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Ben Gleib

Ben Gleib (Ben Nathan Gleiberman, born 1978), American comedian, actor, and host of GSN's Emmy-nominated Idiotest and Chelsea Lately roundtable; launched YouTube's first exclusive late-night show, Good Night with Ben Gleib, in 2026.

Ben Hardy (actor)

Ben Hardy (born Ben Jones, 1991) is an English actor known for Peter Beale in EastEnders (2013-2015), Angel in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Roger Taylor in Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), and Tony Spera in The Conjuring: Last Rites.

Ben Higgins

Ben Higgins (Benjamin Edward Higgins) is an American reality television personality and entrepreneur best known as the lead of The Bachelor season 20, which aired in 2016.

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley (Krishna Pandit Bhanji, born 1943) is a British actor, Oscar winner for Gandhi (1982), knighted 2002, known for Sexy Beast, Schindler's List, and Marvel's Trevor Slattery.

Ben Koldyke

Ben Koldyke (Benjamin Koldyke, born 1968, Chicago) is an American actor known for Don Frank on How I Met Your Mother, Lee Standish in Work It, and Greg Gibbon on Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street, plus The Finest Hours.

Ben Leonberg

Ben Leonberg (born 1987) is an American film and VR director, Columbia University MFA, best known for directing Good Boy (2025), the $70,000 dog-POV horror hit starring his own dog Indy.

Ben Marshall (comedian)

Ben Marshall (born 1995) is an American comedian, one third of the trio Please Don't Destroy with Martin Herlihy and John Higgins. An SNL writer from 2021, he became a featured player in season 51 (2025) and co-wrote The Treasure of Foggy Mountain.

Ben McKenzie

Ben McKenzie (Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan, born 1978) is an American actor from The O.C., Southland, and Gotham, and an anti-crypto author of Easy Money and director of Everyone Is Lying to You for Money; distinct from the Australian performer of the same name.

Ben Mendelsohn

Ben Mendelsohn (born 1969, Melbourne) is an Australian actor, full name Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn, known for Animal Kingdom, Bloodline (2016 Emmy), Orson Krennic in Rogue One and Andor, and Christian Dior in The New Look.

Ben Miles

Ben Miles (Benjamin Charles Miles), English actor born 1966 in Wimbledon, trained at Guildhall; known for Patrick Maitland in Coupling, Thomas Cromwell in the RSC's Wolf Hall plays (2015 Tony nomination), The Lehman Trilogy, and The Crown.

Ben Miller

Ben Miller is a British actor, comedian, and writer, half of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller and star of Death in Paradise; also known as Johnny English's Bough, Bridgerton's Lord Featherington, and a former Cambridge physics PhD student.

Ben Powers

Ben Powers (Alton Adelbert Powers, 1950-2015) was an American actor and comedian, best known as Keith Anderson, Thelma's husband, on the final season of Good Times, and as Moochie on The New Mike Hammer.

Ben Rappaport

Ben Rappaport (Bennett Eli Rappaport, born 1986, Arlington, Texas) is an American actor, a Juilliard graduate and Michel and Suria Saint-Denis Prize winner, known for NBC's Outsourced, ABC's For the People, Broadway's Fiddler on the Roof, and Good Night, Oscar.

Ben Rosenfield

Ben Rosenfield (born 1992, Montclair, New Jersey) is an American actor known for Willie Thompson on Boardwalk Empire, Tim Buckley in Greetings from Tim Buckley, 6 Years, Twin Peaks, and Off-Broadway stage work; distinct from comedian Ben Rosenfeld.

Ben Savage

Ben Savage (Bennett Joseph Savage, born 1980) is an American actor, brother of Fred Savage, known as Cory Matthews on Boy Meets World (1993–2000) and Girl Meets World, later a Democratic candidate for West Hollywood City Council and California's 30th Congressional District.

Ben Schnetzer

Ben Schnetzer (born 1990, New York City) is an American actor trained at London's Guildhall School, known for Pride, The Book Thief, Warcraft, Y: The Last Man, and Van Davis in Taylor Sheridan's The Madison.

Ben Shenkman

Ben Shenkman (born 1968, New York) is an American actor, Brown graduate with an NYU MFA, known as Louis Ironson in HBO's Angels in America (Emmy and Golden Globe nominations), Tony-nominated for Proof, and in Fish in the Dark.

Ben Shephard

Ben Shephard (Benjamin Peter Sherrington Shephard, born 1974) is an English TV presenter hosting ITV's This Morning with Cat Deeley since March 2024, Tipping Point since 2012, and formerly Good Morning Britain and GMTV.

Ben Stein

Ben Stein (Benjamin Jeremy Stein, born 1944) is an American lawyer, economist, writer, and actor, a speechwriter for Nixon and Ford, the monotone teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and Emmy-winning host of Win Ben Stein's Money.

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller, full name Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller, is an American actor, comedian, and director born in 1965 to comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, known for hit comedies.

Ben Vereen

Ben Vereen (Benjamin Augustus Vereen), born 1946 in Miami, is an American actor-singer-dancer who won the 1973 Tony for Pippin's Leading Player and played Chicken George in Roots, distinct from namesakes like neuroscientist Ben Rein.

Ben Wadey

Ben Wadey (born 1993) is a British TV producer and executive producer of EastEnders since February 2025, succeeding Chris Clenshaw; formerly Channel 4 drama commissioning executive overseeing Hollyoaks, and previously EastEnders storyliner and Holby City story producer.

Ben Wang

Ben Wang (born 2000) is a Chinese American actor; lead of Disney+'s American Born Chinese as Jin Wang and Li Fong in Karate Kid: Legends (2025), the franchise's first Asian American new Kid, with Wyatt Callow in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (2026) upcoming.

Ben Watkins (producer)

Ben Watkins (Benjamin Watkins, born 1971, San Francisco) is an American TV writer, producer, actor, and showrunner, creator of Prime Video's Cross and Amazon's Hand of God, distinct from the Juno Reactor musician of the same name.

Ben Whishaw

Ben Whishaw (Benjamin John Whishaw, born 1980) is an English actor trained at RADA; known as Q in the Bond films, the voice of Paddington, Hamlet at the Old Vic, and BAFTA, Emmy, and Critics Choice-winning TV roles.

Ben Willbond

Ben Willbond (Benjamin Thomas Willbond, born 1973) is an English actor and screenwriter; Perrier best newcomer 1999, Horrible Histories and Yonderland, co-writer of Bill, and co-creator and star of Ghosts as The Captain.

Ben Woolf

Ben Woolf (1980–2015) was an American actor with pituitary dwarfism, 4'4", who played the Infantata and Meep in American Horror Story while working as a preschool teacher; distinct from a namesake British director.

BenDavid Grabinski

BenDavid Grabinski (born 1983, Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer, co-creator of Netflix's Scott Pilgrim Takes Off and director of Happily and Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice.

Benedetta Cimatti

Benedetta Cimatti, Italian actress born 1989 in Faenza, trained at Rome's Accademia Fondamenta; known for L'Ispettore Coliandro, Doc – Nelle tue mani, and as Rachele Mussolini in M. Il figlio del secolo.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch (born 1976, London) is a British actor known for Sherlock, Doctor Strange, The Imitation Game, and The Power of the Dog; Emmy winner, two-time Oscar nominee, LAMDA President, SunnyMarch founder.