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David Krumholtz

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David Krumholtz

Born May 15, 1978 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA70 films

David Krumholtz (born May 15, 1978) is an American actor. Krumholtz is best known for portraying Bernard in The Santa Clause franchise (1994–present), Michael Eckman in 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Goldstein in the Harold & Kumar film trilogy (2004–2011), Charlie Eppes in the CBS drama series Numb3rs (2005–2010), and Isidor Isaac Rabi in Oppenheimer (2023).

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Krumholtz has also had other supporting roles in notable films such as Addams Family Values (1993), The Ice Storm (1997), Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), Ray (2004), Serenity (2005), Superbad (2007), Hail, Caesar! (2016), Sausage Party (2016), Wonder Wheel (2017), and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018). He also portrayed Harvey Wasserman in the HBO drama series The Deuce (2017–2019) and Monty Levin in the HBO miniseries The Plot Against America (2020).

Krumholtz made his Broadway debut in the 1992 play Conversations with My Father. He returned to Broadway playing Hermann Merz in Tom Stoppard's semi-biographical Holocaust play Leopoldstadt (2022), for which he received a Drama League Award nomination.

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Essential films

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10 Things I Hate About You poster7.610 Things I Hate About You1999Superbad poster7.3Superbad2007The Judge poster7.3The Judge2014Serenity poster7.4Serenity2005The Ballad of Buster Scruggs poster7.1The Ballad of Buster Scruggs2018Ray poster7.5Ray2004Addams Family Values poster7.0Addams Family Values1993This Is the End poster6.2This Is the End2013

Filmography

70 films as actor
  1. TBAAltar
  2. TBATuesday, New York
  3. TBABullet Catch
  4. 2026Mr. IrrelevantWhitey Horai
  5. 2026SupergirlZor-El
  6. 2026InfluencedGary
  7. 2026Kill MeLou
  8. 2025ForelockRandy
  9. 2025Springsteen: Deliver Me from NowhereAl Teller
  10. 2025An Intimate Evening with Adam Pally
  11. 2025Paradise RecordsWise Guy #2
  12. 2024Scattered
  13. 2024If That Mockingbird Don’t SingAlfonso
  14. 2024Lousy CarterLousy Carter
  15. 2023OppenheimerIsidor Rabi
  16. 2021Down with the KingPaul
  17. 2020ClassAdam
  18. 2020Entree Des ArtistsDavid "The Producer"
  19. 2020Asking for ItThe Cop
  20. 2019Crown VicStroke Adams
  21. 2019Frances FergusonGroup Therapy Leader
  22. 2018The Ballad of Buster ScruggsFrenchman (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
  23. 2018A Futile and Stupid GestureTime-Life Publisher
  24. 2017Wonder WheelJake
  25. 2016Ghost TeamStan
  26. 2016Sausage PartyKareem Abdul Lavash (voice)
  27. 2016Casual EncountersSammy Deetz
  28. 2016Hail, Caesar!Communist Writer
  29. 2016I Saw the LightJames Dolan
  30. 2014The JudgeMike Kattan
  31. 2014The Big AskAndrew
  32. 2013This Is the EndDavid Krumholtz
  33. 2013Seth Rogen Is the Worst Person in the WorldDavid Krumholtz
  34. 2013TunaGetty
  35. 2011A Very Harold & Kumar ChristmasSeth Goldstein
  36. 2011Mr. Popper's PenguinsKent
  37. 2009I Love You, ManSydney's Buddy (uncredited)
  38. 2008Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo BaySeth Goldstein
  39. 2007Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox StorySchwartzberg
  40. 2007Live!Rex
  41. 2007Battle for TerraTerrian Commander (voice)
  42. 2007SuperbadBenji Austin
  43. 2006BobbyAgent Phil
  44. 2006American StorageKurt Jones
  45. 2005SerenityMr. Universe
  46. 2005Guess WhoJerry MacNamara (uncredited)
  47. 2005Crazy for LoveMax
  48. 2004RayMilt Shaw
  49. 2004Harold & Kumar Go to White CastleSeth Goldstein
  50. 2004Looking for KittyAbe Fiannico
  51. 2003ScorchedMax
  52. 2003Kill the PoorJoe Peltz
  53. 2003Sick in the Head
  54. 2002You Stupid ManOwen
  55. 2002CheatsEvan Rosengarden
  56. 2002The Santa Clause 2Bernard
  57. 2002Big Shot: Confessions of a Campus BookieBenny Silman
  58. 2002How to Kill Your Neighbor's DogBrian Sellars
  59. 2001Sidewalks of New YorkBen
  60. 2001According to SpencerEzra
  61. 2001Two Can Play That GameJason
  62. 2001The MexicanBeck
  63. 1999Liberty HeightsYussel
  64. 199910 Things I Hate About YouMichael Eckman
  65. 1998Slums of Beverly HillsBen Abromowitz
  66. 1997Justice League of AmericaMartin Walters
  67. 1997The Ice StormFrancis Davenport
  68. 1994The Santa ClauseBernard
  69. 1993Addams Family ValuesJoel Glicker
  70. 1993Life with MikeyBarry Corman