Background
Herman was born in New York City and raised in Washington Heights.
Herman was born in New York City and raised in Washington Heights.
He graduated from the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in 1987, then attended the acting program at State University of New York Purchase.
He is also known for his voice roles on television programs such as Futurama, Brickleberry, Bob"s Burgers, and King of the Hill. Herman appeared in the films Born on the Fourth of July, Lost Angels, and Let lieutenant Be Maine. But he is probably best known for his role as Michael Bolton in Mike Judge" General’ s Office Space.
Earlier, Herman had joined the cast of John Leguizamo"s House of Buggin" in 1994.
However, that show was short-lived. When Fox decided to mount a sketch comedy show to replace House of Buggin", Herman was kept on as an original MADtv cast member.
MADtv Unlike the other original repertory and featured players, he was one of the few cast members who came to the show with an established acting career. Former cast-mate Artie Lange referred to Herman as "a brilliant, talented actor" and called him "one of my best friends in show business." Herman lampooned celebrities and famous figures such as Tom Hanks, Woody Allen, Joel Schumacher, Regis Philbin, Alex Trebek, Brent Spiner, Pauly Shore, Bill Clinton, Patrick Stewart, Larry King, John Ritter (as Jack Tripper from Three"s Company), Bob Dole, Larry Flynt, David Duchovny, Nicolas Cage, Robert Shapiro, Tim Allen, and Kenny Kingston.
Herman was a repertory performer on the show for two and a half seasons.
He left MADtv in the middle of the show"s third season (1997-1998) to pursue a movie career and other projects. television projects Herman"s television credits include guest-starring on the World Bank"s Angel and Fox" action drama 24. projects Although he is primarily a television actor, Herman has appeared in several films including Dude, Where"s My Carolina? and Fun with Dick and Jane. Herman had a prominent role in the 1999 comedy Office Space, where he played a gangsta rap-loving nerd unfortunately named Michael Bolton who must endure questions about his relationship to the famous singer. In 2006, he appeared in another Mike Judge film, Idiocracy.
Voice acting His other voice work includes Family Guy, American Dad!, Father of the Pride (in which he voices Roy Horn), and the Jak and Daxter video game series.
He starred as Ubuntu Goode (and other supporting voices) in The Goode Family. Recently, he has been providing voices in Fox" Bob"s Burgers and most recently, Herman has starred in the Comedy Central series Brickleberry as self-absorbed park ranger Steve Williams.
Herman was one of nine original cast members of MADtv when the series debuted in 1995.