Who is H. Jon Benjamin?

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and musician Harry Jon Benjamin, was born in Worcester, Massachusetts USA, on 23 May 1966, which makes Gemini his zodiac sign. He’s had roles in over 80 TV series and movies, ut is probably known best for voicing the lead character Sterling Archer in the animated action comedy series “Archer”, created by Adam Reed, and which also stars Judy Greer and Amber Nash. The series has been airing since 2009, follows the life of a secret agent, and won 18 of its 89 award nominations.

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Education and early life

Jon was raised in Worcester by his mother Shirley who was a ballet dancer and teacher, and father Howard who was CEO of a small company; both Shirley and Howard are Jewish.

Jon became interested in acting while growing up, and was mostly passionate about imitating the voices of characters he saw in his favorite animated TV series. He studied at Worcester Academy and was a member of its drama club, and was also on the school’s softball team.

He matriculated in 1984, and then enrolled at Connecticut College from which he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 1988. Jon then moved to Boston, Massachusetts and was one half of the comedy duo with Sam Seder for seven years.

Roles in TV series

Jon’s debut TV series role was playing Quark in the 1995 episode “Uncertainty” of the documentary “Understanding”, and the year 1997 saw him play various characters in the musical comedy “The Jenny McCarthy Show”, starring alongside Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg and Jack Plotnick; it follows the life of ‘blonde bombshell and former playboy bunny Jenny McCarthy’.

From 1995 through 2002, Jon voiced one of the main characters Ben Katz in the popular animated comedy “Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist”, which also starred Jonathan Kat and Laura Silverman, and follows a therapist as he’s dealing with both his and other people’s problems; the series won five of its six award nominations. From 1999 through 2004, Jon voiced various characters in the animated comedy “Home Movies”, while the remainder of the decade heard him voice characters in the animated comedy “O’Grady”, another animated comedy “Freak Show”, and the animated horror comedy “Lucy: The Daughter of the Devil”.

From 2007 through 2015, he voiced Jewelry Store Clerk and various other characters in the popular animated action adventure “WordGirl”, created by Jack Ferraiolo and Dorothea Gillim, and which starred Dannah Feinglass Phirman, Chris Parnell and Maria Bamford. It follows the life of superhero Wordgirl, and the series won five of its 16 award nominations.

Some of Jon’s most recent roles in TV series have been in seven episodes of the animated musical comedy “Central Park” from 2020 through 2022, 26 episodes of the animated comedy “Family Guy” since 2006, and 254 episodes (lead role) of the animated comedy “Bob’s Burgers” since 2011, all voice roles.

Roles in movies

Jon made his debut film appearance in the 1997 comedy “Who’s the Caboose”, while some of his following roles were in the 1998 romantic comedy “Next Stop Wonderland”, the 1999 action crime thriller “Puppet’ and the 2000 romantic comedy “Happy Accidents”.

In 2002 he played Keith, one of the main characters in the popular comedy “Martin & Orloff”, directed by Lawrence Blume, and which also starred Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh. The movie follows an advertising agency employee who’s tried to kill himself, and is now seeing the therapist Dr. Orloff; it won two awards. Jon was then cast to play and voice characters in the 2003 thriller comedy “Temptation”, the 2007 romantic comedy “The Ten” and the 2008 animated drama “The Toe Tactic”.

He portrayed MCS Coach in the critically acclaimed 2014 action crime comedy “22 Jump Street”, which Christopher Miller and Phil Lord directed, and which starred Ice Cube, Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum. It follows the work of police officers Jenko and Schmidt, and the movie won seven of its 32 award nominations.

Some of Jon’s most recent film roles have been in the 2018 comedy “The Demons of Dorian Gunn”, the 2022 short animated comedy “My Butt Hazza Fever” (voice role) and the 2022 animated adventure comedy “The Bob’s Burgers Movie” (voice role).

Other credits

Jon has 22 writing and eight producing credits, while some of his most notable writing work has been 80 episodes of the animated comedy series “Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist” from 1995 through 2002, 49 episodes of the animated comedy “Home Movies” from 1999 through 2004 and 10 episodes of the 2007 animated horror comedy series “Lucy: The Daughter of the Devil”.

