Ben Wells (actor)

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Ben Wells (born April 14, 1982, in Springfield, Illinois) is an American television and movie actor. He made his debut on the feature film RiffRaff with co-star Robert Belushi.

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Wells grew up in Springfield, IL and graduated in June 2005 from the University of California in Los Angeles, majoring in theater. His great-grandfather Maurice Carter Tull was an award-winning playwright with his 1920's Broadway theater play Treason in which his great-grandmother played the walk on part of the nurse.

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