--- name: "Nate Torrence" canonical: "https://film.one/person/nate-torrence" fi1m_id: "nate-torrence" imdb_id: "nm1535594" tmdb_id: 41565 wikidata_id: "Q3936377" roles: ["Actor"] born: "1 December 1977" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 76 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-23T23:42:44.252955+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." --- # Nate Torrence ## Identity Nate Torrence - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nate-torrence - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** nate-torrence - **IMDb ID:** nm1535594 - **TMDB ID:** 41565 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3936377 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Torrence, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3936377, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1535594/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41565 Actor. Born 1 December 1977 in Canton, Ohio, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 1 December 1977, Canton, Ohio, USA - **Active:** 2016–present - **Also known as:** نیت تورنس, Nathan Andrew Torrence, Nathan Torrence - **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 70 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Torrence, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3936377, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1535594/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/41565 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*Zootopia*](https://film.one/film/zootopia.md) (82), [*Zootopia 2*](https://film.one/film/zootopia-2.md) (70) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Nate Torrence > Nate Torrence gives comic supporting parts a cheerful eagerness, and Clawhauser makes good use of it. He is a welcome presence, though *Zootopia 2* leaves that familiar delight with too little new to do. Clawhauser is delighted by everything, and Nate Torrence sounds thoroughly suited to the assignment. The cheetah officer in *Zootopia* (2016) gives him a place for the peppy delivery that recurs through his comic supporting work. We like him here: enthusiasm can become wearing, but Torrence makes it agreeable company. In Byron Howard and Rich Moore's funny, thoughtful police comedy, that is a useful contribution. It is also a small one, and our affection for the film should not be mistaken for a claim that it belongs to him. His work moved from commercials and improvisation into television, then into more visible film supporting parts. *Get Smart* (2008) paired his Lloyd with Masi Oka, giving Torrence's comic timing a partner to work against. Devon in *She's Out of My League* (2010) and the awkward best friend Wade Bailey in *Hello Ladies* (2013) kept him in supporting company. The pairing with Oka makes particular use of the timing and rapport that serve him in supporting comedy. Clawhauser carried that cheerful manner into a sustained voice role. *Zootopia* remains the stronger place to hear him, although its attempt to explain human prejudice through predators and prey deserves reservations. The sequel is still worth an evening for those who enjoy this busy comic world, but it gives the returning cast little that is new. We were pleased to hear Torrence again in *Zootopia 2* (2025), because Clawhauser's unchanged delight is funny in its own right. Yet being delighted by everything can only take a part so far. Torrence supplies the familiar pleasure; the film does not ask him to develop it. His strengths are clear enough: comic timing, an eager delivery and an ability to work agreeably alongside another performer. The reservation is how often those strengths seem to lead back to the same sort of cheerful supporting figure. We would welcome a part that made that optimism harder to maintain. There is no need to promote him to leading man merely to give him something less familiar to do. Start with *Zootopia*, and do not expect the sequel to tell us much more about what Torrence can do. ## Biography Nate Torrence is an American actor. Born Nathan Torrence on 1 December 1977 in Canton, Ohio, he attended Hiland High School in Berlin, Ohio, and Kent State University’s Stark Campus. He trained in improv at Second City in Cleveland and Los Angeles, as well as at The Groundlings and Comedy Sportz in Los Angeles. Torrence is known for voice work as Officer Benjamin Clawhauser in the animated films *Zootopia* (2016) and *Zootopia 2* (2025). His other credits include Lloyd in *Get Smart* (2008) and its spin-off, Devon in *She's Out of My League* (2010), and guest roles in series such as *Malcolm in the Middle*, *How I Met Your Mother*, *House*, *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* and *Supernatural*. He has also appeared in television advertisements, notably the Capital One “What’s in Your Wallet?” campaign. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, yourohionews.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Zootopia 2* (2025), Fi1m 70, as Clawhauser (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/zootopia-2.md) - *Zootopia* (2016), Fi1m 82, as Clawhauser (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/zootopia.md) ## Complete filmography (48) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Sofia the First: Royal Magic* (2026), series, as Pepper (voice) - *Sofia the First: Magical Friends* (2026), series, as Pepper (voice) - *Swapped* (2026), as Lodd (voice) - *Zootopia 2* (2025), as Clawhauser (voice) — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/zootopia-2.md) - *St. Denis Medical* (2024), series, as Danny - *LUCID* (2023), as Uncle Jared · Producer - *Strange Planet* (2023), series, as Group Roll Machine Operator (voice) - *Zootopia+* (2022), series, as Clawhauser (voice) - *Christmas vs The Walters* (2021), as Shelley - *Centaurworld* (2021), series, as Figure 1 (voice) - *The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers* (2021), series, as Gabe Nordlinger - *The Very Excellent Mr. Dundee* (2020), as Luke - *Fast Layne* (2019), series, as VIN (voice) - *Prince of Peoria* (2018), series, as Vice Principal Chipler - *For the People* (2018), series, as Doug Bradshaw - *Zootopia* (2016), as Clawhauser (voice) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/zootopia.md) - *Angie Tribeca* (2016), series, as Kurt Piedmont — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/angie-tribeca.md) - *Superstore* (2015), series, as Kyle - *Chicago Med* (2015), series, as Tim Boyd - *Weird Loners* (2015), series, as Eric Lewandowski - *Star vs. the Forces of Evil* (2015), series, as Ferguson (voice) - *Hello Ladies: The Movie* (2014), as Wade - *The Millers* (2013), series, as Devin - *Super Fun Night* (2013), series, as James - *Hello Ladies* (2013), series, as Wade - *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), series, as Super Dan — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md) - *Motorcity* (2012), series, as Chuck (voice) - *Are You There, Chelsea?* (2012), series, as Captain Steve - *The Big Year* (2011), as Ted Simkin - *Happy Endings* (2011), series, as Slacker Buddy - *Mr. Sunshine* (2011), series, as Roman Cohen - *She's Out of My League* (2010), as Devon - *Royal Pains* (2009), series, as Josh Dunlap - *My Best Friend's Girl* (2008), as Craig - *Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control* (2008), as Lloyd - *Get Smart* (2008), as Lloyd - *Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip* (2006), series, as Dylan Killington - *Suits on the Loose* (2005), as Elder Lewis - *Ghost Whisperer* (2005), series, as Waiter - *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), series, as Butterfield — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md) - *Supernatural* (2005), series, as Sully — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md) - *House* (2004), series, as Young Man — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md) - *Quintuplets* (2004), series, as Pizza Guy - *Las Vegas* (2003), series, as Keith - *Reno 911!* (2003), series, as Crazy Shirtless Boxing Man - *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Daniel O'Hannissey - *Girlfriends* (2000), series, as Movie Goer - *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), series, as Private Turner --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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