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name: "A. J. Benza"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 June 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T15:53:07.792672+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# A. J. Benza

Actor. Born 2 June 1962 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 June 1962, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1999–2006
- **Also known as:** A.J. Benza, Alfred Joseph Benza , AJ Benza
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 63 (1), 2000s 68 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Benza, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4647893, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0073128/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16505

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Rocky Balboa*](https://film.one/film/rocky-balboa.md) (68)

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## Biography

A.J. Benza is an American gossip columnist, television host and actor. Born Alfred Joseph Benza on 2 June 1962 in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, he studied journalism at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University.

He began his career writing for Newsday before becoming a gossip columnist for the New York Daily News, where he contributed to the “Hot Copy” and “Downtown” columns. Benza later hosted E! Entertainment Television’s Mysteries & Scandals and co-hosted High Stakes Poker on GSN.

His acting credits include the role of L.C. in the 2006 film Rocky Balboa, as well as appearances in Ransom (1996), Pauly Shore Is Dead (2003) and voice work on Family Guy.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, wikimili.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Rocky Balboa* (2006), Fi1m 68, as L.C. — [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-balboa.md)
- *Family Guy* (1999), Fi1m 63, as A.J. Benza (voice) — [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Duke of New York* (2021), as A.J. Benza
- *For NYC* (2020), Actor
- *Fatal Femmes Fighting: Asian Invasion* (2008), as Announcer
- *Born in the USA* (2007), Actor
- *Rocky Balboa* (2006), as L.C. — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/rocky-balboa.md)
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, as Reporter
- *Pauly Shore Is Dead* (2003), as A.J. Benza
- *P.S. Your Cat is Dead!* (2002), as Carmine
- *Diary of a Sex Addict* (2001), as Det. Shore
- *Chump Change* (2000), as Steve's Agent
- *Playboy: The Complete Anna Nicole Smith* (2000), as Host
- *Family Guy* (1999), series, as A.J. Benza (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *V.I.P.* (1998), series, as Commentator
- *Mysteries and Scandals* (1998), series, Actor
- *The Deli* (1997), as Salvy
- *Ransom* (1996), as Reporter Guest

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