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Benjamin Koldyke

Benjamin Koldyke

Actor · Born 1968-03-27 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Biography

Benjamin Koldyke (born March 27, 1968) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Don Frank on How I Met Your Mother (2009–2010), Lee Standish in Work It (2012), and Greg Gibbon on Gortimer Gibbon's Life On Normal Street (2014–2016). Koldyke was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in nearby Kenilworth. His father, Martin J. "Mike" Koldyke, is a former investment banker who founded Frontenac Company in Chicago and is a life trustee of Northwestern University; through his mother, Patricia Blunt Koldyke, he is a member of the family that controls Laird Norton Company, an investment company with roots in the timber industry of the Pacific Northwest. After graduating from high school, he did a post-graduate year at Choate Rosemary Hall. He graduated in 1991 from Dartmouth College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in English and was a quarterback for the football team. Koldyke worked as a high school English teacher and football coach in Chicago. His acting career received a jump start after a chance encounter with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator-star, Rob McElhenney. Regulars at the same Venice cafe, he covered Rob's tab with a note that said he "thought his s…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. How I Met Your Mother (2005) — Don Frank
  2. The Good Place (2016) — Brent Norwalk
  3. Silicon Valley (2014) — Ben Burkhardt
  4. 24 (2001) — LAPD Officer
  5. The Finest Hours (2016) — Donald Bangs
  6. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005) — Sean
  7. Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) — Dave
  8. Thirteen Days (2000) — RF-8 Pilot
  9. The Newsroom (2012) — Cyrus West
  10. Stuck on You (2003) — Officer Johnson
  11. Paradise (2025) — Jack Barnes
  12. Masters of Sex (2013) — Paul Edley
  13. The Next Best Thing (2000) — Kelly's Boyfriend
  14. Big Love (2006) — Dale Tomasson
  15. The Michael J. Fox Show (2013) — Brandon
  16. Rutherford Falls (2021) — Lawrence 'Duz' Rutherford
  17. Carol's Second Act (2019) — Coach Dean
  18. Back in the Game (2013) — Dick Slingbaugh
  19. Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street (2014) — Greg Gibbon
  20. Jack & Jill (1999) — Andrew Bower
  21. Mr. Robinson (2015) — Jimmy Hooper
  22. Work It (2012) — Lee Standish
  23. Boldly Going Nowhere (2008) — Ronald Teague
  24. Say I Do (2003) — Ben
  25. This Little Piggy (2010) — Henry