Jack Plotnick was born on October 30, 1968 in Worthington, Ohio. He is an American film and television actor.

In film, he has appeared opposite Ben Stiller in Meet The Fockers, Ian McKellen in Gods And Monsters, Renee Zelwegger in Down With Love, and Sally Field in Say It Isn’t So.

In theaters this past Fall, Jack played a troubled crystal meth addict in the feature Sleeping Dogs Lie.

He has a role in the ensemble improv feature, Cook Off!, which premiered at the 2007 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, and he recently completed filming the independent feature Remarkable Powers and the Disney feature South Of The Border.

Jack was a series regular on the Lifetime Television comedy Lovespring International, which he also occasionally directed. And the same cast just shot the VH1 pilot, With A Bullet.

He is currently a regular on the Comedy Central cartoon series Drawn Together.

A regular on the short-lived, but highly acclaimed FOX TV show Action, he has had recurring roles on Reno 911, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Ellen and Rude Awakenings. His dramatic roles include Nip/Tuck, Ugly Betty, Las Vegas, Nypd Blue and Dawson’s Creek.

Jack executive produced and starred in the feature film Girls Will Be Girls, released theatrically by IFC Films, and now on video by MGM. Along with his two co-stars, he won 2003’s Best Actor AwarDS from LA’s Outfest Film Festival and the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival.

Jack has created and performed countless live comedy shows, performing at venues such as; U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, Caroline’s Comedy Club, Ars Nova, HBO Workspace, NBC Workspace, and Comedy Central Stage.

Filmography

• Remarkable Power (2007)
• "Wizards of Waverly Place" (1 episode, 2007)
• Reno 911!: Miami (2007)
• "Drawn Together" (29 episodes, 2004-2006)
• "Ugly Betty" (1 episode, 2006)
• "Lovespring International" (13 episodes, 2006)
• "Reno 911!" (7 episodes, 2003-2006)
• "Las Vegas" (1 episode, 2006)
• Available Men (2006)
• Stay (2006)
• Cook-Off! (2006)
• Adam & Steve (2005)
• Meet the Fockers (2004)
• "Joan of Arcadia" (3 episodes, 2004)
• "Complete Savages" (1 episode, 2004)
• 30 Days Until I'm Famous (2004)
• Straight-Jacket (2004)
• Making Changes (2004)
• "One on One" (1 episode, 2003)
• Down with Love (2003)
• Taco Bender (2003)
• Girls Will Be Girls (2003)
• "Dawson's Creek" (1 episode, 2002)
• "NYPD Blue" (1 episode, 2002)
• "Dead Last" (1 episode, 2001)
• Say It Isn't So (2001)
• "Rude Awakening" (1 episode, 1999-2000)
• "Action" (3 episodes, 1999)
• Forever Fabulous (1999)
• Mystery Men (1999)
• "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (4 episodes, 1998-1999)
• Ground Control (1998)
• "Ellen" (13 episodes, 1995-1998)
• Chairman of the Board (1998)
• Gods and Monsters (1998)
• "The Wayans Bros." (2 episodes, 1997)
• "The Weird Al Show" (2 episodes, 1997)
• "The Jenny McCarthy Show" (1997)
• Who's the Caboose? (1997)
• "Seinfeld" (1 episode, 1996)
• "Caroline in the City" (1 episode, 1996)
• "Hope & Gloria" (1 episode, 1996)
• "Mr. Show with Bob and David" (1 episode, 1995)
• Clerks. (1995)
• "Murphy Brown" (1 episode, 1995)