Ben Falcone: biography and filmography

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Ben Falcone is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, director, composer, and producer. He is best known for guest appearances on popular sitcoms and cameo roles in comedy films starring his wife, Melissa McCarthy. Wrote and directed three feature films, two more projects are in production. Creator of the comedy series Nobody.

Childhood and early career

Ben Falcone was born on August 25, 1973 in Carbondale, Illinois. Full name - Benjamin Scott Falcone.

Began his acting career in the early 2000s. He played small roles in the successful series Curb Your Enthusiasm and Gilmore Girls. In 2004, he landed a regular role on the sitcom Joey, where he appeared in 17 episodes in two years.

Most notable roles

In 2005, Ben Falcone married actress Melissa McCarthy. The marriage produced two children. The couple has been constantly collaborating over the past ten years. Ben has played small roles in Bachelorette Party, Spy, The Boss, Catch a Fat Girl If You Can and Skirt Cops, wherehis wife played the main roles.

In 2007, the actor appeared as himself in the psychological thriller The Nines. In 2014, he played one of the main roles in the comedy "What to Expect When You're Expecting", and also joined the main cast of the comedy series "From Z to A", which was closed by the channel after showing several episodes due to not too high ratings.

Also appeared in four episodes of the sitcom New Girl. From 2017 to 2018, he played himself in the comedy series Nobody, which tells about the lives of little-known screenwriters.

Also Ben Falcone works as a voice actor. He voiced several characters in The Looney Tunes Show and gave voice to one of the characters in the cartoon about Scooby-Doo.

Director and screenwriter

In 2011, Falcone co-wrote The Looney Tunes Show, where he wrote fourteen episodes in two years.

In 2014, the first full-length project by Ben Falcone was released. The film "Tammy", for which the actor wrote the script and acted as a director, received negative reviews from critics, but performed well at the box office. Falcone's wife played the main role.

Two years later, Ben's second film came out, the comedy The Boss, again starring McCarthy. In 2018, the third joint project of the married couple, the comedy Soul of the Company, was released.

Currently, two projects by Falcone-director are under production. Action comedy "Supermind" and picture "Margie Claus" dueto hit the screens in 2019. Melissa McCarthy will reprise her roles in both films.