Jon’s made a guest appearance in over 30 talk-shows, most recently in “Life is Short with Justin Long”, “IMDb on the Scene” and “The Majority Report with Sam Seder”.

Awards and nominations

Jon’s won three of his 16 award nominations: he won a 1995 CableACE Award for Animated Programming Special or Series, for “Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist”, a 2013 Behind the Voice Actors Award for Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Television Series, for “Archer” and a 2020 Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Voice Acting in an Animated Production, for “Bob’s Burgers”.

He was also nominated for a 2010 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for “Archer”.

Love life and relationships

Jon’s not that open when it comes to speaking about his love life in public, and thus only a couple of details about it are known. He’s today in a long-term relationship with American set decorator Amy Beth Silver, and although some of Jon’s fans believe that the two are married, neither of them has confirmed this. Amy’s worked on 11 TV series and movies, with the most popular amongst these having been the 1997 comedy film “Gummo”, the 2017 war thriller film “The Beguiled” and the 2020 romantic comedy movie “On the Rocks”.

Jon and Amy have a son Judah together, but his birthdate hasn’t been disclosed.

He’s yet to mention other women whom he’s maybe been with, Jon’s in a long-term relationship with Amy Beth Silver as of April 2023, and they have a son together.

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Interesting facts and hobbies

One of Jon’s best friends is famous American actor, screenwriter and producer David Cross, who’s probably known best for starring as Tobias Funke in all the 84 episodes of the comedy series “Arrested Development”, which aired from 2003 through 2019.

Jon’s a member of comedy troupes Comedy Lab and Cross Comedy.

His family always called him ‘Jon’ while he was growing up, and he didn’t even know until his later years that his first name was ‘Harry’.

He’s an amateur ornithologist, while ornithology’s a special branch of zoology that studies birds.

Jon endorsed Bernie Sanders in the 2020 presidential election primaries.

His favorite actor is Jim Carrey, while some of Jon’s favorite movies include “Man on the Moon”, “The Cable Guy” and “Dumb and Dumber”.

Height, eyes and wealth

Jon’s age is 56. He has blue eyes and is bald, he’s 5ft 6ins (1.68m) tall and weighs around 150lbs (67kgs).

Jon’s net worth’s been estimated at over $6 million, as of April 2023.

Who is M Shadows?

Matthew Charles Sanders was born on 31 July 1981, in Fountain Valley, California, USA. He is a singer, musician, and songwriter, best known for performing under the stage name M Shadows, working as the lead vocalist of the band Avenged Sevenfold. He is one of the heavy metal band’s founding members, and is considered by many as one of the greatest heavy metal frontmen of all-time.

The Net Worth of M Shadows

As of early-2020, M Shadows’ net worth is estimated to be over $25 million, earned primarily through the success of the band, Avenged Sevenfold, one of the most recognized in the heavy metal genre, making music since the 2000s.

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He’s also worked with other bands, as well as collaborating with the video game franchise “Call of Duty”.

Early Life and Career Beginnings

While M was born in Fountain Valley, his family later moved to Huntington Beach where he grew up with younger sister Amy Sanders, who is now known to play in the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).  He developed an interest in music at a young age, thanks to his father who gifted him his first cassette of the band Guns N’ Roses, sparking an interest which just grew as he got older.

Eventually, he learned how to play the guitar as well as the piano, skills which would also help him learn more about tone and voice. He attended Huntington Beach High School, and during this period, he aspired to start a band. He briefly joined a punk band called Successful Failure, but it was short-lived. Afterwards he reconnected with a few friends from middle school who had the same taste in music. This led to the formation of Avenged Sevenfold, as he was joined by The Rev, Zacky Vengeance, and Matt Wendt.

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Shadows didn’t want to use his first name as he didn’t like the way it sounded as a performer. Instead, he only adopted the first letter M and added Shadows because he felt that he was the darker character within their group. They also chose to adopt nicknames because it was a popular practice among rock groups that inspired them. Over the years, the band has released music, and gained a lot of acclaim for their diversity when it comes to their portrayal of rock and metal.

