By Tatiana Ponil
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Seth Benjamin Green (né Gesshel-Green; born February 8, 1974) is an American actor. His film debut came with a role in the comedy-drama film The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), and he went on to have supporting roles in comedy films throughout the 1980s, including Radio Days (1987) and Big Business (1988).
During the 1990s and 2000s, Green began starring in comedy films such as Idle Hands (1999), Rat Race (2001), Without a Paddle (2004) and Be Cool (2005). He also became known for his portrayal of Scott Evil, Dr. Evil‘s son, in the Austin Powers film series (1997–2002). Green has also taken serious roles in films, including The Attic Expeditions (2001) and Party Monster (2003). He has provided the voice for Howard the Duck in a number of Marvel Cinematic Universe films and series, including Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) and in the animated series What If…? (2021–2024). In 2019, he wrote, directed, and starred in the comedy-drama film Changeland.
Green’s first lead role on television was on the ABC sitcom Good & Evil in 1991, for which he won a Young Artist Award. Green later gained attention for his supporting roles as Oz, a teenage guitarist and the boyfriend of Willow Rosenberg, on the fantasy television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2000), and as the voice of Chris Griffin on the Fox adult animated comedy series Family Guy (1999–present). He also voiced Leonardo in the Nickelodeon animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014–2017) and Joker in the Mass Effect video game series (2007–2012). Green created, directed, wrote, and produced the adult animated comedy series Robot Chicken and its spinoffs (2005–present), which have earned him three Primetime Emmy Awards and five Annie Awards.
After getting engaged on New Year’s Eve in 2009, Green married actress Clare Grant on May 1, 2010, in Northern California. They worked together on Robot Chicken, Warren the Ape, Changeland, Holidays, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., and her Saber and “Geek and Gamer Girls Song” viral videos.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
These are the easiest formulas that we’re aware of:
If you know the degrees Celsius: degrees F = (degrees C x 1.8) + 32.
If you know the degrees Fahrenheit: degrees C = (degrees F – 32) / 1.8.
Check out our Temperature Conversion page for an automatic conversion calculator and conversion charts.
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
What English word has all the vowels in alphabetical order?
Facetiously
Died
- Peter I of Russia (Peter the Great) –
- John Hay Whitney (multimillionaire) –
- Raymond Scott (composer) –
- William Dillard, Sr. (founder of the retail chain Dillard’s) –
- Joe Edwards (cartoonist) –
Born
- Henry Walter Bates (naturalist) –
- Jules Verne (writer) –
- King Vidor (director of film) –
- Jack Lemmon (actor) –
- Thelma Chalifoux (politician) –
- James Dean (actor) –
- John Williams (composer) –
- Ted Koppel (newscaster) –
- Mary Steenburgen (actress) –
- John Grisham (author) –
- Seth Green (actor) –
- Jordan Todosey (actress) –
Events
- French and Indians attacked Schenectady, New York –
- College of William & Mary chartered. –
- Simon Willard granted patent for the banjo clock –
- Sandford Fleming proposed Universal Standard Time, Toronto, Ontario –
- Boy Scouts of America incorporated –
- Stars and Stripes newspaper published for the first time –
- President Harding had the first radio installed in the White House –
- Jay Berwanger became the first player to be drafted by the National Football League –
- JFK administration banned travel of U.S. citizens to Cuba –
- Last issue of Saturday Evening Post until the magazine’s 1971 re-emergence –
- Debi Thomas won Women’s Singles, U.S. National Figure Skating Championship –
- Disney’s California Adventure Park opened –
Weather
- Great Arctic outbreak in the Southeast. 8 degrees F in Jacksonville, Florida—extensive crop damage –
- The Lindsay Storm left 20 inches of snow in New York City, where areas went unplowed for more than a week –
- The beaches of Malibu were hit by a winter snowstorm, which also created traffic jams in the Los Angeles area –
- Snow fell in Los Angeles, California –
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