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Ben Platt

Songwriter / Screenwriter / Actor / Composer | * 09/24/1993 (30) | Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
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Benjamin Schiff Platt (born September 24, 1993) is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. Platt, the son of film and theater producer Marc Platt, began his acting career in musical theater as a child and 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 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, the youngest solo recipient of the award at the time, in addition to a Daytime Emmy, and 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 him another nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Platt's film credits include the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017), ()
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Benjamin Schiff Platt (born 24 September 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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Music | Drama

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College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain we ...

Pitch Perfect

PG-13

2012 | 3.7/5 | 1h 52min
Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
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After the indomitable and beloved founder of a scrappy theater camp in upstate New York falls into a coma, the eccentric staff must band together with her clueless "crypto-bro" son to keep the thespia ...

Theater Camp

PG-13

2023 | 3.3/5 | 1h 34min
Comedy
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The Bellas are back, and they are better than ever. After being humiliated in front of none other than the President of the United States of America, the Bellas are taken out of the Aca-Circuit. In or ...

Pitch Perfect 2

PG-13

2015 | 3.4/5 | 1h 55min
Comedy, Music
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Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety, unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s sui ...

Dear Evan Hansen

PG-13

2021 | 3.2/5 | 2h 11min
Drama
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Payton has known since childhood that he's going to be president. First he'll have to navigate the most treacherous political landscape: high school. ...

The Politician

TV-14

2019 | 3.6/5 | 1h per episode
Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Ben Platt

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album Daytime Emmy Awards Drama League Award Clarence Derwent Awards Time 100
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Movies with Ben Platt as Actor(20)

as Charley Kringas2023 Merrily We Roll Along
as Amos2023 Theater Camp
as Paul2022 The People We Hate at the Wedding
as Scott2021 Broken Diamonds
as Evan Hansen2021 Dear Evan Hansen
as Angelo Bassett2020 Theater Camp
as George Banks-MacKenzie2020 Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
as himself2020 One World: Together at Home
as himself2020 Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
as Performer2020 Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
as himself2020 Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
as himself2020 The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
as Bram2020 Run This Town
as Jason Johnson2019 Drunk Parents
as Joel2017 The Female Brain
as Josh2016 Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
as Daniel2015 Ricki and the Flash
as Benji2015 Pitch Perfect 2
as Benji2012 Pitch Perfect
as Boy Scout #12006 Red Riding Hood

TV Shows/Series with Ben Platt as Actor(12)

as Ethan Streiber2021 The Premise
as himself2020 The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo
as himself2020 The Drew Barrymore Show
as himself2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest2019 Tamron Hall
as Payton Hobart2019 The Politician
as himself2019 Songland
as himself2017 Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as himself1997 The View
as Self - Guest1997 The View
as Blake (voice)??? The Simpsons
??? LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Movies with Ben Platt as Crew(7)

Production/Producer2023 Theater Camp
Writing/Writer2023 Theater Camp
Sound/Songs2023 Theater Camp
Writing/Original Film Writer2023 Theater Camp
Production/Producer2020 Theater Camp
Writing/Writer2020 Theater Camp
Production/Executive Producer2020 Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall

TV Shows/Series with Ben Platt as Crew(1)

Production/Executive Producer2019 The Politician

Additional Information

Full Name: Ben Platt
Born: Friday, 09/24 1993 (September) in Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 30 years + 213 days)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Harvard-Westlake School, Columbia University
Record Label: Atlantic Records
Siblings: Jonah Platt
Other names for Ben Platt (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Benjamin Schiff Platt"
"Ben Platt (Schauspieler)"
Ben Platt frequently works together with these people:
Tress MacNeille (36x, Actress)
Pamela Hayden (23x, Actress)
Kevin Michael Richardson (17x, Actor)
Maggie Roswell (17x, Actress)
Nick Lieberman (10x, Crew)
Phil Hartman (9x, Actor)
Molly Gordon (9x, Actress)
Drew Barrymore (8x, Actress)
Noah Galvin (8x, Actor)
Chris Edgerly (8x, Actor)
Tyler Perry (7x, Crew)
Dawnn Lewis (7x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:13135, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/19/2024