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Ahmed Best

Actor | Director | Producer

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George Lucas discovered Best in the chorus line of "Stomp" and invited him to try out for the role of Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace See more trivia »

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in New York City, New York, USA
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2013 W.M.D.
News Reporter
 
2012 Star Wars: Detours (TV series)
Jar Jar Binks (2012) (voice)
 
2012 Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out (TV movie)
Jar Jar Binks (voice)
 
2009-2012 Big Time Rush (TV series)
Marketer / Rob
– Big Time Merchandise (2012) … Rob
– Big Time Blogger (2010) … Marketer
– Big Time Audition (2009) … Marketer (uncredited)
 
2012 JFH: Justice-For-Hire - The Motion Comic Animation (video short)
Original Ebony, Original Ivory, Julian Johnstone (voice)
 
2012 FDR: American Badass!
Curtis
 
2011 Easy to Assemble (TV series)
Wayne / Wayne Murphy
– You're Never Alone (2011) … Wayne
– Mrs. Hullestaad (2011) … Wayne
– 48 Hours of Daylight (2011) … Wayne
– Finding North (2011) … Wayne Murphy
 
2008-2011 Star Wars: The Clone Wars (TV series)
Jar Jar Binks / Boss Lyonie / Defense Minister / …
– Shadow Warrior (2011) … Jar Jar Binks (voice) / Boss Lyonie (voice)
– Prisoners (2011) … Jar Jar Binks (voice)
– Gungan Attack (2011) … Jar Jar Binks (voice) / Boss Lyonie (voice) / Prisoner #2 (voice)
– Supply Lines (2010) … Jar Jar Binks (voice) / Defense Minister (voice)
– Bombad Jedi (2008) … Jar Jar Binks (voice)
 
2011 Zeke and Luther (TV series)
Sal Sackelson
– Bro'd Trip (2011) … Sal Sackelson
 
2011 Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury
Sidney Moncrief
 
2011 In the Flow with Affion Crockett (TV series)
Black Jock
 
2011 Law & Order: LA (TV series)
Dell Gregory
– Runyon Canyon (2011) … Dell Gregory
 
2011 Some Guy Who Kills People
Mayor Mawell
 
2010 Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode III (TV movie)
Jar Jar Binks (voice) / Carl the Stormtrooper (voice)
 
2010 Aluna: The Motion Comic Animation (video short)
Nagaric
 
2010 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams
Crow
 
2010 The Untitled Bob Marley Project (short)
Wailer
 
2010 The Pink House (TV movie)
Actor Judge
 
2009 Cougar Town (TV series)
Dwayne
– Mystery Man (2009) … Dwayne
 
2009 Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 (Video Game)
Cloak (voice)
 
2009 Mother and Child
Julian
 
2009 Ready 2 Rumble Revolution (Video Game)
 
2008 Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II (TV movie)
Jar Jar Binks (voice) / Carl the Stormtrooper (voice)
 
2008 This Can't Be My Life (TV series)
Ahmed
– The Pink Pages (2008) … Ahmed
 
2007 Charlie's Bitch Ass Hos (short)
Makeafoolofme West
 
2007 Robot Chicken: Star Wars (TV movie)
Jar Jar Binks (voice) / AT-AT Driver (voice)
 
2006 Scarface: The World Is Yours (Video Game) (voice)
 
2006 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Jar Jar Binks
– George Lucas (2006) … Jar Jar Binks (voice) (uncredited)
 
2006 Open Window
Rufus
 
2005 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Jar Jar Binks
 
2005 Escorched (short)
Richard Prentiss
 
2004 Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.! (video)
Louis Booker (voice)
 
2003 There's a Sucker Born Every Minute (short)
Nathan
 
2003 Alias (TV series)
Seth
– A Free Agent (2003) … Seth (as Ahmed A. Best)
 
2003 The Stockholm Syndrome (short)
 
2002 Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Jar Jar Binks (voice) / Achk Med-Beq (voice)
 
2002 Armitage: Dual Matrix (video)
Mouse (voice) (as Ahmed A. Best)
 
2002 Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds (Video Game)
Jar Jar Binks (voice)
 
2002 Friendly Criminal (short)
 
2001 Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing (Video Game)
Jar Jar Binks
 
2000 Star Wars: Episode I - Jedi Power Battles (Video Game)
Jar Jar Binks (voice)
 
1999 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Jar Jar Binks (voice)
 
1999 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (Video Game)
Jar Jar Binks (voice)
 
1999 Star Wars: Episode I - The Gungan Frontier (Video Game)
Jar Jar Binks (voice)
 
1989 Lean on Me
Extra (uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (3 titles)
2011 Bandwagon: The Series (TV series)
– You Can Do Anything (2011)
– Namaste, Bitch (2011) (co-director)
– Shouldn't Have Talked to an Actress (2011) (co-director)
– We're in a War (2011) (co-director)
– It's Okay to Have My Own Needs (2011) (co-director)
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2009 Susan Boyle's First Kiss (video short)
 
2008 This Can't Be My Life (TV series)
– The Pink Pages (2008)
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
2012 Path of Honor (short) (producer)
 
2008 This Can't Be My Life (TV series) (co-producer - 1 episode)
– The Pink Pages (2008) (co-producer)
 
2007 The DL Chronicles (TV series) (co-executive producer - 2 episodes, 2007) (executive producer - 2 episodes, 2007)
– Boo (2007) (co-executive producer)
– Mark (2007) (co-executive producer)
– Robert (2007) (executive producer)
– Wes (2007) (executive producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
2011 Bandwagon: The Series (TV series)
– Dreams Don't Buy Dreams (2011)
 
2008 This Can't Be My Life (TV series)
– The Pink Pages (2008)
 
Show ShowCinematographer (1 title)
2012 Naked Eye (short)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
2010 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams (performer: "The South's Gonna Rise Again", "Rot in Hell", "Hey, Hey, Howdy, Howdy, Hey", "Fun, Games and Feastin'", "Building From the Ground Up")
 
Show ShowStunts (1 title)
2008 Redbelt (stunts)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
2008 This Can't Be My Life (TV series)
– The Pink Pages (2008)
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
2008 This Can't Be My Life (TV series)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (1 title)
2008 This Can't Be My Life (TV series) (composer: theme music - 1 episode)
– The Pink Pages (2008) (composer: theme music)
 
Show ShowSelf (6 titles)
2010 2001 Maniacs: Behind the Screams (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 Black to the Future (TV series)
Himself
 
2002 Star Wars: Attack of the Clones - A Jigsaw Puzzle (documentary short)
Himself
 
2001 R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (TV special short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2001 The Beginning: Making 'Episode I' (video documentary)
Himself
 
1999 From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic (TV documentary)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2010 The People vs. George Lucas (documentary)
Jar Jar Binks / Himself
 
2008 5 Second Movies (TV series)
 
2007 Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga (Video Game)
Jar-Jar Binks (uncredited)
 
2005 Science of Star Wars (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2005 Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (Video Game)
Jar-Jar Binks (voice) (uncredited)
 

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Alternate Names:

Ahmed A. Best

Height:

6' 2" (1.88 m)
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Trivia:

George Lucas discovered Best in the chorus line of "Stomp" and invited him to try out for the role of Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace See more »

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