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New York City, New York, USA
Ahmed Best (born August 19, 1973) is an American voice actor and musician. He rose to prominence in the 2000s for playing the character of Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars franchise. He later turned to television, where he reprised his role as Jar Jar Binks in the Robot Chicken Star Wars special. He also created, wrote, directed and produced his own TV show called This Can't Be My Life. He has…
Known for
- I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story — Self (archive footage)2024
- LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy — Darth Jar Jar (voice)2024
- For All Humankind2023
- LIGHT & MAGIC — Self2022
- Jedi Temple Challenge — Jedi Master Kelleran Beq2020
- The Empire Strikes Door2019
- The Mandalorian — Jedi Master Kelleran Beq2019
- W.M.D. — News Reporter2015
- LEGO Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out — Jar Jar Binks (voice)2012
- FDR: American Badass! — Curtis2012
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Origin
- [Worldwide]
- Active from
- 1973
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 15
- Total plays
- 104
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1973-08-19 ) August 19, 1973 (age 52) , New York City, U.S.
- Alma mater
- Manhattan School of Music
- Occupations
- Actor comedian musician
- Years active
- 1989–present
- Spouse
- Raquel Horsford
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ahmed
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- record producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
- Official website
- www.ahmedbest.com
- Image
- 10.2.10AhmedBestByLuigiNovi (cropped).jpg
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- Ahmed Best
- date of birth
- 1973-08-19
- name in native language
- Ahmed Best
- start of work period
- 1989-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Ahmed Best (born August 19, 1973) is an American actor, comedian and musician. He is known for providing the voice and motion capture for the character Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars franchise.
Best likewise collaborated with director George Lucas in three films and seven episodes of the animated show Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He won the Annie Award for Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production for portraying Jar Jar Binks in Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II. He also voices Roux, a powerful mythical being in the video game South of Midnight.
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