Benjamin Diskin
Benjamin Diskin is an American actor. He is best known for his work in animation, anime, and video games. Over a career spanning more than three decades, he has voiced a multitude of iconic characters.
Personal life
Diskin is Jewish.Career
In 1991, Diskin won the "Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture" Young Artist Award for his role of Sylvester in Kindergarten Cop.In 1993, Diskin provided the voice of Junior Healy in the USA Network animated series Problem Child. He would later voice characters in animation, such as Eugene in Hey Arnold!, Numbuh 1 and Numbuh 2 in Codename: Kids Next Door, Eddie Brock and Venom in The Spectacular Spider-Man, Hahn in Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Ma'alefa'ak in Young Justice. From 2018 to 2022, Diskin voiced Gonzo and Rizzo in the revival series of Muppet Babies, for which he won the "Outstanding Performer in a Preschool Animated Program" Daytime Emmy Award in 2019.
In anime, notable roles he played include Arashi Fuuma and Sai in Naruto and Naruto: Shippuden respectively, Kai Miyagusuku and Katao in Blood+, Shoutmon and Cutemon in Digimon Fusion, Joseph Joestar in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Gurio Umino in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Kensuke Aida in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Char Aznable in Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, Death Gun in Sword Art Online, Ban in The Seven Deadly Sins, Satoru Fujinuma in Erased, Knuckle Bine in Hunter x Hunter, and Jack in Beastars. He voiced the Disney character Stitch in the English versions of Stitch! and Stitch & Ai, taking over from the character's creator and original voice actor Chris Sanders. In 2018, he voiced Haida in the English dub of the Netflix original series Aggretsuko.
In video games, he voiced Eric Sparrow in Tony Hawk's Underground and its direct sequel Tony Hawk's Underground 2, young Xehanort in the Kingdom Hearts series, Jared Miller in Halo 4, Jusis Albarea in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series, Mega Man in Mega Man 11, and Lorenz Gloucester and Caspar von Bergliez in Fire Emblem: Three Houses. In 2018, he voiced Victor in Mr. Love Queen's choice. He also voiced Khajiit Captain Za'ji in Elder Scrolls Online.
Diskin has also appeared as an actor in The Wonder Years, Mr. Saturday Night, Baby Boom and Just Like Dad.
In July 2019, Diskin was one of the guests of honor at the annual Anthrocon furry convention in Pittsburgh.
Filmography
Anime and Asian animation
Western animation
Films
Live-action
| Year | Series | Role | Notes | Source |
| 1989 | The Wonder Years | Young Paul Pfieffer | Episode: "Birthday Boy" | |
| 1990 | Get a Life | Danny | Episode: "Pile of Death" | |
| 1993 | California Dreams | Young Sly | Episode: "Save The Shark" | |
| 1997 | Chicago Hope | Young Aaron | Episode: "Brain Salad Surgery" | |
| 1997 | Suddenly Susan | Willie | Episode: "Susan's Minor Complication" | |
| 2000 | The Amanda Show | Joey | Episode 13 | |
| 2001 | 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd | Marvin | Episode: "Personal Trainer" | |
| 2004 | Drake & Josh | Student | Episode: "Mean Teacher" | |
| 2008 | Zoey 101 | Colin | Episode: "Trading Places" | |
| 2017–2022 | Legends of Tomorrow | Beebo | 3 episodes | |
| 2018 | The Flash | Beebo | Episode: "The Elongated Knight Rises" | |
| 2021 | Beebo Saves Christmas | Beebo | TV special |