald and various characters on Matt Groening's Netflix series Disenchantment; incompetent park ranger Steve Williams on Comedy Central's Brickleberry; and Kevin Crawford on Paradise PD.

## Filmography

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### Film

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1989  | Lost Angels | Carlo  |
1989  | Born on the Fourth of July | VA in Hospital  |
1997  | Kirk and Kerry | Dave  | Short film
1998  | Gunshy | Dan  |
1999  | Olive, the Other Reindeer | Guard Shack Elf (voice)  |
1999  | Office Space | Michael Bolton  |
2000  | Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth | Mr. Lowelle Buchanan  | Direct-to-video
2000  | Dude, Where's My Car? | Nelson  |
2000  | Table One | Norman  |
2000  | Monsignor Martinez | John Smith  |
2005  | The Lather Effect | Corey  |
2005  | Kicking & Screaming | Referee  |
2005  | Fun with Dick and Jane | Angry Caller (voice)  |
2006  | Idiocracy | Secretary of State  |
2007  | Bee Movie | Buzz, Bob Bumble, Pilot (voice)  | [2]
2007  | Futurama: Bender's Big Score | Nudar, Scruffy, Turanga Morris, Terry, additional voices  | Direct-to-video
2008  | Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs | Ogden Wernstrom, Mayor Poopenmeyer, Pazuzu, Chu, Fatbot, Warden Vogel, additional voices  | Direct-to-video
2008  | Futurama: Bender's Game | Larry, Roberto, Scruffy, Turanga Morris, Ogden Wernstrom, additional voices  | Direct-to-video
2009  | Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder | Number 9 Man, Scruffy, Michael, additional voices  | Direct-to-video
2013  | Bad Milo | Ralph (voice)  | [2]
2013  | I Know That Voice | Himself  | Documentary
2016  | Storks | Additional voices  |
2017  | Best Fiends: Boot Camp | Roger (voice)  | Short film[3]
2017  | Best Fiends: Visit Minutia | Roger (voice)  | Short film[4]
2018  | Best Fiends: Fort of Hard Knocks | Gordon (voice)  | Short film[5]
2018  | Best Fiends: Baby Slug's Big Day Out | Gordon (voice)  | Short film
2019  | Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost | Sheriff (voice)  | Direct-to-video[2]
2019  | Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island | Sheriff, Jack (voice)  | Direct-to-video[2]
2020  | Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! | Sheriff (voice)  | Direct-to-video[2]
2022  | The Bob's Burgers Movie | Mr. Frond (voice)  |
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe | Gage, German Tourist, Jail Warden (voice)  | [2]
2023  | Strays | Underbite Pound Dog (voice)  |

