Benjamin Koldyke

Benjamin Koldyke

Known for

Acting

Born

March 27, 1968 (age 58)

Birthplace

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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...

Best known work

How I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother

2005

The Good Place

The Good Place

2016

Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley

2014

24

2001

The Finest Hours

The Finest Hours

2016

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

2005

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000

Thirteen Days

Thirteen Days

2000

The Newsroom

The Newsroom

2012

Stuck on You

Stuck on You

2003

Filmography

TBA
Boldly Going Nowhere
as Ronald Teague
2025
ParadiseTV
as Jack Barnes (1 episode)
2021
Rutherford FallsTV
as Lawrence 'Duz' Rutherford (4 episodes)
2019
Carol's Second ActTV
as Coach Dean (1 episode)
2016
The Good PlaceTV
as Brent Norwalk (7 episodes)
2016
The Finest Hours
as Donald Bangs
2015
Mr. RobinsonTV
as Jimmy Hooper (6 episodes)
2014
Silicon ValleyTV
as Ben Burkhardt (1 episode)
2014
Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal StreetTV
as Greg Gibbon (5 episodes)
2013
Masters of SexTV
as Paul Edley (9 episodes)
2013
The Michael J. Fox ShowTV
as Brandon (1 episode)
2013
Back in the GameTV
as Dick Slingbaugh (13 episodes)
2012
The NewsroomTV
as Cyrus West (1 episode)
2012
Work ItTV
as Lee Standish (2 episodes)
2010
This Little Piggy
as Henry
2008
Boldly Going NowhereTV
as Ronald Teague (1 episode)
2006
Big LoveTV
as Dale Tomasson (5 episodes)
2005
How I Met Your MotherTV
as Don Frank (6 episodes)
2005
It's Always Sunny in PhiladelphiaTV
as Sean (1 episode)
2004
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Security
2003
Stuck on You
as Officer Johnson
2003
Say I Do
as Ben
2001
24TV
as LAPD Officer (1 episode)
2000
Thirteen Days
as RF-8 Pilot
2000
Curb Your EnthusiasmTV
as Dave (1 episode)