Baron Vaughn (born December 18, 1980) is an American comedian and actor, known for his portrayal of Nwabudike "Bud" Bergstein on the

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television series ''

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'' and

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on the 2017 revival of ''

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''. Previously, Vaughn appeared on the

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television series ''

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'', on which he played legal assistant Leonardo Prince. A classically trained actor, Vaughn has appeared in ''

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'' and has played supporting roles in a number of feature films, including ''

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'' and ''

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''. However, he is best known for his comedy work; credits include ''The Awkward Comedy Show'' with Hannibal Buress, and stand-up comedy featured on the talk shows ''

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'', '' Conan'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He has appeared on Comedy Central during ''

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'' and ''Russell Simmons Presents "Live at the EL REY"'', has starred in various

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videos, and has performed stand-up comedy at Collegehumor live. Vaughn also has a philosophy

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, ''Deep S##! with Baron Vaughn''. In November 2014, he started another podcast with

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called ''Maltin on Movies'' on the Wolfpop network, sister network of

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. On November 23, 2015, ''

'' creator

Joel Hodgson Joel Hodgson (born February 20, 1960) is an American writer, comedian and television actor. He is best known for creating ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' (''MST3K'') and starring in it as the character Joel Robinson. In 2007, ''MST3K'' was liste ...

announced that Vaughn would provide the voice of

in the series' revival. a role previously played by

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and Kevin Murphy. The first revival season was released April 14, 2017. He provided the voice of Moon in the

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series ''

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''. As of 2013, Vaughn lives in

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. On October 10, 2019 he was featured in a 30-minute YouTube documentary created by SoulPancake in collaboration with Funny or Die wherein a variety of comedians discuss mental health called ''Laughing Matters.''

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

External links

Official site

''The Awkward Comedy Show''
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