Ben Sinclair

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Ben Sinclair
Born (1984-05-16) May 16, 1984 (age 37)
Alma mater Oberlin College
Occupation
  • Actor
  • writer
  • director
  • producer

Ben Sinclair (born May 16, 1984) is an American actor, writer, director, and producer.

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Early life and education

Sinclair grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona. His mother is a cantor at a Reform synagogue; his father is a public school teacher. [1] Sinclair attended Oberlin College. [2]

Career

Sinclair is the co-creator, writer, and star of High Maintenance , a Vimeo web series and HBO television series set in New York City. The series is partially inspired by experiences from his personal life, [3] and first aired in 2012. [4] His final performance as his High Maintenance character was as a small cameo on HBO’s Betty, also filmed in New York City.

He has also directed a bunch of episodes of FXX’s Dave.

Personal life

Sinclair married his writing partner and High Maintenance co-creator Katja Blichfeld in 2010, after meeting at a 2009 party in Los Angeles. [5] [6] They came up with the idea for the show while on a bicycle ride across the Williamsburg Bridge, and started the show in 2012. [7] [8] Blichfield and Sinclair divorced amicably in 2016, prior to undertaking season two of High Maintenance. [2] [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Safe Angry Man
2013 The Happy Sad Ted
2015All Over ItFinn
2015 Sisters Construction Worker
2016 No Pay, Nudity Young Actor / Oswald
2017 Fits and Starts Parking Attendant
2017 Home Again Nate
2020 Save Yourselves! Raph

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010 Mercy Wild Eyed GuyEpisode: "There Is No Superwoman"
2010 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Jonas RothenbergEpisode: "Branded"
2011 Onion News Network LunaticEpisode: "Stock Market Crash"
2011 30 Rock Brooklyn IdiotEpisode: "100: Part 1"
2011 The Big C Homeless Guy2 episodes
2011 A Gifted Man Drunk #1Episode: "In Case of Missed Communication"
2012 Delocated FriendEpisode: "Friend"
2012–2015 High Maintenance The Guy18 episodes; also co-creator, director, and writer
2013 Next Caller GuyEpisode: "The Tude & the Prude"
2018 Maniac Proxy Owen MilgrimEpisode: "Option C"
2016–2020 High Maintenance The Guy34 episodes; also co-creator, director, and writer
2020 Betty BikerEpisode: "Ladies on Fire"
2020 The Fungies! Bacteria MonsterEpisode: "The Fanciest Fungie"
2021 Dave AtomsEpisode: "Enlightened Dave"

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