Biography
Robert Ben Garant (born September 14, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer. He is known for his work on Reno 911!, in which he plays Deputy Travis Junior, and for being a cast member on the MTV sketch comedy series The State. Garant and writing partner, actor Thomas Lennon have written several successful screenplays together, including the Night at the Museum films. Garant and Thomas Lennon created and starred in a 2010 sitcom pilot for NBC called The Strip. Howe...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Long Live the State
2025
as Self
In 2024, the eleven (!) members of the iconic mid-90’s cult comedy troupe The State reunited for a live tour. With their irreverent and absurdist live...

Reno 911!: It's a Wonderful Heist
2022
Executive Producer, Characters
It’s Holiday Season in Reno, and Lieutenant Dangle wishes he’d never been born. With the help of a roller skating “Angel,” he learns how much better t...

The Bob's Burgers Movie
2022
as Critter (voice)
When a ruptured water main creates an enormous sinkhole right in front of Bob's Burgers, it blocks the entrance indefinitely and ruins the Belchers’ p...

Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon
2021
as Deputy Travis Junior
The Reno Sheriff’s Department find themselves in their stickiest situation yet, hunting down “Q," the person supposedly behind all of the conspiracy t...

Reno 911!: The Hunt for QAnon
2021
Director, Executive Producer, Characters
The Reno Sheriff’s Department find themselves in their stickiest situation yet, hunting down “Q," the person supposedly behind all of the conspiracy t...

Raising Buchanan
2019
as Lancaster Guy
A desperate woman steals the corpse of former US president James Buchanan, hoping to net a large ransom. Complications arise when it seems no one is p...

Baywatch
2017
Story
Devoted lifeguard Mitch Buchannon butts heads with a brash new recruit. Together, they uncover a local criminal plot that threatens the future of the ...

The Veil
2016
Screenplay, Producer
30 years ago, when members of a religious cult known as Heaven's Veil take their own lives. The truth behind what really happened remains buried deep ...

Crash Test: With Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer
2015
as Studio Security
Adapted from their beloved comedy show at Upright Citizens Brigade, Crash Test showcases Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer on a state-of-the-art party bus ad...

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
2014
Characters
When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on...

Jessabelle
2014
Writer
A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-d...

Rocky and Bullwinkle
2014
as Narrator (voice)
After receiving the key to the city for their heroic efforts, Rocket J. Squirrel notices that Bullwinkle falls in love with a robotic moose. Unbeknown...

Rocky and Bullwinkle
2014
Screenplay
After receiving the key to the city for their heroic efforts, Rocket J. Squirrel notices that Bullwinkle falls in love with a robotic moose. Unbeknown...

Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2014
as Self
In the spring of 1984, a strange new comic book sat beside cash registers in select shops, too big to fit in the racks, and too weird to ignore. Eastm...

Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014
as Egyptian Spectator / Italian Peasant #1 (voice)
A young boy and his dog, who happens to have a genius-level IQ, spring into action when their time-machine is stolen and moments in history begin to b...

Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014
Additional Dialogue
A young boy and his dog, who happens to have a genius-level IQ, spring into action when their time-machine is stolen and moments in history begin to b...

Hell Baby
2013
as Father Sebastian
After she and her husband move into a haunted house, a woman gives birth to a demonic infant that wreaks havoc.

Hell Baby
2013
Director, Screenplay, Producer
After she and her husband move into a haunted house, a woman gives birth to a demonic infant that wreaks havoc.

All Star Bowling Trick Shots
2012

Charlie Brown: Blockhead's Revenge
2011
as Pig-Pen
The cast of MTV's 'Teen Wolf' teams up with Funny or Die and gives Charlie Brown a spooky twist.

Charlie Brown: Blockhead's Revenge
2011
Director
The cast of MTV's 'Teen Wolf' teams up with Funny or Die and gives Charlie Brown a spooky twist.

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009
Writer, Characters
Hapless museum night watchman Larry Daley must help his living, breathing exhibit friends out of a pickle now that they've been transferred to the arc...

Balls of Fury
2007
Director, Screenplay
Randy Daytona was a child ping pong prodigy who lost his chance at Olympic gold when his father is murdered by the mysterious Feng over a gambling deb...

The Ten
2007
as Self
Ten stories, each inspired by one of the ten commandments.

Reno 911!: Miami
2007
as Deputy Travis Junior
A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring ...

Reno 911!: Miami
2007
Executive Producer, Director, Writer
A rag-tag team of Reno cops are called in to save the day after a terrorist attack disrupts a national police convention in Miami Beach during spring ...

Living with Lew
2007
A young Hollywood writer/director uses humor and unfailing optimism to fight ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) and make his first film.

Night at the Museum
2006
Screenplay
Chaos reigns at the natural history museum when night watchman Larry Daley accidentally stirs up an ancient curse, awakening Attila the Hun, an army o...

Let's Go to Prison
2006
Writer
When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in pris...

Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
2006
as Campus Cop
When his journal of bright ideas is stolen, college freshman Bickford Schmeckler has to blanket the campus in order to locate it.

Herbie Fully Loaded
2005
as Director
Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53 - the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own - puts the car through its paces on the road to be...

Herbie Fully Loaded
2005
Screenplay, Story
Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53 - the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own - puts the car through its paces on the road to be...

The Pacifier
2005
Screenplay
Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scienti...

Taxi
2004
Screenplay
A mouthy and feisty taxicab driver has hot tips for a green and inept cop set on solving a string of New York City bank robberies committed by a quart...

The State's 43rd Annual All-Star Halloween Special
1995
as Various
Comedy troupe The State hosts a Halloween special on CBS.
I'm Your Man
1992
as Party Attendee with Mohawk
Leslie must deliver evidence of Richard's illegal money siphening scam to the FBI. At her rendezvous, a trendy party, she'll meet a loser named Jack.
I'm Your Man
1992
Screenplay
Leslie must deliver evidence of Richard's illegal money siphening scam to the FBI. At her rendezvous, a trendy party, she'll meet a loser named Jack.

MTV: The State, Skits and Stickers
N/A
VHS only release featuring skits from MTV's The State.
Action #1
N/A
Producer, Writer
A comic book store-owner assembles five smart and equally geeky associates to pull off the heist of a lifetime- stealing the most valuable comic from ...
The Casket Girls
N/A
Writer
Detective Shay Williams and her partner become trapped inside the Ursuline Convent with a group of tourists when the Casket Girls escape from their at...