Robert Ben Garant

Robert Ben Garant (born September 14, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer. He is known for his work on Reno 911!, in which he plays Deputy Travis Junior, and for being a cast member on the MTV sketch comedy series The State. Garant and writing partner, actor Thomas Lennon have written several successful screenplays together, including the Night at the Museum films. Garant and Thomas Lennon created and starred in a 2010 sitcom pilot for NBC called The Strip. However, in May 2010 it was announced that NBC had decided not to order it as a series. Later in 2010, Garant and Lennon created a pilot for FX called USS Alabama, a sci-fi/comedy set a thousand years in the future, aboard a United Nations Peacekeeping spaceship. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Garant, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Works

Archer

Sterling Archer is the world's most daunting spy. He works for ISIS, a spy agency run by his mother. In between dealing with his boss and his co-workers - one of whom is his ex-girlfriend - Archer manages to annoy or seduce everyone that crosses his path. His antics are only excusable because at the end of the day, he still somehow always manages to thwart whatever crises was threatening mankind.

Release Date2009-09-17

Charactersd Rudi (voice)

Episode Count1

Vote Count1309

Bob's Burgers

Bob's Burgers follows a third-generation restaurateur, Bob, as he runs Bob's Burgers with the help of his wife and their three kids. Bob and his quirky family have big ideas about burgers, but fall short on service and sophistication. Despite the greasy counters, lousy location and a dearth of customers, Bob and his family are determined to make Bob's Burgers "grand re-re-re-opening" a success.

Release Date2011-01-09

Charactersd Critter (voice)

Episode Count3

Vote Count996

Bajillion Dollar Propertie$

Follow Platinum Realty, Los Angeles' premiere realty group as a group of realtors compete for a partner position in the firm by selling as much property as possible.

Release Date2016-02-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Gio

Episode Count4

Vote Count9

Reno 911!

This partially unscripted comedy brings viewers into the squad car as incompetent officers swing into action, answering 911 calls about everything from speeding violations and prostitution to staking out a drug den. Within each episode, viewers catch a "fly on the wall" glimpse of the cops' often politically incorrect opinions, ranging from their personal feelings to professional critiques of their colleagues.

Release Date2003-07-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Deputy Travis Junior

Episode Count19

Vote Count163

The Odd Couple

Oscar's life seems almost perfect...sure he's divorced and his apartment is a mess, but he's the host of a well-known sports show, and is enjoying his bachelor lifestyle in New York City. That is until his college friend, Felix, shows up at Oscar's apartment having just been dumped by his wife. Oscar does his best to console his old buddy and get him back on the dating horse, but his attempts uncover just how unresolved his own feelings are about his ex.

Release Date2015-02-19

Charactersd Officer

Episode Count1

Vote Count90

The State

The State is a sketch-comedy television show combing bizarre characters and scenarios to present sketches that won the hearts of its target teenaged audience.

Release Date1994-01-21

Charactersd Various Characters

Episode Count24

Vote Count17

Key & Peele

Key & Peele is an American sketch comedy television show. It stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, both former cast members of MADtv. Each episode of the show consists of several pre-taped sketches starring the two actors, introduced by Key and Peele in front of a live studio audience.

Release Date2012-01-31

Charactersd Person at People Park #2

Episode Count1

Vote Count206

Reno 911!

The deputies of the Reno Sheriff's Department are still in the line of duty. And they’re ready to do what it takes to keep this city safe.

Release Date2020-05-04

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Charactersd Deputy Travis Junior

Episode Count[ 25 ]

Vote Count7

Reno 911! Defunded

Budget cuts won't stop these incompetent deputy sheriffs from trying to uphold the law.

Release Date2022-02-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Deputy Travis Junior

Episode Count1

Vote Count9

The Bob's Burgers Movie

When a ruptured water main creates an enormous sinkhole right in front of Bob's Burgers, it blocks the entrance indefinitely and ruins the Belchers’ plans for a successful summer. While Bob and Linda struggle to keep the business afloat, the kids try to solve a mystery that could save their family's restaurant. As the dangers mount, these underdogs help each other find hope and fight to get back behind the counter, where they belong.

Release Date2022-05-26

Charactersd Critter (voice)

Vote Count324

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

A young boy and his dog, who happens to have a genius-level IQ, spring into action when their time-machine is stolen and moments in history begin to be changed.

Release Date2014-02-07

DepartmentCrew

JobAdditional Dialogue

Charactersd Egyptian Spectator / Italian Peasant #1 (voice)

Vote Count2423

Herbie Fully Loaded

Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53 - the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own - puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.

Release Date2005-06-22

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Charactersd Director

Vote Count2335

Reno 911!: Miami

A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring break. Based on the Comedy Central series.

Release Date2007-02-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Deputy Travis Junior

Vote Count252

Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas

When his journal of bright ideas is stolen, college freshman Bickford Schmeckler has to blanket the campus in order to locate it.

Release Date2006-06-02

Charactersd Campus Cop

Vote Count59

Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon

The Reno Sheriff’s Department find themselves in their stickiest situation yet, hunting down “Q," the person supposedly behind all of the conspiracy theories concocted by the QAnon movement. In their valiant efforts, the officers find themselves stuck at the QAnon convention at sea, and ultimately end up in more trouble when they escape only to discover that they’ve landed on Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous island.

Release Date2021-12-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Deputy Travis Junior

Vote Count100

Hell Baby

After she and her husband move into a haunted house, a woman gives birth to a demonic infant that wreaks havoc.

Release Date2013-09-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Father Sebastian

Vote Count224

Raising Buchanan

A desperate woman steals the corpse of former US president James Buchanan, hoping to net a large ransom. Complications arise when it seems no one is particularly interested in getting him back.

