Background
Benedict was born in Columbia, Missouri.
Benedict was born in Columbia, Missouri.
He graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor"s degree in Performance Studies. Benedict is the front man and guitar player in the Los Angeles band Louden Swain, which completed its fourth album "Eskimo" in 2012.
He also sings in the band Louden Swain. He is best known for his work on the television series Supernatural, Threshold, Felicity and the comedy film Waiting. On the critically acclaimed World Bank series Felicity, he appeared as Felicity Porter"s dorm mate, Richard Coad.
In seasons 4, 5 and 10 of Supernatural, he played prophet turned writer Chuck Shurley.
His additional television series credits include Birds of Prey and Come to Papa, with guest appearances on NCIS, Monk, Medium, Chicago Hope, New York City Police Department Blue, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Snoops, Burn Notice, and Beverly Hills, 90210. More recent television credits include a recurring role as the Invisible Prince in Fox"s Touch.
He also appeared as the irreverent power agent Jeremy Berger in the Starz Original comedy series Head Case. Other recent guest star appearances are NCIS: Los Angeles, Shameless, Psychology and Law and Order: Los Los Angeles
His feature film credits include A Little Help, with Jenna Fischer, State of Play with Russell Crowe, Waiting.., with Ryan Reynolds, Still Waiting.., Kicking & Screaming, with Will Ferrell, Group Sex, Say Goodnight with Aaron Paul, Two Days, with Paul Rudd, The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest, starring Rosario Dawson, and Not Another Teen Movie.
Benedict has also done some voice acting work. Most notably voicing the character Vin, in the video games Jak II and Jak 3. In May 2010, Benedict played Steve Burke in the season seven finale of Cold Case in episode "Almost Paradise".
He recently co-wrote and starred in the independent short film Lifetripper, which made its debut at the Los Angeles Short Film Festival.
He also co-wrote and played Miles Davis-Davidson in the Unauthorized Hangover 2 Documentary, which was featured on the Digital Video Disc of the Hangover 2.
On Columbia Broadcasting System"s Threshold, Benedict played physicist Lucas Pegg, member of a secret government team investigating the first contact with an extraterrestrial species.