Baron Vaughn (born December 18, 1980) is an American comedian and actor, known for his portrayal of Nwabudike "Bud" Bergstein on the

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television series ''

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'' and Tom Servo on the 2017 revival of ''

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''. Previously, Vaughn appeared on the

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television series ''

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'', on which he played legal assistant Leonardo Prince. A classically trained actor, Vaughn has appeared in ''

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'' and has played supporting roles in a number of feature films, including ''

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'' and '' Black Dynamite''. However, he is best known for his comedy work; credits include ''The Awkward Comedy Show'' with

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, and stand-up comedy featured on the talk shows '' Lopez Tonight'', '' Conan'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He has appeared on Comedy Central during '' Live at Gotham'' and ''Russell Simmons Presents "Live at the EL REY"'', has starred in various

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videos, and has performed stand-up comedy at Collegehumor live. Vaughn also has a philosophy

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, ''Deep S##! with Baron Vaughn''. In November 2014, he started another podcast with

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called ''Maltin on Movies'' on the Wolfpop network, sister network of Earwolf. On November 23, 2015, ''

'' creator Joel Hodgson announced that Vaughn would provide the voice of Tom Servo in the series' revival. a role previously played by

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and Kevin Murphy. The first revival season was released April 14, 2017. He provided the voice of Moon in the

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series '' Right Now Kapow''. As of 2013, Vaughn lives in

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. On October 10, 2019 he was featured in a 30-minute YouTube documentary created by SoulPancake in collaboration with Funny or Die wherein a variety of comedians discuss mental health called ''Laughing Matters.''

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

Official site

''The Awkward Comedy Show''
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