- Not many people know that he was responsible for one of the most overused catchphrases of the 1990s. In 1992 he appeared in a commercial for Rally's Burgers as an obnoxious drive-thru cashier who kept repeating the line "Cha-CHING!!" over and over again and the line entered the popular culture.
- Based the gravelly voice of Chris Griffin in Family Guy (1999) on the Buffalo Bill character from The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
- At 13-years-old, he played Alyson Hannigan's boyfriend 'Fred' in My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988). Ten years later, at the age of 23, he played her boyfriend again when he landed the role of 'Oz' on the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997).
- Loves action figures and has his own of Scott Evil.
- Has been long time friends with actress Sarah Michelle Gellar, and has collaborated with her quite a few times. They can be found together in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) and Robot Chicken (2001).
- He had a part filmed for Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992); the part was left on the cutting room floor, but a still from the scene appeared on the rear of the commercial release videocassette box. Seth did eventually get to be in Buffy, though, on the TV series (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)).
- Revealed in a 2005 "Fresh Air with Terry Gross" interview that he had auditioned for the American Beauty (1999) role that eventually went to Wes Bentley, and he was the runner-up for the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) role that went to Elijah Wood.
- Seth is thanked in the sleeve notes of Blink-182's "Enema of the State". Blink also thanks Idle Hands (1999) and Can't Hardly Wait (1998) -- both movies featuring a Blink-182 song and, coincidentally, both have Seth Green in them. Seth also had an uncredited role in Enemy of the State (1998).
- His parents are both Jewish. Their families were from Russia, Germany, and Latvia.
- Very close friends with fellow Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) star Michelle Trachtenberg.
- Seth is not related to Bruce Seth Green, who directed some episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997). On occasion, some sources confuse the two and have credited Seth as the director.
- Graduated high school with honors.
- Along with Chi Muoi Lo, he is one of only two actors to appear in both Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) and the subsequent television adaptation Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997). However, his scenes in the former were cut from the final version of the film.
- Engaged to Clare Grant [February 25, 2010].
- At the same time he was offered the part in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997), he was also offered a role in Chairman of the Board (1997), starring Scott 'Carrot Top' Thompson. Seth said making the choice between the two films was difficult at the time. [source: Seth Green interview on NPR, Feb 23, 2005].
- According to Jason Mewes the studio did not want Mewes to return as Jay in Mallrats because they was skeptical that he could pull it off. So the studio had both Breckin Meyer and Seth Green to audition for the role of Jay. The studio even had Seth Green to be standing ready if Mewes did not impress them enough. So because of that Seth Green was almost cast as Jay.
- Attended the same middle school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as pop artist Eve.
- Named #7 of the Top Ten Sexiest Men of the Buffy / Angel universe in a fan poll by the Buffy the Vampire Slayer fanzine (2004).
- Has made his entrance in two separate films to two separate Clay Aiken songs. They are "Invisible" in Without a Paddle (2004) and "The Way" in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004).
- 1998: Named on Entertainment Weekly's "It List" of the 100 Most Creative People in Entertainment.
- E! Entertainment Television's poll proclaimed him the hottest young actor in Hollywood.
- Entertainment Weekly once named him Best TV Actor.
- Played Wolfman on SeaQuest 2032 (1993) before he played a werewolf on Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997).
- Has an older sister, Kaela Green.
- He played Lyle in The Italian Job (2003). His Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) co-star Michael Caine appeared in the original The Italian Job (1969).
- Was the guest host on WWE Monday Night Raw (July 13th) (July 2009)
- Currently working on his show Robot Chicken (2001). (November 2006)
- In Wellington, New Zealand, filming Without a Paddle (2004) (October 2003)
- Was among the guests at Jessica Simpson's 25th birthday party.
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