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Ben Shields - Wendigo
About
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Ben Shields was raised in eastern Kansas, finally landing in suburban Kansas City - on the Kansas side.  His mother is a critical care nurse, and his father is a senior partner in a law firm.  He is a great, great grandson of an undertaker who created one of the first mortuaries in Kansas in 1890, and a grandfather was a decorated WWII pilot.  He is a distant nephew of the legendary Betsy Ross.  Shields began acting at the age of eleven, when he was cast as an understudy in "Oliver" at Kansas City's Starlight Theatre.  He went on to perform in every major production in school, then went on to college and received a theatre degree from Northwestern University.

After college Ben worked in theatre, television, film, and voiceover.  He attended The Second City Training Center in Chicago and also received training from acclaimed teacher and actress, Uta Hagen.  While in Chicago, he was seen at the Royal George Theatre, Shakespeare Repertory, Organic Theater, Apple Tree Theatre, Victory Gardens, among many others.  Ben was among the cast of two productions that received Jeff Awards for Best Production.  He followed these up with moving to Los Angeles, where he has since appeared on television series, including House M.D., Eleventh Hour, The Unit, Jericho, among others, as well as appearing and voicing on commercials, video games, and L.A. theatre stages.

Pics
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On-Camera

On-Camera
Demo Reel

Demo Reel

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Callback clip

Callback clip

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Games People Play clip

Games People Play clip

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Wendigo clip

Wendigo clip

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Ben Shields voiceover
VO

Film

Voodoo Macbeth | Lightyear Entertainment | Sabina Vajrača, d.

Citizens United | PEN Productions | Sean Garrett, d.

Mindbender | Nandar Productions | Andre LeBlanc, d.

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Specs

Height: 5’6”

Weight: 155 lbs

Eyes: Blue

Hair Color: Blond

God’s Marble | Crazy Igor Productions | Charles McNamara, d.

Television

Perry Mason | Recurring | HBO | Jessica Lowrey & Nina Lopez-Corrado, d.

General Hospital | Co-Star | ABC | Didy Van Cleave, d.

Games People Play | Recurring | BET Networks | Janice Cooke & Rob Morrow, d.

Do Not Disturb | Co-Star | Fox | Gary Halvorson, d.

House M.D. | Co-Star | Fox/NBC-Universal | David Straiton, d.

Wicked Wicked Games | Guest Star | MyNetwork TV | Terry Cunningham & Dennis Dimster, d.

Stage

Jane Fonda in the Court of Public Opinion | Supporting | Edgemar Center for the Arts | Terry Jastrow, d.

Conquest of the South Pole | Lead | Odyssey Theatre | Steve Pickering, d.

Assassins | Lead | Apple Tree Theatre | Gary Griffin, d.

Macbeth | Supporting | Shakespeare Repertory | Bill Brown, d.

Education

Northwestern University, Major in Theatre, B.S.

The Second City Training Center | Improvisation | Chicago

Uta Hagen | Acting Intensive | Chicago

Allan Miller | Acting  | Los Angeles

Resume
In the Works
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Ben appeared as Director Gibson on General Hospital, appears in 3 episodes of the HBO series, Perry Mason,
and will appear in an episode of a new Apple Studios series. 

Details to follow, once released.

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Acclaim
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Chris Jones

Chicago Tribune

“An abundance of comic invention and actor energy…Best of the whole bunch is a taciturn and self-reflexive janitor with a doctorate in anthropology, played with wit and intelligence by the splendid Ben Shields.”