Ben Russell

Do what you love with passion. Trust life sort out the rest.

Height: 5'10"

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Body Type: Athletic

Hair: Dirty Blonde

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Eyes: Blue

Ben Russell was born in Denver, Colorado before moving to Kansas, North Dakota, and Washington. He resides in Los Angeles as an actor, hustling his days away and enjoying life like there is no tomorrow. He started his acting career as a young kid in Bismark, North Dakota doing local theater and commercials. While living in Washington, he was a part of the Heiner Theatre Group where he acted, directed, and wrote plays. After encouragement from his acting coach, Ben decided to take his career seriously and move to Los Angeles. There, he started studying Meisner Technique at Studio 4 as well as Improvisations, Scene Study, and On-Camera Technique. In his spare time, he studied other great acting teachers like Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg. He is a member of the oldest theatre group in Los Angeles, Theatre West.

Featured Credits

  • Sourdough King: Burgwich Debate (Commercial) Lead Burger King
  • Twisted Sisters (Television, Ep. 5, Season 1) Supporting ID Channel
  • The Runner (Commercial) Lead Hewlett-Packard Enterprises & intel
  • The Zompocalypse (Feature Film) Supporting 3-Hole Punch Productions
  • Crazy Lucky (Short Film) Supporting Amazon Prime & Milieu Productions

Select Training

  • Company Member (Acting Workshop, Writing Workshop, Musical Workshop, Shakespeare Workshop) Various Theatre West
  • Meisner Technique, Scene Study, On-Camera Technique, Improvisations Michael Bradley Studio 4
  • Company Member (Theatre Productions) Gerald Large Heiner Theatre Group

Skills

Taekwondo (Black Belt), Kick Boxing (5 + yrs.), General MMA (5+ yrs.), Skiing (5 yrs.) Automatic Weapon (5+ yrs.), Handgun (5+ yrs.), Rifle (5+ yrs.), Skeet/Trap Shooting (5+ yrs.), Target Practice (5+ yrs.), Baseball (5+ yrs.), Basketball (5+ yrs.), Football (5+ yrs.) Swimming (5+ yrs.), Aerobics (5+ yrs.), Badminton (5+ yrs.), Body Building (5+ yrs.), Bowling (5+ yrs.), Boxing (5+ yrs.), Frisbee (5+ yrs.), Gymnastics (5+ yrs.), Hiking (5+yrs), Jogging (5+ yrs.), Jump Rope (5+ yrs.), Running (5+ Yrs.), Trampoline (5+ yrs.), Weight Lifting (5+ yrs.), Powerlifting (5+ yrs.), Cycling (5+ yrs.), Horseback Riding (5+ yrs.),Chef (General American Cuisine, 5 + yrs.), Yoga (5+ yrs.)