They also promoted themselves through the use of dramatic imagery, which became more evident over the years.

Their debut album “Sounding the Seventh Trumpet” helped establish them on the scene, but it wasn’t until their third album “City of Evil” that the band truly took off. The group enjoyed a lot of success until 2009, when their drummer The Rev suddenly passed away. The band continued with drummer Mike Portnoy for their 2010 album “Nightmare” which reached the top of the Billboard 200. Eventually, they took in drummer Brooks Wackerman and continued to release music, with their latest being “The Stage” which debuted in fourth spot of the Billboard 200.

Solo Projects

Apart from his work with Avenged Sevenfold, M has been a guest on albums of other well-known bands. He was featured on the album “Feel the Steel” by Steel Panther, and helped produce the album “Requiem” by The Confession – he ventured to learn more about production to help Avenged Sevenfold with their album releases as well. Other music projects he’s had include working with Slash on his solo album, and making music with the band Device.

In 2012, he made his first foray into the video game world with the development of ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops II”, in which he made a cameo contribution by doing motion capture and recording voice lines.

He is an avid player of the popular first-person shooter game, and has even participated in professional tournaments. One of his latest projects in video games is “Call of Duty: Black Ops 4” in which he became a playable character thanks to the help of a close friend who works for its developer Treyarch. He can be selected as a part of the game’s battle royale mode, which sees numerous players fight against each other in a large but shrinking map.

Vocal Ability and Style

Shadows’ vocal ability has been praised numerous times, not only for his range and versatility but also its evolution throughout his career with Avenged Sevenfold.

At the beginning of his career, he had a harsher voice filled with growls reminiscent of metalcore bands. Since 2003 he’s been more inclined towards melodic lines, but still retains his love for screams and growls. After signing with a major record label, his style changed even further, focusing more on his voice and melody as opposed to the screaming. He took numerous lessons to improve his style, working with Ron Anderson who is known for his collaborations with Audioslave and Guns N’ Roses.

The band also contributed, with each member becoming a part of the vocal whole as opposed to Shadows taking the brunt of the work.

This led to rumors going around that he had lost his ability to scream, as a result of having throat surgery after damaging his voice sometime in 2003. Other musicians defended him, stating that he has indicated a desire to be more of a singer than a screamer with his music. He is also a big advocate in protecting his voice, and prefers hitting the notes rather than going for raspy sounds that could damage his throat again.

Personal Life

M married Valary DiBenedetto in 2009 and they have two children together. His bandmate Synyster Gates married Valary’s twin sister Michelle which makes the two band members brothers-in-law as well. He spends a lot of his free time, learning more about music, working on new music, and playing video games. He also spends a lot of his time learning more about preserving his voice and prioritizes resting his voice when not working with the band.

Who is Choi Jong Hoon?

Choi Jong Hoon is a retired South Korean musician and actor as well, who is perhaps best known to the world as the guitarist and keyboardist of the rock band F.T. Island. He was the frontman of the band from its inception until his retirement in 2019. As an actor, he starred in the TV series “Heroes” (2015), among other accomplishments.

Choi Jong Hoon Bio- Age, Childhood, and Education

Choi Jong-hoon was born on the 7th March 1990, in Seoul, South Korea; he went to Shindongshin Middle Information Industry High School, where he started expressing his musical aspirations, and joined the FNC Music talent agency – F.T. Island was formed with members from this talent agency.

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Following his high school matriculation, Choi enrolled at the University of Suwon, where he majored in digital music.

Career Beginnings

F.T. Island was formed in 2007, with Oh Won-bin, Choi Jong-hoon, Lee Hong-gi, and Lee Jae-jin as the main members. Two years later Oh Won-bin left the group and was replaced by Song Seung-hyun, who would also leave the band later. The group’s debut release was the South Korean album “Cheerful Sensibility” in 2007, which spawned such hits as “Lovesick” and “Thunder”, both of which topped the Korean charts.

