Ben Platt
Benjamin Schiff Platt (born September 24, 1993) is an American actor and singer. The son of film and theatre producer Marc Platt and philanthropist Julie Platt, he began his acting career in musical theatre as a child. He appeared in productions of The Sound of Music (2006) and The Book of Mormon (2012–2015), rising to prominence for originating the title role in the Broadway coming-of-age musical Dear Evan Hansen (2015–2017). His performance in the latter earned him multiple accolades, including the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (making him the youngest solo recipient of the award at the time), a Daytime Emmy, and a Grammy Award. Platt reprised the role of Evan Hansen in the 2021 film adaptation of the musical produced by his father. He then played Leo Frank in the 2022 New York City Center Gala production of Parade, which transferred to Broadway in 2023 and earned another Tony and Grammy nomination. Platt's film credits include the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017), Ricki and the Flash (2015), Run This Town (2019), and Theater Camp (2023), the latter of which he also co-wrote. Since 2019, he has starred in the Netflix comedy-drama series The Politician, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Platt signed with Atlantic Records in 2017 and released his debut album, Sing to Me Instead, in March 2019. In May 2020, the concert film Ben Platt Live from Radio City Music Hall debuted on Netflix. Platt's second studio album, Reverie, was released on August 13, 2021. After signing with Interscope in 2023, Platt's third studio album, Honeymind, was released on May 31, 2024. In 2017, Platt was included on the annual Time 100 list of the world's most influential people. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Platt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Trisha Paytas' Big Broadway Dream as Guest Star
- 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
- 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 Self - Celebrity 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 - Performer (Disneyland)
- 1959 · The Grammys as Self
- Future · The Technique as
- Future · Merrily We Roll Along as Charley Kringas