Geoffrey Arend Quirky Geek, Career, Attitude

Geoffrey Arend Quirky Geek is an American film, TV, voice, theatre and comedy actor married to Madmen co-actress Christina Hendricks.

Synopsis

Geoffrey Arend quirky geek started his career as voice artist for Daria as Charles ‘Upchuck’ Ruttheimer (1997-2000). Arend plays voice artist for the same character in the video game Daria’s Inferno in 2002.Then in small role as a Flipper Boy in comedy Bubble Boy in 2001. He is notable as Mckenzie of (500) Days of Summer in 2009. Recently he is day care teacher (voice) in The Angry Birds Movie 2016. The quirky geek became everyone’s tête-à-tête by marrying Mad Men co-actress Christina Hendricks.

Early Life of the Geek

In February of 1978, Arend was born in the New York City’s Manhattan borough. His parents have non-native American roots. His father Geoffrey Arend, Sr. has German and Scottish, Irish ancestry. Arend’s paternal grandfather was Franz Joseph Arend, Jr. a son to Franz Joseph Arend and Emily Catherine Parker.Eleanor Jane Stowell is geek’s grandmother from father’s side. She is a daughter to Ralph Charles or Joseph Stowell and Florence “Flossie” E. Chapple. His mother is of Pakistani origin.

The quirky geek attended Fiorello H. La Guardia High School of Music, Arts and Performing Arts. He learnt all the quirkiness and graduated in 1998.

Career as a Quirky Geek

He started his career as voice artist in TV animation series Daria. The quirky geek continued as a voice artist in Is It College Yet?followed up by Guiding Light, the Wrong Coast and Dream Corp, LLC on TV  from 1998 to 2016. He gave his voice to Temp Agent in Press to Say 2 and Day Care Teacher in The Angry Birds Movie for big screens in 2005 and 2016.

For TV screens he played Jimmy for 2002 Episode: “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs” of Undeclared, David Faustino/ Intercom Voice/ Moby (voice) in Episode: “Judgement Day” of Hey Joel, Jeffery, Daris Macelvoy, Game Designer for Law and Order Episodes in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Arend has also appeared in various episodes of Grey’s Anatomy.

The (500) Days of Summer cast Arend has also appeared in TV films like “Is It College Yet?”,”Porn ‘n Chicken”,”Making It Legal”, “Rex”. Arend is cast as main role as Hector Culligan of Trust me in 2009, as Ethan Gross of Body of Proof from 2011 to 2013 and Matt Mahoney of Madam Secretary since 2014 to present in various TV broadcasts.

The quirky geek has also appeared in single episodes of various TV broadcasts. To name few, The Wrong Coast, Love Monkey,Private Practice, Medium, The Closer and among most popular Grey’s Anatomy.

Although his big screen debut was Star Troopers in 2001. He is remembered for (500) Days of Summer as McKenzie, Kevin of Save the Date and Day Care Teacher of The Angry Birds Movie in 2009, 2012 and 2016. To be specific, his quirky roles were mostly for (500) Days of Summer and Body of Proofs and Madam Secretary.

His other works includes voice artist for the games like Daria’s Inferno, Red Dead Revolver, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, The Warriors, Neverwinter Nights 2, Manhunt 2, Grand Theft Auto IV. Till date he as appeared in various advertisements as well.

The Geek as a Person and Net Worth

Arend seems to be quirky in the roles in Body of Proofs and (500) Days of Summer. His bellowing indie-rockstar in Save the Date most convincingly makes us want to download his songs.

The most unexpected marriage of the Matt Mahoney of Madam Secretary’s star to Christina Hendricks makes Geoffrey Arend quirky geek. Again, his attitude as quirky geek comes while stating of him wanting to act as a psychotic villain. His net worth is $1 million till 2017.