Ben Geurens

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Ben Geurens
Born (1979-12-24) 24 December 1979 (age 45)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Alma mater National Institute of Dramatic Art (2004)
OccupationActor
Years active1988–present

Ben Geurens (born 24 December 1979) is an Australian actor.

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Biography

Geurens graduated from NIDA in 2004. At drama school he appeared in productions of The Return , Romeo and Juliet , Much Ado About Nothing , and Who's Afraid of the Working Class.

Career

Geurens is best known for playing Toby Mangel on the soap opera Neighbours from 1990 to 1993. [1] He then appeared in the television series The Man from Snowy River as Michael O'Neil, [1] and the movie Body Melt as Brandon Noble. [2] He made guest appearances in other series such as Blue Heelers . [1]

Geurens played constable Ash Nader in Home and Away in late 2006 and early 2007 and a detective in the final series of McLeod's Daughters in 2008. He also appeared in the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Entertaining Mr Sloane , in which he played the lead role of Mr Sloane and also in The History Boys as Dakin.

In 2009, Geurens starred in the comedy series The Jesters as Steve Morris [3] and had guest roles on All Saints and Packed to the Rafters .

He portrayed Gideon Blackburn in the historical-fantasy drama Reign . He also plays the part of The Necromancer on Legacies . Geurens plays the lead role Ryan Black in the crime-thriller film Locusts . [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 Body Melt Brandon NobleFeature film
2006Two NightsYoung ManShort film
2008 Monkey Puzzle CarlFeature film
2014A Short Film by Shauna LeeAaronShort film
2017Dick's ClinicReece Kidd
That's Not Me Toby-Summer StreetFeature film
2018Enter the WildCarl
2019 Locusts Ryan BlackFeature film
2021 Women Is Losers Dr. RossFeature film
2022 Hollywood Stargirl DanielFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990–93 Neighbours Toby MangelTV series, 185 episodes
1994–96 Snowy River: The McGregor Saga Michael O'NeilTV series, 52 episodes
2000 Blue Heelers Carl WagnerTV series, 1 episode
2006–07 Home and Away Ash NaderTV series, 12 episodes
2009–11 The Jesters Steve MorrisTV series, 16 episodes
2009 McLeod's Daughters Geoff GardinerTV series, 3 episodes
All Saints OwenTV series, 1 episode
Packed to the Rafters Dermott Bannon
2010 City Homicide Sean Eden
2012Australia on TrialGeorge Anderson
2013 Paper Giants: Magazine Wars Phil EvansTV miniseries
Mr & Mrs Murder AlanTV series, 5 episodes
2014 Winners & Losers Adam GrbowskiTV series, 7 episodes
Offspring RussellTV series, 1 episode
2015–17 Reign Lord Gideon BlackburnTV series, 28 episodes
2015 Catching Milat David 'Bodge' MilatTV miniseries, 2 episodes
2016 Molly Shirley Strachan
Bringing Our Stories HomeRobert SearbyTV series, 1 episode
2018 The Good Place Fred Booth [5] TV series, 1 episode
2018–22 Legacies The NecromancerTV series

Staff credits

YearTitleStaffNotes
2013LightbulbProducer & DirectorShort Movie

References

  1. 1 2 3 Herbison, Jason; Simpson, Tanya (8–14 September 2001). "TV's lost children". TV Week . pp. 16–17.
  2. ↑ Brown, David (31 October 1992). "Showbuzz". TV Week . p. 5.
  3. ↑ Movie Network [ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ IMDb
  5. ↑ Jeremy Bearimy , retrieved 19 October 2018
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