### Television

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1995  | House of Buggin' | Various  | Main cast
1995–1997  | MADtv | Various roles  | Main cast (Seasons 1–3)
1997–2010;
2025–present  | King of the Hill | Buckley, Jimmy Wichard, various characters (voice)  | Recurring role
1999–2003;
2008–2013;
2023–present  | Futurama | Scruffy, Roberto, Larry, Ogden Wernstrom, Mayor Poopenmeyer, Turanga Morris, various characters (voice)  | Recurring role (Seasons 1–5)
Main cast (Season 6–present)
2000  | Angel | David Nabbit  | 3 episodes
2001  | Primetime Glick | Various  | 2 episodes
2001–2003  | Invader Zim | Additional voices  | 7 episodes[2]
2003  | Life on Parole | Dave  | Television film
2003, 2008  | ChalkZone | Generic Man (voice)  | 3 episodes
2004  | 24 | Dalton Furrelle  | 2 episodes
2004  | Grounded for Life | Dave "J.J. Bodybuddy", Lomax  | 2 episodes
2004  | Father of the Pride | Roy Horn (voice)  | Main cast
2006–present  | American Dad! | Various characters (voice)  |
2008  | Moral Orel | Principal Fakey, additional voices  | Season 3 only
2008–2009  | The Drinky Crow Show | Uncle Gabby, Captain Maak (voice)  | Main cast
2009  | The Goode Family | Ubuntu Goode (voice)  | Main cast
2011–present  | Bob's Burgers | Mr. Phillip Frond, Trev, Marshmallow (Seasons 1–8), various characters (voice)  | Recurring role[2]
2011  | Beavis and Butt-Head | Additional voices  | 4 episodes
2012  | Family Guy | David Strathairn (voice)  | Episode: "Tom Tucker: The Man and His Dream"
2012–2015  | Brickleberry | Steve Williams, various characters (voice)  | Main cast[2]
2013  | Out There | Babel (voice)  | Episode: "Enter Destiny"
2013  | Lakewood Plaza Turbo | Mr. Gar, Brandon (voice)  | Pilot for OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes[2]
2014–2016  | TripTank | Various characters (voice)  | 12 episodes[2]
2014  | The Simpsons | Scruffy (voice)  | Episode: "Simpsorama"
2015  | Ridin' with Burgess | Duzenthal, Narrator (voice)  | Pilot
2015  | The Awesomes | Additional voices  | 9 episodes
2016  | Better Things | Richard  | Episode: "Sam/Pilot"
2017  | Jeff & Some Aliens | Zib Zog's Father, Host (voice)  | Episode: "Jeff & Some Honer Killings"
2017–2019  | OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes | Mr. Gar, Brandon, Jethro, Beardo, Cool Sun, additional voices  | Main cast[2]
2017  | Adventure Time | Randy (voice)  | Episode: "Ring of Fire"[2]
2017  | Tarantula | Additional voices  | 3 episodes
2018–2023  | Disenchantment | Jerry, Herald, Chazzzzz, Guysbert, various characters (voice)  | Main cast[2]
2018–2022  | Paradise PD | Kevin Crawford, various characters (voice)  | Main cast
2018  | BoJack Horseman | Arnold Schwarzenegger (voice)  | Episode: "BoJack the Feminist"
2019–2021  | Bless the Harts | Peter, additional voices  | Recurring role
2020–2022  | Central Park | Dmitry, various characters (voice)  |
2021–present  | The Great North | Santiago Carpaccio, Gill Beavers, additional voices  | Recurring role
2022  | Space Force | Albertson (voice)  | Episode: "Budget Cuts"
2022  | Farzar | Principal Carter, additional voices  | Episode: "Robot Revolution"
2022  | Slippin' Jimmy | Roger, Warren, Seth (voice)  | 2 episodes
2024  | Everybody Still Hates Chris | Additional voices  | 2 episodes

### Video games

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Year  | Title  | Role

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2001  | Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy | Sculptor, Boggy Billy[2]
2003  | Futurama | Larry, Adoy, Ra-Ra the Sun King
2003  | Jak II | Errol, Krimzon Guards[2]
2004  | Jak 3 | Errol, Ottsel Surfer, Ottzel Dummy[2]
2005  | Jak X: Combat Racing | Razer, Ximon, Thugs[2]
2006  | Daxter | Ximon, Tik, Errol, Krimzon Guard, Miner[2]
2016  | Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow | Scruffy, Leg Mutant, Malfunction Eddie
2018  | OK K.O.! Let's Play Heroes | Mr. Gar, Brandon[2]
2022  | High on Life | Gene Zaroothian[2]

### Other

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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2000  | Zombie College | Scott Bardo (voice)  | Web series

## References

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1. ^ Hunt, Stacey Wilson (January 11, 2019). "The oral history of Office Space: Behind the scenes of the cult classic". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "David Herman (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved February 20, 2025. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
3. ^ Boot Camp - A Best Fiends Animation
4. ^ Visit Minutia - A Best Fiends Animation
5. ^ Fort of Hard Knocks - A Best Fiends Animation

## External links

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* David Herman at IMDb

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