Ben Best

Ben Best was an American actor, writer, musician, and producer. Best attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina with frequent collaborators Danny McBride, Jody Hill, and David Gordon Green. It was with McBride and Hill that Best co-created the comedy series Eastbound & Down, which ran on HBO for four seasons from 2009 to 2013. Best appeared in eight episodes of the series as Clegg, a local bartender and Kenny's longtime friend. Best also co-wrote and co-starred with McBride and Hill in the cult indie movie The Foot Fist Way, directed by Hill. He also co-wrote the 2011 period fantasy comedy Your Highness, which starred McBride, James Franco and Natalie Portman, and was directed by Green. it was also Best's last collaboration with McBride. Best’s actor credits also include Superbad, What Happens in Vegas, Observe and Report, and Land of the Lost. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Best, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

5.3

Your Highness

A fantasy movie about an arrogant, lazy prince and his more heroic brother who must complete a quest in order to save their father's kingdom.

Release Date: 2011-04-08

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Vote Count: 1338

5.4

Land of the Lost

On his latest expedition, Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his research assistant and a redneck survivalist. In this alternate universe, the trio make friends with a primate named Chaka, their only ally in a world full of dinosaurs and other fantastic creatures.

Release Date: 2009-06-05

Character: Ernie

Vote Count: 1320

5.4

Observe and Report

Mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper's paradise into his personal peep show. But when Barnhardt can't bring the culprit to justice, a surly police detective is recruited to close the case.

Release Date: 2009-04-10

Character: Detective Nichols

Vote Count: 681

Eastbound & Down
7.4

Eastbound & Down

Years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach phys ed at his old middle school.

Release Date: 2009-02-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Clegg

Episode Count: 1

Vote Count: 301

6.1

What Happens in Vegas

During a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally and playboy Jack Fuller come to the sober realization that they have married each other after a night of drunken abandon. They are then compelled, for legal reasons, to live life as a couple for a limited period of time. At stake is a large amount of money.

Release Date: 2008-05-07

Character: Cab Driver

Vote Count: 3071

7.3

Superbad

Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.

Release Date: 2007-03-20

Character: Quince Danbury

Vote Count: 7420

5.8

The Foot Fist Way

An inept taekwondo instructor struggles with marital troubles and an unhealthy obsession with fellow taekwondo enthusiast Chuck "The Truck" Williams.

Release Date: 2006-06-24

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Character: Chuck 'The Truck' Wallace

Vote Count: 132

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