Ben Platt
Benjamin Schiff Platt (born September 24, 1993) is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He began his career in theatre as a child and appeared in Broadway productions of The Music Man (2002), The Book of Mormon (2012–2013), and Dear Evan Hansen (2015–2017), receiving multiple accolades for his performances, including the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. His film credits include Pitch Perfect (2012), Pitch Perfect 2 (2015), Ricki and the Flash (2015), and Run This Town (2019). Since 2019, he has starred in the Netflix comedy-drama series The Politician, for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy. In May 2020, a concert film titled Ben Platt Live from Radio City Music Hall debuted on Netflix. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Ben Platt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Chow as Mike
- 2023 · Cynthia Erivo & Friends: A New Year’s Eve Celebration as Self
- 2023 · Theater Camp as Amos Klobuchar
- 2022 · The People We Hate at the Wedding as Paul
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- 2021 · Dear Evan Hansen as Evan Hansen
- 2021 · The Premise as Ethan Streiber
- 2021 · Broken Diamonds as Scott
- 2021 · 25 Years of Rent: Measured in Love as
- 2020 · Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) as George Banks-MacKenzie
- 2020 · The Drew Barrymore Show as Self
- 2020 · The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo as Self
- 2020 · Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall as Self
- 2020 · Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020 as Self - Musical Guest
- 2020 · The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II as Self
- 2020 · Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration as Self - Performer
- 2020 · One World: Together at Home as Self
- 2020 · Theater Camp as Angelo Bassett
- 2020 · Run This Town as Bram
- 2019 · The Politician as Payton Hobart
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · Songland as Self
- 2019 · Drunk Parents as Jason Johnson
- 2019 · The Other Two as Ben Platt
- 2017 · Will & Grace as Blake
- 2017 · Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- 2017 · The Female Brain as Joel
- 2016 · Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk as Josh
- 2015 · Ricki and the Flash as Daniel
- 2015 · Pitch Perfect 2 as Benji Applebaum
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2012 · RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED as Self - Guest
- 2012 · RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars as Self - Guest Judge
- 2012 · Pitch Perfect as Benji Applebaum
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Red Riding Hood as Boy Scout #1
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2000 · Big Brother as Guest
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Blake (voice)
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- 1972 · Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest as Self - Disneyland Performer
- Future · Merrily We Roll Along as Charley Kringas
- 1959 · The Grammy Awards as Self