Rob Benedict

Since 2020, he hosts a podcast, together with his friend and colleague Richard Speight Jr. called "...and my guest is Richard Speight".

Benedict was born in Columbia, Missouri. He graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor's degree in Performance Studies. Benedict is the front man and guitar player in the Los Angeles band Louden Swain, which completed its eighth album "Splitting the Seams" in 2018. He has three older siblings (Matt, Nancy and Amy). His sister, Amy Benedict, is also an actress.

In 2018, he had a starring role in the horror film 30 Miles from Nowhere, with Carrie Preston.

In 2017, he wrote, produced and starred in the 10 episode series Kings of Con with friend and fellow actor Richard Speight Jr. The series first aired on Comic-ConHQ and currently can be found on CWseed. The comedy series is set behind the scenes at fan conventions, based loosely on their real life experiences at said conventions.

In 2016 he returned to Supernatural for four episodes. At the end of the episode "Don't Call Me Shurley", Benedict played a cover of "Fare Thee Well (Dink's Song)". In 2019 he returned to Supernatural for the 14th season finale.

In 2013 he wrote, produced and starred in the 30 minute short film The Sidekick, which starred Jordan Peele, Lizzy Caplan, Ike Barinholtz, Ron Livingston and Jason Ritter.

In October 2013, Rob suffered a stroke at the Toronto Supernatural convention. Another actor and friend, Richard Speight Jr., brought him to a local hospital, where he remained for ten days until he was transferred to a hospital in Los Angeles. Together, Richard and Rob established a t-shirt campaign, "Getting By With a Little Help," and the proceeds were donated to the National Stroke Association.

His feature film credits include A Little Help, with Jenna Fischer, State of Play with Russell Crowe. In 2005 he starred as Calvin in the cult comedy Waiting... with Ryan Reynolds, and later revised the role in the sequel Still Waiting... Other films include Kicking & Screaming, with Will Ferrell, Group Sex, Say Goodnight with Aaron Paul, Two Days, with Paul Rudd, The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest, starring Rosario Dawson, and Not Another Teen Movie. Benedict has also done some voice acting work, most notably voicing the character Vin, in the video games Jak II and Jak 3.

Robert Patrick Benedict (born September 21, 1970) is an American stage, film and television actor and writer. His 25 year career includes more than 70 television and movie credits. He is best known for his work on the television series Supernatural, Threshold, Felicity and the comedy film Waiting....