Nat Benchley is an American writer and actor who has performed on stage, television, and film. He is best known for State of Play, Chances Are, Broadcast News, and Diner. Other film credits include Something the Lord Made, Cecil B. DeMented, Species II, Home for the Holidays, Serial Mom, The Ryan White Story, and Her Alibi.

Television credits include Detective Augustus Polk on HBO’s The Wire, Bartender on NBC’s Homicide: Life on the Street, and the FBI Agent in the NBC miniseries, Kennedy.