Michael Benyaer is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles as Bob in the Canadian CGI series ''
ReBoot
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'' and Hadji Singh in season one of ''
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest''.
Career
On playing Hadji, Benyaer stated, "
eis one of the few roles for an ethnic actor that is not a bad guy. I mean, how many East Indian heroes have been on television? Hadji is for the sensitive kids out there. He is the outsider in all of us."
A ''
Star Wars
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'' fan, Benyaer relished the opportunity to work with
Mark Hamill
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for the episode ''In the Realm of the Condor''.
Benyaer has appeared in feature films, including ''
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'', ''
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra'', ''
The Hitman'', ''
Postal'' and ''
Deadpool''. On television, he has appeared in shows such as ''
24'', ''
NCIS'', ''
Castle
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'', ''
The Shield'', ''
Sanctuary
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'', ''
The Last Ship'', ''
The Flash
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'', ''
Modern Family'', ''
Emily's Reasons Why Not'' and ''
Days of Our Lives
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''.
His notable animation roles include
Ken in ''
Barbie and the Rockers: Out of This World'', ''
G.I. Joe'' as Airwave
and Scoop,
''
Exosquad'' as Kaz Takagi and Praetorious, ''
Hurricanes
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'' as Stats Hiro and Plato Quinones, ''
Hot Wheels: World Race'' as William "Banjee" Castillo and
Kanan Jarrus in ''
Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales''. He guest-starred as various characters on ''
Robot Chicken
''Robot Chicken'' is an American adult animation, adult stop motion, stop-motion animated sketch comedy television series created by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich for Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim. The twelve-minute ...
''.
His voice is heard in the video games ''
Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' as Darim Ibn La-Ahad, Lt. Draza in ''
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves'', Lt. Nanib Sahir in ''
Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties'', ''
Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption'' as Wilhelm, ''
Marvel Heroes'' as
Dum Dum Dugan
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, ''
King's Quest
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'' as Mr. Waddles and ''
Dying Light'' as Tahir. He also provides various voices in ''
The Matrix: Path of Neo'', ''
Star Wars: The Old Republic'', ''
007: Quantum of Solace'', ''
SOCOM 4 U.S. Navy SEALs'', ''
Need for Speed: Underground'', ''
The Elder Scrolls
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'', ''
Skylanders: Trap Team'' and ''
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare''.
Benyaer has also worked as a scriptwriter for several episodes of ''
Billy the Cat'', the cult TV series ''
Pilot One'', and the Canadian version of ''
Sesame Street
''Sesame Street'' is an American educational television, educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Worksh ...
''.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
References
External links
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Living people
Canadian male television writers
Canadian television writers
Canadian male video game actors
Canadian male voice actors
1970 births