Benton Jennings

Smith & Hervey/Grimes - Commercial - 310.475.2010 (Commercial, Print, Voiceover, Theatrical)

Male White

Salt and Pepper Blue 275lbs 5'10"

XXXL 48" 32" 12 56R


Additional

Improv, Vocal Characterizations, Voice-Over, Stage Combat, Firearms, Fast-Draw

Film

RoleDirectorProduction
I See You.com   Principal opp Beau Bridges Eric Steven Stahl FilmQuest
The Annunciation (27 Best Actor awards @Festivals   Lead (Rabbi) Chan Sohn MAOI Films
The Wedding Year (w/ Sarah Hyland)   Principal Robert Luketic Lakeshore Entertainment
Trouble Is My Business   Supporting (w/ Vernon Wells) Tom Konkle Lumen Actus
Steele's Law   Supporting opp Fred WIlliamson Fred WIlliamson MTI -Arista
Macon County War   Lead opp Dan Haggerty Bret McCormick AIP
Highway to Hell   Lead B.A. Jenkins AIP
San Saba (Cannes 08)   Supporting opp Angus MacFayden Mike Greene Rigel Ent.
WInning London   Principal opp Mary Kate Olsen Craig Shapiro Warner-DualStar
Last of the Mohicans   Principal Michael Mann Fox
Poolboy: Drowning out the Fury   Principal (Hitler) op Kevin Sorbo Garrett Brawith DarKnight Pictures
How Henri Came To Stay (Cannes 07)   Lead opp Rick Warden of Elia Petridis Filmatics
An American Carol   Supporting (Hitler) opp Kelsey Grammer David Zucker MPower - Vivendi
2177: The San Francisco Love Hacker Crimes   Supporting op Sean Patrick Flanery Jose Figueroa La Boca Prods
Mr & Mrs Smith   Principal opp Brad and Angelina Doug Liman Fox
In Her Shoes   Principal opp Cameron Diaz Curtis Hanson Fox

Television

RoleDirectorProduction
City Guys   Recurring (Tony the Janitor) Frank Bronner NBC
Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue   Guest Star (Mr Mezmer) Ryuta Tasaki FOX
Short Circuitz (sketch comedy)   Guest Star (Priest) Michael Dimich MTV
Shameless   Father Henry Silver Tree Showtime
I Think You Should Leave   Berl Andrw Fitzgerald Netflix
Our Flag Means Death   Anglican Priest Taika Waititi HBO Max
Palm Royale   Theodore Thimble III Abe Syliva AppleTV
Dr Ken   Heart Attack Patient Anthony Rich ABC
For All Mankind   Judge Meera Menon Apple / Sony
Scrubs   Mr Hobbs Victor Nelli NBC
Documentary Now!   1930s Snooty Rich Man Rhys Thomas & Alex Buono IFC
American Horror Story: Hotel   Butler Graves Michael Goi FX
General Hospital   Swiss Doctor ABC
Vegas   Guest Star Alex Zakrzewski CBS
Nick Cannon's Incredible Crew   Guest Star (High Scool Principal) Danny J Boyle CN
School And Board (Best Comedy Ensemble Award   Series Regular Alan David Morgan Multiview
How I Met Your Mother   Jordan Pamela Fryman CBS
The League   Judge Jeff Shaffer FX
Safety Geeks: SVI   Series Regular Roger Tonry Koldcast.TV
Greek   Guest Star (Professor) Lee Rose ABC
Big Love   Guest Star (mortician Dave) David Petrarca HBO
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia   Protestor John Fortenberry FX
Dexter   Gene Marshal, arsonist Tony Goldwyn Showtime
The Event   CIA Code Supervisor Jeffrey Reiner NBC
Elevator Girl (tv movie)   Doorman Doug Bradford May Hallmark
Without A Trace   NA Leader Chad Lowe CBS
Mary Christmas (MoW)   Supporting (Anchorman Dan) John Schneider PAX
Profiler   Guest Star PJ Pesce NBC
Family Law   Guest Star (Judge) Oz Scott CBS
Arli$$   College dean Chance Robert Wuhl HBO
A.U.S.A.   Jury Foreman Linda Mendoza NBC
Strong Medicine   Guest Star Steve Gomer Lifetime
Passions   Hitler (yes, really) Phideaux Xavier NBC
I'm WIth Her   John Phillip Charles Mackenzie ABC
Charmed   Good Samaritan Don Kurt WB
The Drew Carey Show   Guest Star Gerry Cohen ABC
JAG   Balif Bradford May CBS
Heartland   Guest Star Milan Cheylov TNT
The Call (pilot)   Bum Michael Spiller ABC
12 Miles of Bad Road   Guest Star Michael Lehmann HBO
The Last Dance (MoW)   Supporting Kevin Dowling CBS

