Ben Carlson
Sixth season: Lord Burleigh in Mary Stuart and Charles in Blithe Spirit. Stratford: Benedick (Much Ado About Nothing), Fluellen (Henry V), Feste (Twelfth Night), Alceste (The Misanthrope), Touchstone (As You Like It), Leontes (The Winter’s Tale), John Worthing (The Importance of Being Earnest), Brutus (Julius Caesar), Tranio (The Taming of the Shrew), Dumayne (All’s Well That Ends Well), Hamlet. Elsewhere: Ben has worked throughout Canada and the United States. Shaw Festival audiences over 12 seasons will remember his marathon Man and Superman, The Return of the Prodigal and All My Sons, among many others. Chicago audiences will remember his Hamlet, Macbeth and, most recently, Frank in The School for Lies. Film/TV: Saving Hope, The Firm, Rookie Blue, Warehouse 13, Grey Gardens, Angela’s Eyes, Slings and Arrows, The 11th Hour, Hemingway vs. Callaghan, My Dog Vincent. Awards: Joseph Jefferson, Hamlet; Dora Mavor Moore, The Doll’s House (DVxT).