Ben Knight (actor)

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Ben Knight
Born (1975-12-01) 1 December 1975 (age 49)
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, director, editor, composer, producer
Years active1997present

Ben Knight (born 1 December 1975) is an Australian actor.

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Career

Knight, often credited as Ben Kermode commenced his career as an actor in 1997, when he made a guest appearance in the Australian television series State Coroner . What followed was two further guest roles on the series Good Guys Bad Guys and Introducing Gary Petty before his career took a five-year hiatus.

In 2005, Knight returned to acting with the short film Smacked Out Kisses. In 2009, he received a short recurring role on Seven Network soap opera Home and Away , for which he played Hazem Kassir, the love interest of Leah Patterson-Baker. [1] He played the role of Hazem near the end of the 2009 season until early 2010 when his character was involved in a controversial storyline, in which he is brutally beaten by a group of racist thugs on Australia Day. In 2009, Knight starred in the short film Rikki, in which he served as director, writer, producer, editor and composer of the film. He has appeared in several feature films during his career, first being an uncredited role in the thriller The Nines , with Ryan Reynolds, David & Fatima and the horror film Prey , with Natalie Bassingthwaighte. His other credits include the short film Road to Ramadi, the television series Review with Myles Barlow , City Homicide , and Neighbours .

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 State Coroner Gang Member
1998 Good Guys Bad Guys Peter Lubich
2000 Introducing Gary Petty Ari
2005Smacked Out KissesTonyShort
2006Road to RamadiPrivate FrankShort
2007 The Nines Focus Group Participant #3Uncredited
2008 David & Fatima Avi Weinstein
2009 Prey Matt
RikkiBlackShort
2009–2010 Home and Away Hazem Kassir 8 episodes
2010 Review with Myles Barlow Private Detective
City Homicide Vinnie De Luca
2011 Neighbours Ivan DeMarco 54 episodes
2012Trustin and the Ideas MachineTrustinShort
2013KidnappersGeorge #1 / JosephShort
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoJohnny Football3 episodes
See Dad RunMelbourne Max1 episode
ParaphobiaMark Navarro
2016 Offspring (TV series) Simon1 episode
2017Just Do YouBar PatronShort
2017 True Story with Hamish & Andy Dave1 episode

References

  1. "Hazem Kassir". backtothebay.net. Retrieved 23 June 2012.