Ben Baur | |
---|---|
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2007–present |
Notable credits |
Ben Baur is an American actor known for starring in the LGBT-themed web series Hunting Season . Out named him to its Out100 list in 2015.
Baur attended West Albany High School in Albany, Oregon, graduating in 2004. Baur graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. [1] [2]
Baur had guest roles on the television series Nip/Tuck and Happily Divorced before starring as Alex in the LGBT-themed web series Hunting Season. [3] [4] [5] [6] After appearing in the series The Following and Difficult People , [2] [7] [8] he played Kip Stark in several episodes of the web series These People from 2015 to 2016. [9] [10] [11] Baur and longtime friend Thandi Tolmay co-created, co-produced, and co-starred in the web series #Adulting in 2016. [1] [10] [12] He has also written episodes of These People and #Adulting. [11] In January 2017, Baur posted on Instagram that he had worked on the ABC soap opera General Hospital in an undisclosed role. [13] He played mail clerk Noah on the show on February 27, 2017. [14] [15] Baur also wrote and starred in the short film Something New, which premiered at Outfest Los Angeles in 2017. [16]
Year | Project | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Nip/Tuck | Freddy Prune's Assistant | Television series (Season 5 – Episode: "Carly Summers") | [3] [17] |
2011 | Happily Divorced | Anthony | TV series (Season 1 – Episode: "A Date with Destiny") | [3] [11] |
2012–2015 | Hunting Season | Alex | Web series (Main cast) | [3] [4] [5] [6] |
2014 | Mythos | Young Luke | Web series (Episode: "Sea and Sky") | [2] |
2014 | The Following | Prisoner | TV series (Season 2 – Episode: "The Messenger") | [2] [11] |
2014–2015 | What Would You Do? | Gay Man/Waiter | TV series (2 episodes) | [2] |
2015 | Front Cover | Eddie | Film | [18] [19] |
2015 | Difficult People | Gay Rights Activist | Web series (Season 1 – Episode: "Library Water") | [7] [8] [11] |
2015 | Dropping the Soap | Chandler | Web series (Episode: "Julian's Choice") | [20] |
2015–2016 | These People | Kip Stark | Web series (6 episodes) | [9] [10] |
2016 | #Adulting | Max | Web series (Main cast) | [1] [10] [12] |
2017 | Something Like Summer | Jace Holden | Film | [2] [7] [8] |
2017 | General Hospital | Noah the Mail Clerk | TV series (1 episode) | [14] [15] |
2017 | Famous in Love | Reporter | Episode: "Leaving Los Angeles" | |
2017 | EastSiders | Jason | Web series (Episode: "Cats") | |
2017 | The Journey of Being Likable | Drew | Web series (5 episodes) | |
2017 | Something New | Jonah | Short film | [16] |
2022 | Unconformity | Gary | Film | [21] |
2024 | There's a Zombie Outside | Himself | Film |
In 2015, Out named Baur to its Out100 list, [7] after previously placing him on the magazine's "Most Eligible Bachelors" list two years in a row. [8]
Baur was nominated for an Indie Series Award for Best Actor (Comedy) in 2012 and 2016 for his work in Hunting Season, [22] [23] and in 2017 for #Adulting. [24] The entire Hunting Season cast won the Indie for Best Ensemble (Comedy) in 2016. [25]
Year | Award | Category | Project | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | 4th Indie Soap Awards | Best Actor — Comedy | Hunting Season | Nominated | [22] |
Best Ensemble — Comedy | Hunting Season | Nominated | [22] | ||
2016 | 7th Indie Series Awards | Best Lead Actor — Comedy | Hunting Season | Nominated | [23] |
Best Ensemble — Comedy | Hunting Season | Won | [25] | ||
2017 | 8th Indie Series Awards | Best Web Series — Comedy | #Adulting (creator/writer/producer) | Nominated | [24] |
Best Lead Actor — Comedy | #Adulting | Nominated | [24] |
Baur is gay. In 2012, he wrote a column for The Huffington Post about his experiences coming out and being an "out gay actor". [26] He and his partner Craig Gates were engaged in May 2018. [27]
Little known fact that people who work on Soaps are some of the hardest working people in the biz. Had so much fun working on @generalhospitalabc today! Hope to be back soon!