Ben Vereen

Ben Vereen

Known for
Acting
Born
October 10, 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
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.

Known For

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Filmography

2027
The Auction

The Auction

Movie · as Hector Valdez

2026
The Gray House poster

The Gray House

TV · as Isham Worthy · 8 eps

2025
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story poster

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

Movie · as Self

2021
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age poster

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

Movie · as Self

2020
Chita: A Legendary Celebration poster

Chita: A Legendary Celebration

Movie · as Self

2020
B Positive poster

B Positive

TV · as Peter · 16 eps

2019
On Broadway poster

On Broadway

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
David Foster: Off the Record poster

David Foster: Off the Record

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2018
Magnum P.I. poster

Magnum P.I.

TV · as Henry Barr · 1 ep

2017
The Good Fight poster

The Good Fight

TV · as Frederick Douglass · 4 eps

2017
Making History poster

Making History

TV · as Dr. Cobell · 1 ep

2016
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again poster

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again

Movie · as Dr. Scott

2016
Bull poster

Bull

TV · as Willie Lambert · 1 ep

2016
Star poster

Star

TV · as Calvin · 5 eps

2015
Time Out of Mind poster

Time Out of Mind

Movie · as Dixon

2015
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do poster

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

Movie · as Self

2015
Sneaky Pete poster

Sneaky Pete

TV · as Porter · 6 eps

2014
Top Five poster

Top Five

Movie · as Carl Allen

2013
Khumba poster

Khumba

Movie · as Mkhulu (voice)

2013
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals poster

Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals

Movie · as Self

2011
Mama, I Want to Sing! poster

Mama, I Want to Sing!

Movie · as Horace Payne

2010
Hot in Cleveland poster

Hot in Cleveland

TV · as Mayor Deacon · 1 ep

2009
Tapioca

Tapioca

Movie · as Nuts

2008
Accidental Friendship poster

Accidental Friendship

Movie · as Wes

2008
Your Mama Don't Dance

Your Mama Don't Dance

TV · 8 eps

2007
And Then Came Love poster

And Then Came Love

Movie · as Chuck Cooper

2006
Idlewild poster

Idlewild

Movie · as Percy Senior

2005
How I Met Your Mother poster

How I Met Your Mother

TV · as Sam Gibbs · 4 eps

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Archie Roche · 1 ep

2003
NCIS poster

NCIS

TV · as Lamar Addison · 1 ep

2002
Fosse poster

Fosse

Movie · as Performer

2001
Feast of All Saints poster

Feast of All Saints

Movie · as Rudolphe Lermontant

2001
The Painting poster

The Painting

Movie · as Whistlin' Willie Weston

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Jeremiah Morris · 1 ep

1999
I'll Take You There poster

I'll Take You There

Movie · as Mr. Gwin

1998
Why Do Fools Fall In Love poster

Why Do Fools Fall In Love

Movie · as Richard Barrett

1997
Vaudeville poster

Vaudeville

Movie · as Narrator

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Oz poster

Oz

TV · as A.R. Whitworth · 1 ep

1996
The Jamie Foxx Show poster

The Jamie Foxx Show

TV · as Royal · 1 ep

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 1 ep

1996
Promised Land poster

Promised Land

TV · 2 eps

1996
Second Noah poster

Second Noah

TV · 1 ep

1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

TV · as Snake (voice) · 1 ep

1994
New York Undercover poster

New York Undercover

TV · as Louie · 1 ep

1994
Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel

TV · as Ulysses Dodd · 1 ep

1993
Once Upon a Forest poster

Once Upon a Forest

Movie · as Phineas (voice)