Stage

RoleDirectorProduction
No Sex Please, We're British   Peter (Lead) Aubin Lane
Taking Sides   WiIlheml Furtwangler (lead) Michael Brainerd SkyPilot Theatre Co, L.A.
Requiem For A Heavyweight   Doc (then took over lead role of Maish) Eric Johnson SkyPilot Theatre Co, L.A.
Hell Cab   Ensemble Cast Eric Johnson SkyPilot Theatre Co, L.A.
Good Spanky!   Sketch Comedy Ensemble Los Angeles venues
Blithe Spirit   Charles (Lead) George Brown Circle Theatre
The Fantasticks   Mortimer El Portal Centre Circle Theatre
Richard II   Richard MacOwan Theatre, London, UK
Lost In Hollywoodland   Edwin (lead) RIchard Hornberg LA Festival of New Musicals
Don't Dress For Dinner   Robert' (Lead) Jerry Russell Stage West
Reel Improv   Improv Comedy Ensemble Los Angeles venues
The Gunfighters   Sketch Comedy Troupe Over 6000 National Performances
Death and the Maiden   Dr. Miranda (Lead) Dado SkyPilot Theatre Co, L.A.
Bell, Book, and Candle   Sidney Redlitch Richard Israel Colony Theatre, L.A.

Commercial

RoleDirectorProduction
National & Regional  
 
 
 
 

Print

RoleDirectorProduction
UCLA Helath Care Systems   Patient Dec 2011
Newsweek (cover(   "Helicopter Parent" May 22, 2006
Toyota Tacoma   Scottish Athletics Judge
 
 

Voiceover

RoleDirectorProduction
Soundstage 16   3 different voices and accents Michael Andreas
 
 
 
 

Music videos

RoleDirectorProduction
Ben Folds - Still Fightin' It   Moshing Father Gavin Bowden
TowDown - Dirty South   Dukes of Hazzard Sheriff Jeff Byrd
 
 
 

Industrial

RoleDirectorProduction
"Then And Now", LACSD Waste-by-Rail (4 Telly Awards)   Host/Narrator ala Alistair Cooke Seth Pinkser M Creative Group
 
 
 
 

Training

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Film Actors Lab w/Adam Roarke, Spencer Milligan, VoiceOver: Kalmensons, Sue Blu, Bob Bergen, Alex Polinsky, Improv: Dee Marcus, Gary Anthony Williams, BFA Theatre Arts, TCU  
 

Other Special Skills

Improv, Vocal Characterizations, Voice-Over, Stage Combat, Firearms, Fast-Draw 
 

Special Skills

ACTING GENRES, STYLES AND TECHNIQUES

Style

Action (Advanced), Comedy (Advanced), Crime (Advanced), Drama (Advanced), Family (Advanced), Horror (Advanced), Improv (Advanced), Lee Strasberg (Advanced), Method (Advanced), Musical (Intermediate), Romantic (Advanced), Sanford Meisner (Advanced), Science Fiction (Advanced), Sports (Intermediate), Stanislavsky (Advanced), Stella Adler (Advanced), Suspense (Advanced), Uta Hagen (Advanced), War (Advanced), Western (Advanced)
 

Athletic

Extreme Sports

CYCLING, GENERAL (Advanced), SKEET/TRAP SHOOTING (Intermediate)
 

