Ben Best was an actor and screenwriter known for co-creating and starring in the HBO series “Eastbound & Down” and the cult indie film “The Foot Fist Way.”
Best worked alongside Danny McBride in co-creating “Eastbound & Down,” in which he co-starred as bartender Clegg. The two also co-wrote “The Foot Fist Way,” in which Best played Tae Kwon Do expert Chuck “The Truck” Wallace, and “Your Highness.” Best is also known for roles in movies including “Superbad,” “Observe and Report,” “What Happens in Vegas,” and “Land of the Lost.”
Tributes to Ben Best
RIP Ben Best. I remember seeing him as Chuck The Truck in Foot Fist Way and thinking “I have to work with this man.” I’m honored I got work with him, and even more so and that I got to hang out with him and just be in his company. Watch Foot Fist Way today and bask in his genius.
Ben Best wrote my favorite movie of all time. Foot Fist Way showed me that you don’t need tons of money to make something, you just need to be compelling and funny. Really sad a hero passed away. RIP Chuck the Truck. pic.twitter.com/UrCIEaaMgz
Twitter's telling me that Ben Best (aka Chuck The Truck Wallace from THE FOOT FIST WAY and Clegg from EASTBOUND AND DOWN) has died and goddamn that sucks. That dude was such a reliably hilarious presence in the McBride/Hill/Green collabs.
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