“Lengthy Story Brief” solid: See who’s voicing who on this new Netflix comedy from the creator of “Bojack Horseman”

• Lengthy Story Brief tells the time-hopping story of a middle-class Jewish household, the Schwoopers.
• It comes from Bojack Horseman creatorRaphael Bob-Waksberg, and options the voices of Ben Feldman, Lisa Edelstein, and Paul Reiser.
• The animated comedy hits Netflix on Aug. 22.

Raphael Bob-Waksberg turned grownup animation on its head with the tragicomic Bojack Horseman, and now he's again with a brand new Netflix collection, Lengthy Story Brief.

The animated sitcom facilities on the trials and tribulations of a middle-class Jewish household, the Schwoopers, throughout a few years. The collection thrums with time jumps, heartbreak, pleasure, and household dinners that in some way at all times finish in arguments.

Netflix clearly believes in Bob-Waksberg's imaginative and prescient, because the streamer has already renewed Lengthy Story Brief for a second season. That's proper, extra Schwooper shenanigans are on the way in which.

Able to to fulfill the voices behind Lengthy Story Brief? Learn on discover out the place you've seen (or heard) them earlier than.

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Ben Feldman as Avi Schwooper

You most likely know Ben Feldman as Jonah on Superstore (2015–2021), however he additionally had a memorable, Emmy-nominated run on Mad Men (2012–2014) and confirmed up fairly frequently on Silicon Valley (2014–2019).

Extra lately, he's been doing voice work on collection like Monsters at Work (2021–current) and Frequent Aspect Results (2025–current), and likewise popped up as Lark on Mayfair Witches (2025).

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Feldman voices Avi Schwooper, the level-headed eldest baby of the Schwooper clan.

On the purple carpet premiere, Feldman revealed he "deeply" resonates with the character and even admitted to some mild sabotage throughout the audition course of. "I’m in love with this man. That is the man that I would like," he mentioned, saying he "phoned in" his auditions for different characters. "I immediately recognized with Avi after which I noticed him and that sealed the deal. However, very a lot it was an easy half to play for me I’d say."

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Abbi Jacobson as Shira Schwooper

Multi-hyphenate Abbi Jacobson can do all of it, although you seemingly know her greatest for co-creating and co-starring on the hit comedy Broad City (2014–2019). She then went on to co-create and headline the short-lived Prime Video collection A League of Their Own (2022).

Like a lot of her Lengthy Story Brief castmates, Jacobson has an in depth voice appearing catalog. She will be heard on BoJack Horseman (2016–2018), Disenchantment (2018–2023), and The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021).

She’s additionally labored with fellow Lengthy Story Brief actor Dave Franco greater than as soon as, sharing the display screen with him in Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), and 6 Balloons (2018).

Jacobson lends her voice to Shira Schwooper, the tomboyish center baby and solely daughter.

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Max Greenfield as Yoshi Schwooper

Max Greenfield is fondly remembered as Schmidt on New Girl (2011–2018), a job that earned him Emmy and Golden Globe nominations, however you might also bear in mind him for his flip as Leo D'Amato on Veronica Mars (2005–2007), its 2014 film, and its 2019 revival season.

He's no stranger to voice work, both, having performed Roger in Ice Age: Collision Course (2016) and characters on Bob's Burgers (2013–2020), Robot Chicken (2014), and BoJack Horseman (2019).

He can subsequent be seen within the comedy Let's Have Children! and the Adam Sandler-produced teen musical Don't Say Good Luck.

Greenfield performs Yoshi Schwooper, the goofy youngest baby of the household.

Like Feldman, Greenfield had his sights set on a selected function. On the premiere, Bob-Waksberg shared that whereas Greenfield was requested to learn for a number of elements, his audition tape started with: "Hiya, I’m Max. I’m studying for a bunch however that is me as Yoshi which is clearly the half I must be enjoying. It might be foolish if another person performed the function."

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Lisa Edelstein as Naomi Schwartz

Lisa Edelstein rose to fame as Dr. Lisa Cuddy on Home (2004–2011), however you'll additionally acknowledge her from Bravo's Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2014–2018) — on which she additionally produced, wrote, and directed — and Netflix's The Kominsky Method (2018–2021).

