From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

James Urbaniak
Born	James Christian Urbaniak September 17, 1963 (1963-09-17) (age 46) Bayonne, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–present

James Christian Urbaniak (born September 17, 1963) is an American actor. 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, playing legendary illustrator R. Crumb and the play Thom Pain (based on nothing), for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award.^[1] He provides the voice for Dr. Thaddeus Venture on The Venture Bros., as well as the Doctor's brother, Jonas Jr and the super-villain Phantom Limb.

In May 2007, a facetious comment that Urbaniak made on a journal entry triggered rumors that Urbaniak was going to be replaced on Venture by actor Liev Schreiber.^[2] Urbaniak has stated that any rumors of him leaving were false.^[3]

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.^[4]

Filmography

• Henry Fool (1997)
• No Such Thing (2001)
• Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
• Plain Dirty (2003)
• Manhunt (2003) (Video Game)
• Grasshopper (2003)
• American Splendor (2003)
• The Venture Bros. (2003–ongoing) (TV)
• Thanksgiving (2004)
• Fortunes (2005)
• Fay Grim (2006)
• The Last Romantic (2006)
• Kidnapped (2006) (TV)
• Death of a President (2006)
• Across the Universe (2007)
• Manhunt 2 (2007) (Video Game)
• NCIS (2008)
• The Bentfootes (2008)
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008) (TV)
• Weeds (TV series) (2009)
• The Office (U.S. TV series) (2009)

References

External links

• James Urbaniak at the Internet Movie Database