Ben Sinclair (actor)

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Ben Sinclair
Born (1984-05-16) May 16, 1984 (age 40)
Alma mater Oberlin College
Occupations
  • 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 six 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. [6] [7] 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
2022 Spin Me Round Craig
2024 Night Swim Pool Tech

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"
2022 The Resort Alex
2023 Poker Face Episode: "Exit Stage Death"; also director

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