1993
David Foster's Christmas Album poster

David Foster's Christmas Album

Movie · as Self

1993
The Nanny poster

The Nanny

TV · as Ben Vereen · 1 ep

1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman poster

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

TV · as Dr. Andre Novak · 1 ep

1992
Intruders poster

Intruders

TV · as Gene Randall · 2 eps

1991
Breakfast with the Arts

Breakfast with the Arts

TV · 1 ep

1991
Silk Stalkings poster

Silk Stalkings

TV · as Ben Hutchinson · 22 eps

1990
The Chipmunks Rockin' Through The Decades poster

The Chipmunks Rockin' Through The Decades

Movie · as Self

1990
Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme poster

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

Movie · as Itsy-Bitsy Spider

1990
The Kid Who Loved Christmas poster

The Kid Who Loved Christmas

Movie · as Morris

1990
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air poster

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

TV · as Lou Smith · 1 ep

1989
Buy & Cell poster

Buy & Cell

Movie · as Shaka

1989
Booker poster

Booker

TV · as Carl McQueen · 1 ep

1987
The Saint in Manhattan poster

The Saint in Manhattan

Movie · as Pianist in Bar

1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation

TV · as Dr. Edward La Forge · 1 ep

1987
J.J. Starbuck poster

J.J. Starbuck

TV · as Tenspeed Turner · 18 eps

1987
CBS Summer Playhouse poster

CBS Summer Playhouse

TV · as Pianist in Bar · 1 ep

1986
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade poster

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade

Movie

1986
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years poster

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1986
Zoobilee Zoo poster

Zoobilee Zoo

TV · as Mayor Ben · 65 eps

1985
The Zoo Gang

The Zoo Gang

Movie · as The Winch

1985
Breakin' Through poster

Breakin' Through

Movie

1985
Puss in Boots poster

Puss in Boots

Movie · as Puss in Boots

1985
Lost In London poster

Lost In London

Movie · as Paul Williams

1985
Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years poster

Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years

Movie · as Self

1985
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade poster

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade

Movie · as Self

1985
All Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan poster

All Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan

Movie · as Self

1985
A.D. poster

A.D.

TV · as Ethiopian · 5 eps

1984
Don't Ask Me, Ask God poster

Don't Ask Me, Ask God

Movie · as Self

1984
The Jesse Owens Story poster

The Jesse Owens Story

Movie · as Herb Douglas

1984
Lynda Carter: Body and Soul poster

Lynda Carter: Body and Soul

Movie · as Self

1984
The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team poster

The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team

Movie · as Self - Performer

1984
Salute to Lady Liberty

Salute to Lady Liberty

Movie

1984
Ellis Island poster

Ellis Island

TV · as Roscoe Haines · 3 eps

1983
The Charmkins poster

The Charmkins

Movie · as Dragonweed (voice)

1983
Webster poster

Webster

TV · 3 eps

1983
Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade poster

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade

TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps

1982
Sabine poster

Sabine

Movie · as Stanley

1982
Night of 100 Stars poster

Night of 100 Stars

Movie · as Self

1982
Faerie Tale Theatre poster

Faerie Tale Theatre

TV · as Puss in Boots · 1 ep

1981
Pippin poster

Pippin

Movie · as Leading Player

1981
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream poster

Walt Disney: One Man's Dream

Movie · as Self

1980
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe poster

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

TV · as E.L. 'Tenspeed' Turner · 14 eps

1979
All That Jazz poster

All That Jazz

Movie · as O'Connor Flood

1979
The Cheryl Ladd Special poster

The Cheryl Ladd Special

Movie · as Self

1978
The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots

The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots

Movie · as Self

1978
The Magic of David Copperfield poster

The Magic of David Copperfield

TV · 1 ep

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Dr. John Hanson · 1 ep

1977
Roots poster

Roots

TV · as Chicken George Moore, Chicken Joe Moore · 3 eps

1976
Mary's Incredible Dream poster

Mary's Incredible Dream

Movie · as Devil / Noah / Man

1976
Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style poster

Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style

Movie

1976
Donny & Marie poster

Donny & Marie

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1976
The Muppet Show poster

The Muppet Show

TV · as Self - Special Guest Star · 1 ep

1976
The Captain and Tennille poster

The Captain and Tennille

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1975
Funny Lady poster

Funny Lady

Movie · as Bert Robbins

1975
Ben Vereen... Comin' at Ya

Ben Vereen... Comin' at Ya

TV · as Host · 4 eps

1974
Dinah! poster

Dinah!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1970
Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. poster

Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.

Movie · as Carlos

1969
Sweet Charity poster

Sweet Charity

Movie · as Dancer

1967
The Carol Burnett Show poster

The Carol Burnett Show

TV · as Self - Guest / Various Characters · 1 ep

1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV · as Self · 6 eps

1961
The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show

TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Co-Host · 6 eps

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter / Performer · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep