Suave, vain and overly confident, Sterling Archer is an expert secret agent who is inept in most other aspects in his life. His relationship with his mother Malory - who is also his boss at ISIS - is often strained, never sympathetic and sometimes Oedipal. Archer has the less-than-masculine codename of "Duchess" and used to date fellow agent Lana Kane, which makes their working environment tenuous and difficult. At home, he employs an aging butler, Woodhouse.
Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, H. Jon Benjamin has garnered an extensive list of credits as a writer, producer and actor in some of television's most entertaining series.
Benjamin is perhaps best known for providing the voice of Dr. Katz's lazy son "Ben" in Comedy Central's animated hit series Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist from 1995-1999. In 2006, he co-created (with David Cross) the animated series Freak Show and provided the voice of "Tuck." Freak Show also aired on Comedy Central. Most recently, Benjamin teamed again with the network as a writer and co-producer of Important Things with Demetri Martin, a sketch comedy show in which he appeared as numerous characters. Benjamin's other credits include Home Movies for Cartoon Network; Family Guy for FOX; and Assy McGee, Aqua Teen Hunger Force and The Venture Bros. for Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.