Bender Bending Rodríguez (designated in-universe as Bending Unit 22, unit number 1,729, serial number 2716057), or simply Bender, is one of the main characters in the animated television series Futurama. He is an alcoholic robot with a grey, cylindrical body and an antennae.
He was conceived by the series' creators Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, and is voiced by John DiMaggio. He fulfills a comic, antihero-type role in Futurama and is described by fellow character Leela as an "alcoholic, whore-mongering, chain-smoking gambler".
