Seth Herzog
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United States
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comedian
Comedian
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. Besides being active in New York City
New York City
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performing comedy, Mr. Herzog was the subject of the short film Zog's Place. He has also enjoyed small roles in such films as Safe Men
Safe Men
Safe Men is a 1998 film written and directed by John Hamburg. The crime-comedy starred Sam Rockwell and Steve Zahn as a pair of aspiring lounge singers who are mistaken for ace safe crackers and get mixed up with a Jewish mobster, Big Fat Bernie Gayle and Big Fat's intern, Veal Chop .Safe Men was...
, The Ten
The Ten
The Ten is a 2007 American comedy film, directed by David Wain and cowritten by Wain and Ken Marino, released through ThinkFilm. The film was released on August 3, 2007...
and The Baxter
The Baxter
The Baxter is a 2005 film written by, directed by and starring American comedian Michael Showalter. A “Baxter”, as defined by the film, is the nice, dull guy in a romantic comedy who is dumped at the end of the story for the protagonist....
. He has also acted in numerous commercials, and on such T.V. shows as Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
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, Chappelle's Show
Chappelle's Show
Chappelle's Show is an American sketch comedy television series created by comedian Dave Chappelle and Neal Brennan, with Chappelle hosting the show as well as starring in various skits. Chappelle, Brennan and Michele Armour were the show's executive producers. The series premiered on January 22,...
,Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
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and VH1
VH1
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's Best Week Ever
Best Week Ever
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He was also recently noted in Heeb Magazine
Heeb Magazine
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's 2007 "Heeb 100," a listing of 100 influential young Jewish artists/performers.
In the New York comedy scene, Seth has performed in such venues as Chetty Red's, Rififi, and the Red Room. In addition, Seth runs and hosts a weekly comedy show every Tuesday night called "Sweet" at the Lower East Side
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bar, Ella. A regular feature of the show is a ten-minute set (which seems much longer than that) called "What's On My Mom's Mind,"
during which he interviews his mother, Kera Greene.
In 2008, Herzog contributed his voice
Voice acting
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to the animated comedy webseries Amazing the Lion hosted by the Independent Comedy Network.
Seth is perhaps best known for his "Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman
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" routine, during which he wears a Wonder Woman costume and does a dance while lip-synching to the Wonder Woman theme song.
In April 2008, Seth toured Iraq
Iraq
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performing for the U.S. troops
Military of the United States
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.
He is currently the warm-up comic for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon on NBC. The show premiered on March 2, 2009, as the third incarnation of the Late Night franchise originated by David Letterman....
and has occasionally appeared in sketches on the show.