General

AEROBICS (Intermediate), ARCHERY (Advanced), BADMINTON (Intermediate), BASEBALL (Intermediate), BILLIARDS PLAYER (Intermediate), BOATING (Intermediate), BOWLING (Intermediate), CANOEING (Advanced), CRICKET (Intermediate), CROQUET (Advanced), DRIVE A BOAT (Intermediate), FENCING (Advanced), FISHING (Intermediate), FRISBEE (Intermediate), GOLF (Beginner), HIKING (Intermediate), JOGGING (Intermediate), KAYAKER (Intermediate), PING PONG (Intermediate), RUNNING (Intermediate), SNORKELER (Intermediate), SNOW SKI (Intermediate), SNOWMOBILE (Intermediate), TENNIS (Beginner)
 

Swimming

BACK STROKE (Intermediate), BREAST STROKE (Intermediate), FREESTYLE (Intermediate), SWIMMING, GENERAL (Advanced)
 

Track & Field

LONG DISTANCE (Beginner), TRACK, GENERAL (Beginner)
 

Fighting and Weapons

General Weapons

AUTOMATIC WEAPON (Advanced), CROSS BOW (Advanced), HANDGUN (Advanced), LONG BOW (Advanced), RIFLE (Advanced)
 

Martial Arts

TAE KWON DO (Intermediate)
 

Stage Combat

DAGGERS (Advanced), HAND-TO-HAND (Advanced), RAPIER (Advanced), STAFF (Advanced), SWORDS (Advanced)
 

Improvisation and Comedy

Improvisation & Comedic Performance

IMPROV, GENERAL (Advanced), LONG FORM (Advanced), SHORT FORM (Advanced), SKETCH (Advanced)
 

Languages and Accents/Dialects

Accents/Dialects

ARMENIAN (Intermediate), AUSTRALIAN (Advanced), BRITISH (Advanced), CAJUN (Advanced), CANADIAN (Advanced), CHINESE (Intermediate), COCKNEY (Advanced), FRENCH (Advanced), GERMAN (Advanced), IRISH (Advanced), ITALIAN (Advanced), JAMAICAN (Intermediate), JAPANESE (Intermediate), MEXICAN (Intermediate), MIDDLE EASTERN (Intermediate), MINNESOTA / WISCONSIN (Advanced), NEW ENGLAND / BOSTON (Advanced), NEW YORK / BRONX (Advanced), NEW YORK / BROOKLYN (Advanced), PUERTO RICAN (Intermediate), RUSSIAN (Advanced), SCANDINAVIAN (Advanced), SCOTTISH (Advanced), SOUTH AFRICAN (Advanced), SOUTHERN (Advanced), SPANISH (Advanced), SWISS-GERMAN (Advanced)
 

Languages

GERMAN (Beginner), SPANISH (Beginner)
 

Other

Driving Skills

4WD (Intermediate), DUNE BUGGY (Intermediate), SPEED BOAT (Intermediate), STICK SHIFT (Advanced)
 

Horse Riding

ENGLISH (Intermediate), HORSEBACK RIDING, GENERAL (Intermediate), WESTERN (Intermediate)
 

Licenses

CLASS C (Advanced)
 

Miscellaneous

BARTENDER (Intermediate), CHEF (Intermediate), EAR PROMPTER (Advanced), IMPRESSIONIST (Intermediate), TELEPROMPTER (Advanced), VIDEO GAMES (Intermediate)
 

Stunts

PRAT FALLS (Advanced)
 

Performance

Circus Skills

JUGGLER (Beginner), MIME (Intermediate)
 

Dance

BALLROOM (Beginner), CONTRA DANCING (Beginner), POLKA (Beginner), SQUARE (Beginner), WALTZ (Beginner)
 

Instruments

GUITAR (Beginner), HARMONICA (Beginner), KAZOO (Advanced), PIANO (Beginner)
 

Singing

COUNTRY (Intermediate), FOLK (Intermediate), MUSICAL THEATER (Intermediate), POP (Intermediate)
 

Vocal Range

BARITONE (Intermediate)
 

Possessions