Release Date2019-04-12

Charactersd Lancaster Guy

Vote Count5

Rocky and Bullwinkle

After receiving the key to the city for their heroic efforts, Rocket J. Squirrel notices that Bullwinkle falls in love with a robotic moose. Unbeknownst to him, inside the moose is Boris Badinov, who, along with Natasha Fatale and Fearless Leader, are carrying out another plan to eliminate Rocky & Bullwinkle.

Release Date2014-10-14

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Charactersd Narrator (voice)

Vote Count9

Charlie Brown: Blockhead's Revenge

The cast of MTV's 'Teen Wolf' teams up with Funny or Die and gives Charlie Brown a spooky twist.

Release Date2011-10-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Pig-Pen

Vote Count3

Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer

Adapted from their beloved comedy show at Upright Citizens Brigade, Crash Test showcases Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer on a state-of-the-art party bus adventure, picking up famous comedians and celebrities as they go on a sightseeing tour of Los Angeles. Ben Stiller, Stuart Cornfeld and Mike Rosenstein of Red Hour executive produced the special.

Release Date2015-08-18

Charactersd Studio Security

Vote Count12

The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special

Comedy troupe The State hosts a Halloween special on CBS.

Release Date1995-10-27

Charactersd Various

Vote Count2

I'm Your Man

Leslie must deliver evidence of Richard's illegal money siphening scam to the FBI. At her rendezvous, a trendy party, she'll meet a loser named Jack.

Release Date1992-01-02

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Charactersd Party Attendee with Mohawk

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

Chris Hardwick will lead three celebrity contestants down the ultimate internet wormhole. Culling from the darkest recesses of social media, they will compete to determine who has the funniest take on the day's pop culture.

Release Date2013-10-21

Charactersd Self - Guest

Episode Count1

Vote Count19

The Ten

Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.

Release Date2007-08-03

Charactersd Self

Vote Count198

Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

In the spring of 1984, a strange new comic book sat beside cash registers in select shops, too big to fit in the racks, and too weird to ignore. Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles presented a completely original breed of super hero. It was too bizarre, too crazy. It broke all the rules and should never have worked. Until it sold out. Again and again and again. For 30 years. Now, peek under the shell and see how this so-called "happy accident" defied every naysayer to become one of the most popular and beloved franchises in the world.

Release Date2014-08-12

Charactersd Self

Vote Count26

Long Live the State

In 2024, the eleven (!) members of the iconic mid-90’s cult comedy troupe The State reunited for a live tour. With their irreverent and absurdist live sketches as the backdrop, and framed with a greatest-hits playlist of classic material, the group’s unreasonably talented stars sit down to share the behind-the-scenes story of The State’s meteoric rise and lasting influence- in typically hilarious fashion.

Release Date2025-06-08

Charactersd Self

Viva Variety

In this surreal satire of European variety shows as brought to you by The State, bantering ex-spouses Mr. and Mrs. Laupin and their sexy assistant Johnny Bluejeans welcome celebrity guests and cutting-edge bands.

Release Date1997-04-01

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count6

Baywatch

Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit. Together, they uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the future of the Bay.

Release Date2017-05-25

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count8219

Night at the Museum

Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army of gladiators, a Tyrannosaurus rex and other exhibits.

Release Date2006-12-20

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count10460

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb

When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.

Release Date2014-12-17

DepartmentWriting

JobCharacters

Vote Count5992

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the archives at the Smithsonian Institution. Larry's (mis)adventures this time include close encounters with Amelia Earhart, Abe Lincoln and Ivan the Terrible.

Release Date2009-05-20

DepartmentWriting

JobCharacters

Vote Count6988

Taxi

A mouthy and feisty taxicab driver has hot tips for a green and inept cop set on solving a string of New York City bank robberies committed by a quartet of female Brazilian bank robbers.

Release Date2004-10-06

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1076

The Pacifier

Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains hidden in the kids' house.

Release Date2005-03-04

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count3092

Jessabelle

A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-deceased mother.

Release Date2014-11-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count807

Balls of Fury

Randy Daytona was a child ping pong prodigy who lost his chance at Olympic gold when his father is murdered by the mysterious Feng over a gambling debt. 15yrs later he's down on his luck and scraping a living doing seedy back room shows in Vegas; when the FBI turn up and ask for his help to take down Feng... who just happens to love Ping Pong.

Release Date2007-08-29

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count551

Let's Go to Prison

When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in prison...and then joining him.

Release Date2006-11-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count308

The Veil

30 years ago, when members of a religious cult known as Heaven's Veil take their own lives. The truth behind what really happened remains buried deep in the memory of the sole survivor, a five-year-old girl. Now as an adult she returns to the compound with a documentary crew. They soon discover something that is far more terrifying than anything they could have imagined.

Release Date2016-04-21

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count273

Reno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist

It’s Holiday Season in Reno, and Lieutenant Dangle wishes he’d never been born. With the help of a roller skating “Angel,” he learns how much better the lives of the other deputies would be if he never existed. Will he decide to live on anyway? There’s still Christmas criminals to catch!

Release Date2022-12-03

DepartmentWriting

JobCharacters

Vote Count33

Action #1

A comic book store-owner assembles five smart and equally geeky associates to pull off the heist of a lifetime- stealing the most valuable comic from Nicholas Cage and holding it for ransom.

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

The Casket Girls

Detective Shay Williams and her partner become trapped inside the Ursuline Convent with a group of tourists when the Casket Girls escape from their attic prison for the first time in over 300 years.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter