Ben Reed | |
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Education | West Virginia University |
Occupation(s) | Actor, producer |
Years active | 1989–present |
Ben Reed is an American actor and producer.
Reed began his acting career when he appeared in the 1990 sitcom Babes .
His television credits include The Young and the Restless , CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , Murder, She Wrote , Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman , House , Seinfeld and NCIS .
He played Wayne Kyle, the father of Bradley Cooper's character in the critically acclaimed 2014 Clint Eastwood film American Sniper . [1] [2]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | Frame Up | Rick McDonald | |
1994 | Scanner Cop | Rick Kopek | Direct-to-video |
1994 | Molly & Gina | Slick | |
1995 | The Killers Within | ||
1995 | Ballistic | Thorpe | |
1997 | Face/Off | Pilot | |
2000 | Cursed Part 3 | Short film | |
2010 | Play Me | Jack McIntyre | Short film |
2012 | Momentum | Secret Service Agent | Short film |
2013 | Lifewaves | Joseph's Father / Dr. Kader | Short film |
2013 | Freedom Lovers | Gregory Matthews | Short film |
2014 | Starcrossed | Anthony Bishop | |
2014 | American Sniper | Wayne Kyle [3] | |
2014 | Dulcie's Date | Jack Haggerty | Short film |
2015 | The Pinhole Affect | Stanley Stone Sr. | Short film |
2016 | We Men Are Lions | Jim | Short film |
2016 | Inconceivable | Walt | |
2017 | The Meanest Man in Texas | Rees Thompson | |
2017 | The Greatest Showman | Mill Worker | |
2018 | Persephone: Pictures at the End of the World | The Preacher | |
2019 | Your Family or Your Life | Mike Gallagher | |
2019 | Immortal | Chuck | |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Babes | Vince | Episode: "Bend Me, Shape Me" |
1993 | Seinfeld | Male Nurse | Episode: "The Outing" |
1995 | Murder, She Wrote | Rex Toland | Episode: "Shooting in Rome" |
1996 | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Matt Young | Episode: "Never on Sunday" |
1998 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Thor | Episodes: "Norse by Norsevest" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge" |
1999 | Will & Grace | Richard Keller | Episode: "Will Works Out" |
2002 | Reba | Greg Hewitt | Season 2, Episode 6 "Safe Dating" |
2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Construction Guy | Episode: "Nesting Dolls" |
2006 | Fashion House | Dr. Matthew Evans | 13 episodes |
2009 | House | Joseph | Episode: "The Softer Side" |
2013-present | Broken at Love | Dr. Eduardo Taylor | 4 episodes |
2016 | Giles Vanderhoot | Television movie | |
2018 | Bad Tutor | Jared | Television movie |
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