The band continued to gain popularity in South Korea with the album “Colorful Sensibility”, before they made their Japanese debut with “So Long, Au Revoir”.

Peak of Popularity

From 2009 until his retirement, Choi and all the band members enjoyed star status, becoming one of the most popular bands in South Korea and Japan as well. They stormed the music scene of Japan with the hit albums “Five Treasure Island” (2011), which was their first Japanese album to top the chart, and continued with such releases as “Rated-FT” (2013), “5…..Go” (2015), then “N.W.U” (2016), and “Everlasting” (2019).

They also were at the top in South Korea, with albums “Five Treasure Box” (2012), “I Will” (2015), and “Where’s the Truth” (2016), which made Choi a star. The entire discography of the band includes 18 studio albums, eight EPs, and 17 soundtrack albums.

Acting Career

In addition to music, Choi Jong-hoon is also known as a television personality and actor. His first on-screen appearance was in the show “On Air” in 2008, then made a few appearances in reality shows, including in “Cheongdam-dong 111”, while his first role was in 2015 as Park Shi-hyun in the drama series “Prince’s Prince”.

Later that year he portrayed Choi Hee-yeol in the TV series “Heroes”, while in 2017 he was Min Su-ho in the drama series “Unexpected Heroes”.

Choi Jong-hoo The Untold Truth

Choi Jong-hoo is currently in prison, serving a five-year sentence; in March 2019, he was a part of the sex scandal known as Burning Sun Scandal. It was revealed that Choi was a part of the Jung Joon-young KakaoTalk chatrooms, with the group of people involved in the whole scandal sharing sexually explicit videos of women who were filmed without their knowledge. Other celebrity members were Lee Jong Hyuun and Jung Joon-young.

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He continued with illegal actions, filming other women without their consent, and spreading that material. Furthermore, a woman came forward to TV station SBS funE with a statement that she was raped by Choi and four other men in March 2016 while she was intoxicated, and also that the video of the incident was also shared in a group chat. Of course, Choi denied all the accusations, however, he said that he and the particular women were together on that very day. All of this resulted in a trial, and on the 29th November 2019 Choi was sentenced to five years in prison. Once the whole scandal broke out, Choi’s agent announced that he would be leaving F.T. Island, and retiring completely from the entertainment world.

Choi Jong-hoon Net Worth, Height, Weight, and Appearance

Choi had become a star thanks to the successful musical career, but his illegal actions have cost him his popularity and career on the whole. As a result, his wealth has declined since his imprisonment, and according to sources, it is estimated at around $1 million, as of mid-2020.

Choi Jong-hoon stands at 5ft 10ins (1.78m) tall, while he weighs approximately 134lbs (61kgs). His vital statistics are unknown, but he has a slim figure. He has brown hair and brown eyes.

Choi Jong-hoon Personal Life, Dating, Girlfriend, Single?

Unfortunately, other than Choi’s controversies, there aren’t more details about his personal life.

For the better part of his life he has been focused on his career, and according to reports, at the time he was arrested Choi was a single man, focused on his career rather than dating, but only he knows the truth as he has rarely spoken about his personal aspirations. However, according to some sources, back in 2017 he was in a relationship with the rhythmic gymnast Son Yeon Jae, but the romance lasted only for a couple of months.

Choi Jong-hoon News, Facts, Influence

Choi and his lawyer appealed against the sentence, and it has been reduced to two and a half years.

In addition to his original fine of five years, he is also ordered to participate for 80 hours in a program for the treatment of sexual violence, and is also barred for three years from being employed in institutions that deal with children and youth, and also welfare facilities for the disabled.

Before taking a guitar in his hands, Choi had been taking piano lessons since he was in the 6th grade. His musical idols are Eric Clapton, then the band Muse, among others, while he mostly enjoys acid jazz music. In addition to F.T. Island, he was a member of the spin-off group F.T. Triple, formed in 2009.

Choi Jong-hoon is a social media star and has around 600,000 followers on his official Instagram page.