# Seth Green
**Seth Green** (Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green; born 1974) is an American actor, comedian, voice actor, producer, director, and screenwriter, known for playing Scott Evil in all three [Austin Powers](https://www.edgepedia.org/austin-powers) films, Daniel "Oz" Osbourne on *Buffy the Vampire Slayer*, and voicing [Chris Griffin](https://www.edgepedia.org/chris-griffin) on Fox's *Family Guy*, and for co-creating the Emmy-winning stop-motion series *Robot Chicken*.[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/seth-green)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1974, to an artist and a math teacher in West Philadelphia[2](https://www.sethgreenonline.com/bio.php) |
| Start in the business | Began acting professionally at age 7; his first film was a co-starring role in *The Hotel New Hampshire* (1984) with Jodie Foster and Rob Lowe[2](https://www.sethgreenonline.com/bio.php) • [3](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/255756) |
| Signature on-screen roles | Scott Evil in the Austin Powers trilogy; Daniel "Oz" Osbourne in *Buffy the Vampire Slayer*; leads in *Can't Hardly Wait* and *Without a Paddle*[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/seth-green) |
| Signature voice roles | Chris Griffin on *Family Guy* since the series' 1999 inception; Jeff "Joker" Moreau in the *Mass Effect* games[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/seth-green) • [4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001293/bio/) |
| *Robot Chicken* | Co-created with Matthew Senreich, debuting February 2005 on Adult Swim; the show has aired more than 200 episodes[5](https://www.thewrap.com/seth-green-robot-chicken-20th-anniversary-special-interview/) • [6](https://www.xprize.org/people/seth-green) |
| Emmy record | 22 nominations and 3 Emmys, including wins in 2010 and 2016 for Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/seth-green) • [7](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/seth-green/bio/3030389587/) |
| Directing | Won the 2008 Annie Award in Directing for *Robot Chicken: Star Wars*; directed and co-wrote his first feature, *Changeland* (2019)[2](https://www.sethgreenonline.com/bio.php) • [8](https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/seth-green-changeland-overbrook-interview/) |
## Early life and child acting
Green grew up in [West Philadelphia](https://www.edgepedia.org/west-philadelphia) with an older sister, the son of an artist and a math teacher. A manager signed him at age seven and had him working the next day on an RCA/[John Denver](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-denver) promotion, and he soon commuted regularly between Philadelphia and locations across the country.[2](https://www.sethgreenonline.com/bio.php) In his account to Vanity Fair, he had been working for over a year, living in Philadelphia and taking trains to New York for auditions, before landing his first feature film, *The Hotel New Hampshire*, at age eight.[9](https://www.vanityfair.com/video/watch/seth-green-breaks-down-his-career)
His most substantial child role came through [Woody Allen](https://www.edgepedia.org/woody-allen). At twelve he auditioned for Allen; because of Allen's secrecy on set, Green did not know until he reported for work that he would film for eighteen weeks in New York and end up with a lead role in *Radio Days* (1987).[2](https://www.sethgreenonline.com/bio.php) The American Film Institute catalog lists other 1980s credits in *Can't Buy Me Love* (1987, as Chuckie Miller), *My Stepmother Is an Alien* (1988, as Fred Glass), and *Big Business* (1988, as Jason).[3](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/255756)
## Breakthrough roles
**Austin Powers.** Green played Scott Evil, the son of [Dr. Evil](https://www.edgepedia.org/dr-evil), in all three films of the series: *Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery* (1997), *Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me* (1999), and *Austin Powers in Goldmember* (2002).[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/seth-green) • [3](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/255756) He has said the reason he got the part was the same reason he later got *Family Guy*: doing something different from what anyone else was auditioning with, something that "felt sincere or appropriate."[9](https://www.vanityfair.com/video/watch/seth-green-breaks-down-his-career)
**Buffy the Vampire Slayer.