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Ben Vereen

ActorBorn October 10, 1946 (79 years)
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Ben Vereen (born October 10, 1946) is an American actor, dancer, and singer who has appeared in numerous Broadway theatre shows. Vereen graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Khumba
  • Time Out of Mind
  • Silk Stalkings
  • Booker
  • Pippin: His Life and Times
  • Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
  • And Then Came Love
  • The Jesse Owens Story

Known For

  • All That Jazz
  • Roots
  • Once Upon a Forest
  • Time Out of Mind
  • Funny Lady
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
  • Zoobilee Zoo
  • Idlewild
  • Pippin: His Life and Times
  • Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
  • Webster
  • Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
  • Intruders (1992)
  • A.D. - Anno Domini
  • Making History (2017)
  • Accidental Friendship
  • Buy & Cell
  • Mama I Want to Sing

Featured Videos

  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Dr. Scott Meets Dr. Frank N. Furter
    The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Dr. Scott Meets Dr. Frank N. FurterThe Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp AgainScene

Ben Vereen Filmography

2024
The Gray House (TV Series)
2020
B Positive (TV Series) · as Peter
2018
Magnum P.I. (TV Series) · as Henry Barr
2017
Tales (TV Series) · as Harry
2017
Making History (2017) (TV Series) · as Dr. Cobell
2017
The Good Fight (TV Series) · as Frederick Douglass
2016
Star (TV Series) · as Calvin
2016
2016
Bull (2016) (TV Series) · as Willie Lambert
2015
Sneaky Pete (TV Series) · as Porter
2014
Top Five · as Carl Allen
2014
2013
Khumba · as Mkhulu (voice)
2011
Mama I Want to Sing · as Horace Payne
2010
Hot in Cleveland (TV Series) · as Mayor Deacon
2010
Love That Girl! (TV Series) · as Judge
2009
21 and a Wake-Up · as General Garner
2009
Tapioca · as Nuts
2008
2008
2007
And Then Came Love · as Chuck Cooper
2007
2006
Idlewild · as Percy Senior
2006
Tyler Perry's House of Payne (TV Series) · as Clarence Sanderson
2006
The Wonder Pets! (TV Series) · as Blue Eyes
2005
How I Met Your Mother (TV Series) · as Sam Gibbs
2005
Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Archie Roche
2003
NCIS (TV Series) · as Lamar Addison
2002
Fosse · as Performer
2001
The Feast of All Saints · as Rudolphe Lermontant
2001
Soldiers of Change · as Whistlin' Willie Weston
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Jeremiah Morris
1999
I'll Take You There · as Mr. Gwin
1999
1998
Why Do Fools Fall in Love · as Richard Barrett
1997
Special Ops Force (TV Series) · as Senator Stanford Parks
1997
Oz (TV Series) · as A.r. Whitworth
1996
Promised Land (TV Series)
1996
The Jamie Foxx Show (TV Series) · as Royal
1996
1996
Second Noah (TV Series)
1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV Series) · as Snake (voice)
1994
Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Ulysses Dodd
1994
New York Undercover (TV Series) · as Louie
1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TV Series) · as Dr. Andre Novak
1993
Once Upon a Forest · as Phineas (voice)
1992
Intruders (1992) (TV Series) · as Gene Randall
1991
Silk Stalkings (TV Series) · as Ben Hutchinson
1990
1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV Series) · as Lou Smith
1990
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme · as Itsy-Bitsy Spider
1989
Booker (TV Series)
1989
Bordertown (TV Series) · as Issac West
1988
Buy & Cell · as Shaka
1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation (TV Series) · as Dr. Edward La Forge
1987
J.J. Starbuck (TV Series) · as Tenspeed Turner
1987
CBS Summer Playhouse (TV Series) · as Pianist In Bar
1987
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe · as E. L. 'tenspeed' Turner
1986
Zoobilee Zoo (TV Series) · as Mayor Ben
1985
Lost in London · as Paul Williams
1985
American Masters (TV Series) · as Dancer
1985
The Zoo Gang · as The Winch
1985
A.D. - Anno Domini (TV Series) · as Ethiopian
1984
Ellis Island (TV Series) · as Roscoe Haines
1984
1984
1983
Webster (TV Series)
1982
Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) · as Puss In Boots
1982
1980
1979
All That Jazz · as O'connor Flood
1977
The Love Boat (TV Series) · as John Hanson
1977
Roots (TV Series) · as Chicken George Moore
1976
1975
Funny Lady · as Bert Robbins
1970
1969
Sweet Charity · as Dancer
The Midas Touch · as Midas D'angelo (2022)

2024
2023
See It Loud: The History of Black Television (TV Series) · as Self - Actor - Roots
2022
2022
2021
2019
On Broadway · as Self (archive Footage)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) · as Self
2019
David Foster: Off the Record · as Self (archive Footage)
2019
2015
BET Honors · as Self
2014
2013
The Real Daytime (TV Series) · as Self
2013
The Broadway.Com Show (TV Series) · as Self
2013
Welcome to Comic-Con! · as Self (in Salute To Star Trek Segment)
2012
2012
Oprah: Where Are They Now? (TV Series) · as Self
2012
The 66th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Presenter
2009
Talk Stoop (TV Series) · as Self
2009
2008
Unsung (TV Series) · as Self
2008
The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) · as Self
2008
Pioneers of Television (TV Series) · as Self
2007
2007
2007
The 61st Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Presenter
2007
The 5th Annual TV Land Awards · as Self - Winner
2007
2006
Doc Talk (TV Series) · as Self
2006
The 60th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Interviewee (taped)
2005
Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self
2005
The Martha Stewart Show (TV Series) · as Self
2004
Broadway: The American Musical (TV Series) · as Self
2004
The Tony Danza Show (TV Series) · as Self
2002
1998
Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist
1998
1997
The View (TV Series) · as Self
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV Series) · as Self
1996
The 50th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Presenter
1995
1993
The Nanny (TV Series) · as Ben Vereen
1993
The 47th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Presenter
1992
HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self
1990
1989
Circus of the Stars #14 · as Self - Circus Band Leader
1989
Pat Sajak Show (TV Series) · as Self
1989
The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series) · as Self
1987
Biography (TV Series) · as Self
1987
19th Annual NAACP Image Awards · as Self - Presenter
1986
1986
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years · as Self (archive Footage)
1985
1983
Reading Rainbow (TV Series) · as Self
1982
Wogan (TV Series) · as Self
1982
1981
Journal de 20h de France 2 (TV Series) · as Self
1981
Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self
1981
The 35th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Performer
1981
SCTV Network 90 (TV Series) · as Self
1981
An Evening At the Improv (TV Series) · as Self - Host
1980
The 52nd Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter
1979
1979
Dance Fever (TV Series) · as Self
1978
Kids Are People Too! (TV Series) · as Self
1978
The Jim Nabors Show (TV Series) · as Self
1977
The 49th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Performer
1976
The Captain and Tennille (TV Series) · as Self
1976
The Muppet Show (TV Series) · as Self - Special Guest Star
1975
Donny & Marie (TV Series) · as Self
1975
1975
Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self
1974
Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self
1971
Parkinson (TV Series) · as Self
1967
The Carol Burnett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest / Various Characters
1966
1962
1962
The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self
1956
Tony Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter / Performer
1954
Disneyland (TV Series) · as Self
1953
The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self
1952
Today (TV Series) · as Self
1950
The Bob Hope Show (TV Series) · as Self
Move · as Self

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