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Ben Vereen

Acting

Born October 10, 1946 · Miami, Florida, USA

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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.

Awards & recognition

  • Tony AwardBest Actor in a Musical · 1973
  • Theatre World Award · 1972

Filmography50+ titles

On Broadway

2019as Self (archive footage)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987as Dr. Edward La Forge

Grey's Anatomy

2005as Archie Roche

How I Met Your Mother

2005as Sam Gibbs

Oz

1997as A.R. Whitworth

The Nanny

1993as Ben Vereen

The Jesse Owens Story

1984as Herb Douglas

Star

2016as Calvin

The Muppet Show

1976as Self - Special Guest Star

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

1990as Lou Smith

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

2024as Self

The Carol Burnett Show

1967as Self

Magnum P.I.

2018as Henry Barr

NCIS

2003as Lamar Addison

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001as Jeremiah Morris

The Good Fight

2017as Frederick Douglass

Sneaky Pete

2015as Porter

Pippin

1981as Leading Player

All That Jazz

1979as O'Connor Flood

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

Roots

1977as Chicken George Moore

The Painting

2001as Whistlin' Willie Weston

New York Undercover

1994as Louie

Hot in Cleveland

2010as Mayor Deacon

Touched by an Angel

1994as Ulysses Dodd

Bull

2016as Willie Lambert

Accidental Friendship

2008as Wes

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

1993as Dr. Andre Novak

Sweet Charity

1969as Dancer

The Jamie Foxx Show

1996as Royal

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

as E.L. 'Tenspeed' Turner

Mama, I Want to Sing!

2011as Horace Payne

Once Upon a Forest

1993as Phineas (voice)

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self - Guest

Why Do Fools Fall in Love

1998as Richard Barrett

Making History

as Dr. Cobell

B Positive

2020as Peter

The Love Boat

1977as Dr. John Hanson

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Snake (voice)

Top Five

2014as Carl Allen

Silk Stalkings

1991as Ben Hutchinson

Khumba

2013as Mkhulu (voice)

Webster

1983

Idlewild

2006as Percy Senior

Time Out of Mind

2014as Dixon

Buy & Cell

1989as Shaka

Booker

1989as Carl McQueen

Funny Lady

1975as Bert Robbins

The Zoo Gang

1985as The Winch

The View

1997as Self