** Green began playing Oz, a guitarist and sometime werewolf, on the WB series in late 1997 while filming *Can't Hardly Wait*.[2](https://www.sethgreenonline.com/bio.php) A Los Angeles Times profile in 1999 identified him as a regular on both *Buffy* and the animated *Family Guy*, and the Los Angeles Times has credited the role with kick-starting his career in the late 1990s.[10](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-apr-25-ca-30889-story.html) • [11](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-may-25-ca-q-a25-story.html) In the late 1990s and 2000s he also starred in *Can't Hardly Wait* (1998), *The Italian Job* (2003, as tech expert Lyle), *Party Monster* (2003, as [James St. James](https://www.edgepedia.org/james-st-james)), and *Without a Paddle* (2004).[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/seth-green) • [12](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001293/?showAllCredits=true)
## Voice work
Green has voiced Chris Griffin, the dopey son on Fox's animated hit *Family Guy*, since the series' inception in 1999.[4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001293/bio/) In his Vanity Fair timeline he described how the voice originated: after reading a character description of a surfer-kid look, he took a risk at the audition and used a "deeply, bass-y, grotesquely disturbing" voice he and a friend had been playing with, then raised the pitch slightly on request. The creators told him he got the job because he did something so different.[9](https://www.vanityfair.com/video/watch/seth-green-breaks-down-his-career)
Beyond television, he voices Lieutenant Gibbs in *Titan Maximum* and Jeff "Joker" Moreau in the *Mass Effect* video game series.[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/seth-green)
## Robot Chicken
*Robot Chicken*, the satiric stop-motion sketch comedy Green co-created with Matthew Senreich, premiered on [Adult Swim](https://www.edgepedia.org/adult-swim) in February 2005 and parodies pop culture using toys, action figures, and dolls.[5](https://www.thewrap.com/seth-green-robot-chicken-20th-anniversary-special-interview/) Green co-created, produces, writes, directs, and does multiple voices each week on the show; he also directed specials including *Robot Chicken: Star Wars* and the *DC Comics Special*.[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/seth-green) In his telling, the show was not an intentional pursuit: after [Family Guy](https://www.edgepedia.org/family-guy) had been off the air for a couple of years, [Seth MacFarlane](https://www.edgepedia.org/seth-macfarlane) told him Adult Swim might be worth pitching to, the network took a risk and gave them 20 quarter hours, and he and Senreich never expected the program to go beyond that initial order.[9](https://www.vanityfair.com/video/watch/seth-green-breaks-down-his-career)
The series reached its 200th episode with the tenth-season finale in July 2020[9](https://www.vanityfair.com/video/watch/seth-green-breaks-down-his-career) and continued afterward with specials, including *The Robot Chicken: Self-Discovery Special* in 2025.[13](https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/features/2004004-robot-chicken-creators-making-fun-of-reality-tv-shows-franchise-future) In 2011 Green and partners founded Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, a full-service animation studio whose projects have included Crackle's *SuperMansion*, Adult Swim's *Hot Streets*, and WWE's *Camp WWE*; in December 2017 the company signed a two-year first-look deal with 20th Century Fox Film.[4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001293/bio/)
One project never reached audiences: *Star Wars: Detours*, a [Robot Chicken](https://www.edgepedia.org/robot-chicken)-style comedy that [George Lucas](https://www.edgepedia.org/george-lucas) described as wanting something like "The Simpsons in the Star Wars universe." Thirty-nine episodes were produced, but the series was shelved after Disney's purchase of [Lucasfilm](https://www.edgepedia.org/lucasfilm), shortly after footage debuted at 2012's Star Wars Celebration.[14](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/star-wars-tv-shows/seth-green-says-his-unseen-star-wars-series-would-need-to-be-upgraded-for-streaming-i-just-dont-think-theyre-willing-to-commit-the-spend/)
