Acting credits
101
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Ben Vereen
Acting
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Movies: 51Series: 50
TMDB ID: 26664
IMDb ID: nm0893965
Known for: Acting
Born: October 10, 1946
Age: 79
Place of birth: Miami, Florida, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2026
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.88
Wikidata: Q770841
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ben Vereen.
8.0
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
as Self
2025 Movie
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021 Movie
Chita: A Legendary Celebration
as Self
2020 Movie
8.7
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
7.0
David Foster: Off the Record
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Movie
5.1
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
as Dr. Scott
2016 Movie
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
as Self
2015 Movie
5.6
Time Out of Mind
as Dixon
2015 Movie
6.1
Top Five
as Carl Allen
2014 Movie
6.0
Khumba
as Mkhulu (voice)
2013 Movie
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
as Self
2013 Movie
6.6
Mama, I Want to Sing!
as Horace Payne
2011 Movie
6.9
Accidental Friendship
as Wes
2008 Movie
5.9
And Then Came Love
as Chuck Cooper
2007 Movie
5.6
Idlewild
as Percy Senior
2006 Movie
6.0
Fosse
as Performer
2002 Movie
4.4
Feast of All Saints
as Rudolphe Lermontant
2001 Movie
7.0
The Painting
as Whistlin' Willie Weston
2001 Movie
6.0
I'll Take You There
as Mr. Gwin
1999 Movie
6.3
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
as Richard Barrett
1998 Movie
Vaudeville
as Narrator
1997 Movie
6.5
Once Upon a Forest
as Phineas (voice)
1993 Movie
6.6
The Kid Who Loved Christmas
as Morris
1990 Movie
3.0
The Chipmunks Rockin' Through The Decades
as Self
1990 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ben Vereen.
In 2 weeks
The Gray House
8 eps
2026 Series
6.3
B Positive
as Peter • 16 eps
2020 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.6
Magnum P.I.
as Henry Barr • 1 eps
2018 Series
6.4
Making History
as Dr. Cobell • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.5
The Good Fight
as Frederick Douglass • 4 eps
2017 Series
8.0
Star
as Calvin • 5 eps
2016 Series
7.1
Bull
as Willie Lambert • 1 eps
2016 Series
7.5
Sneaky Pete
as Porter • 6 eps
2015 Series
7.3
Hot in Cleveland
as Mayor Deacon • 1 eps
2010 Series
8.1
How I Met Your Mother
as Sam Gibbs • 4 eps
2005 Series
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Archie Roche • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.6
NCIS
as Lamar Addison • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Jeremiah Morris • 1 eps
2001 Series
4.3
The View
as Self • 1 eps
1997 Series
8.0
Oz
as A.R. Whitworth • 1 eps
1997 Series
6.1
Promised Land
2 eps
1996 Series
6.9
The Jamie Foxx Show
as Royal • 1 eps
1996 Series
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
1996 Series
6.0
Second Noah
1 eps
1996 Series
6.0
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Snake (voice) • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.2
Touched by an Angel
as Ulysses Dodd • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.1
New York Undercover
as Louie • 1 eps
1994 Series
8.1
The Nanny
as Ben Vereen • 1 eps
1993 Series