Edelstein's had a long-running profession in voice appearing, with gigs on collection akin to American Dad (2007–2011) and The Legend of Korra (2013–2014) and an extended spell voicing supervillain Mercy Graves within the DC Animated Universe (1995–2005).

On Lengthy Story Brief, Edelstein voices Naomi Schwartz, the impossible-to-ignore matriarch of the household.

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Paul Reiser as Elliot Cooper

Paul Reiser helped redefine the trendy sitcom as a co-creator, author, government producer, and star of NBC's Emmy-winning Mad About You (1992–1999; 2019).

The actor and comic has a wildly various resume, having spent the final 4 a long time bouncing between big-budget comedies (Beverly Hills Cop, The Spy Who Dumped Me), acclaimed dramas (Whiplash, Concussion), and style hits (Aliens, The Boys).

Over the previous decade, he's appeared on a pair of Netflix hits: Stranger Things (2017–current) and The Kominsky Technique (2019–2021), the latter of which nabbed him an Emmy nomination.

Subsequent up, catch Reiser on Netflix's upcoming The Altruists with Julia Garner (Ozark) and Anthony Boyle (Masters of the Air).

On Lengthy Story Brief, Reiser voices Elliot Cooper, the patriarch of the Schwooper clan.

06 of 09

Nicole Byer as Kendra Hooper

Emmy nominee Nicole Byer is the host of Netflix's actuality bake-off collection Nailed It! (2018–current) and several other podcasts, together with Why Gained't You Date Me? and Newcomers.

She first broke via on MTV's Woman Code (2013) and has since made memorable visitor appearances on exhibits like Bojack Horseman (2016–2018), The Good Place (2019), and Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2019–2021). On the movie aspect, she landed elements within the comedies Good Burger 2 (2023), Thelma (2024), and Summer time of 69 (2025).

Developing, Byer stars alongside Margo Martindale and Natalie Portman in Netflix's animated musical comedy movie The Twits, an adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel.

Byer voices Kendra Hooper, Shira's girlfriend. The actress shared in an Aug. 19 Instagram publish that she's "so happy with this present and I hope you all adore it too."

07 of 09

Dave Franco as Danny Wegbriet

Recognized for his roles in among the greatest comedies of the 2010s, together with 21 Leap Avenue (2012) and Neighbors (2014), Dave Franco has lately loved a artistic renaissance. After shifting his focus to writing and directing, he helmed The Rental (2020) and Somebody I Used to Know (2023).

He went on to play a terrifying creep in Rose Glass' romantic thriller Love Lies Bleeding, and adopted it up with this yr's Together, which he produced and starred in together with his spouse, Alison Brie.

Franco additionally earned an Emmy nomination for enjoying a fictionalized model of himself on the Apple TV+ collection The Studio (2025–current).

Subsequent, Franco stars within the Colleen Hoover adaptation Regretting You and reprises his function as Jack Wilder within the anticipated Now You See Me threequel, Now You See Me: Now You Don’t. Each are slated to hit theaters in late 2025.

Right here, Franco voices Danny Wegbriet, Yoshi's excitable childhood buddy.

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Angelique Cabral as Jen Schwooper

A veteran of cleaning soap operas, Angelique Cabral went on to attain main roles on exhibits like Enlisted (2014) and Life in Pieces (2015–2019).

She beforehand collaborated with Bob-Waksberg on Amazon Prime's Undone (2019–2022), on which she starred as Becca Winograd-Diaz.

On Lengthy Story Brief, Cabral portrays Jen Schwooper, Avi's childhood girlfriend and eventual spouse.

The actress recapped the premiere through Instagram, writing that this "humorous and poignant present" will make audiences "chortle and cry and the whole lot in between."

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Michaela Dietz as Hannah Schwooper

Michaela Dietz is aware of her method round a mic, seeing as she's introduced life to every kind of animated characters.

You may acknowledge her voice from the Steven Universe franchise(2013–2020), on which she performed Amethyst, or from Monsters at Work (2021–2024) and Star Trek: Prodigy (2024).

Dietz has additionally recorded for fashionable video video games like Grand Theft Auto V (2013) and Fallout 76: Wastelanders (2020).

On Lengthy Story Brief, Dietz voices Hannah Schwooper, Avi and Jen's teenage daughter.

The place can I watch Lengthy Story Brief?

Lengthy Story Brief can be accessible to stream on Netflix on Friday Aug. 22.

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