Owen Benjamin Smith born May 24 1980 is an American altright internet personality and former standup comedian and actor He began his career as a comedic actor with roles in films including The House Bunny and Alls Faire in Love and in the television sitcom Sullivan Son Following his career in acting he became a standup comedian Benjamin faced increasing difficulty in booking shows after several incidents including describing an individual as a child molester for raising a transgender child and using a racial slur onstage His political views became more extreme and he began publishing more political content online In 2019 he was banned from several mainstream social networks and platforms including Twitter Facebook Instagram and YouTube for violations of their policies on hate speech and moved to more lenient alttech platforms From Wikipedia en the free encyclopedia