## Later work
**Directing.** *Changeland* (2019), Green's feature directorial and writing debut, grew from a real trip he took to Thailand with a friend; it stars Green, Breckin Meyer, Brenda Song, Macaulay Culkin, Clare Grant, and [Randy Orton](https://www.edgepedia.org/randy-orton).[8](https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/seth-green-changeland-overbrook-interview/) • [4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001293/bio/) He has also acted in Netflix's *A Futile and Stupid Gesture* (2018, as [Christopher Guest](https://www.edgepedia.org/christopher-guest)) and *Dear Dictator* (2017).[12](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001293/?showAllCredits=true)
**Outside entertainment.** Green has long been interested in space travel: he recorded a public service announcement for NASA and designed the CASIS patch for International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory missions.[4](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001293/bio/) In July 2026 the Global Gaming League announced that the lifelong gamer had joined its advisory board, with a 10-event "Ready, Seth, Go!" tournament series on the GGL Primes platform built around his career and featuring games including *Mass Effect* and *Tekken 8*.[15](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/07/09/3325232/0/en/Seth-Green-Joins-Global-Gaming-League-s-Advisory-Board-Kicks-Off-Ready-Seth-Go-Tournament-Series.html)
## Awards
Green's Emmy record centers on *Robot Chicken*: the Television Academy lists 22 nominations and 3 Emmys, with wins for Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program in 2010 (*Full-Assed Christmas Special*) and 2016, and a 2018 win also listed among his awards.[1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/seth-green) • [7](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/seth-green/bio/3030389587/) He won the 2008 Annie Award in Directing for the *Robot Chicken: Star Wars* special, and the show has earned many Emmy voiceover nominations for him personally, including for voicing multiple characters in the *Robot Chicken DC Comics Special*.[2](https://www.sethgreenonline.com/bio.php) • [1](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/seth-green)
## References
1. [Seth Green | Emmy Awards and Nominations, Television Academy](https://www.televisionacademy.com/bios/seth-green)
2. [Seth Green | Bio, Official website](https://www.sethgreenonline.com/bio.php)
3. [Seth Green filmography, AFI Catalog](https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/PersonDetails/255756)
4. [Seth Green Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001293/bio/)
5. [Seth Green on 20 Years of Robot Chicken, New Adult Swim Special, TheWrap](https://www.thewrap.com/seth-green-robot-chicken-20th-anniversary-special-interview/)
6. [Seth Green Profile, XPRIZE Foundation](https://www.xprize.org/people/seth-green)
7. [Seth Green Biography, Celebrity Facts and Awards, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/seth-green/bio/3030389587/)
8. [Overbrook's Seth Green Talks New Movie 'Changeland' & Career, CBS Philadelphia](https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/seth-green-changeland-overbrook-interview/)
9. [Seth Green Breaks Down His Career, Vanity Fair](https://www.vanityfair.com/video/watch/seth-green-breaks-down-his-career)
10. [SETH GREEN / ACTOR, Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-apr-25-ca-30889-story.html)
11. [Color him clever, Los Angeles Times](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-may-25-ca-q-a25-story.html)
12. [Seth Green, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001293/?showAllCredits=true)
13. [Robot Chicken Creators on Making Fun of Reality TV Shows, Franchise's Future, ComingSoon.net](https://www.comingsoon.net/tv/features/2004004-robot-chicken-creators-making-fun-of-reality-tv-shows-franchise-future)
14. [Seth Green says his unseen Star Wars series would need to be "upgraded" for streaming, GamesRadar](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/star-wars-tv-shows/seth-green-says-his-unseen-star-wars-series-would-need-to-be-upgraded-for-streaming-i-just-dont-think-theyre-willing-to-commit-the-spend/)
15. [Seth Green Joins Global Gaming League's Advisory Board, GlobeNewswire](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/07/09/3325232/0/en/Seth-Green-Joins-Global-Gaming-League-s-Advisory-Board-Kicks-Off-Ready-Seth-Go-Tournament-Series.html)
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