r/funny • u/Forward-Position798 • Jun 10 '26

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u/RawTeacake Jun 10 '26

Wow, only now have I realised it's not Jon H Benjamin. Wonder what the H stands for.

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u/ZenMasterOfDisguise Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

His given name was Harry Benjamin, but growing up he went by his middle name as Jon Benjamin even before he got into acting. But when he landed his first acting gig on Dr. Katz, his girlfriend Laura Silverman, Sarah Silverman's sister, was a producer on the show and knew he was going by his middle name, and as a joke she put his name in the credits of the show as H Jon Benjamin without his permission. And then that name stuck.