Ben Vereen

ACTING

1946-10-10 (79)

Miami, Florida, USA

Biography

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Biography

Best known for:

Filmography:

Sweet Charity(1969)

5.6

apperead as

Dancer

Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. poster

Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.(1970)

2.8

apperead as

Carlos

Funny Lady(1975)

3.8

apperead as

Bert Robbins

Mary's Incredible Dream(1976)

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Devil / Noah / Man

The Love Boat(1977)

4.9

apperead as

Dr. John Hanson

Roots(1977)

6.1

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Chicken George Moore

All That Jazz(1979)

6.3

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O'Connor Flood

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe(1980)

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E.L. 'Tenspeed' Turner

Pippin(1981)

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Leading Player

Faerie Tale Theatre(1982)

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Puss in Boots

Sabine(1982)

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Stanley

The Charmkins(1983)

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Dragonweed (voice)

Ellis Island(1984)

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Roscoe Haines

The Jesse Owens Story(1984)

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Herb Douglas

The Secret World of the Very Young poster

The Secret World of the Very Young(1984)

work as

Songs

A.D.(1985)

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Ethiopian

Lost In London(1985)

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Paul Williams

Puss in Boots(1985)

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Puss in Boots

Zoobilee Zoo(1986)

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Mayor Ben

Star Trek: The Next Generation(1987)

7.4

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Dr. Edward La Forge

CBS Summer Playhouse(1987)

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Pianist in Bar

J.J. Starbuck(1987)

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Tenspeed Turner

The Saint in Manhattan(1987)

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Pianist in Bar

Booker(1989)

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Carl McQueen

Buy & Cell(1989)

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Shaka

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air(1990)

6.9

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Lou Smith

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme(1990)

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Itsy-Bitsy Spider

The Kid Who Loved Christmas(1990)

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Morris

Silk Stalkings(1991)

4.7

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Ben Hutchinson

Intruders(1992)

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Gene Randall

The Nanny(1993)

7.1

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Ben Vereen

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman poster

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman(1993)

5.7

apperead as

Dr. Andre Novak

Once Upon a Forest(1993)

5.2

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Phineas (voice)

Touched by an Angel(1994)

5.9

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Ulysses Dodd

New York Undercover(1994)

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Louie

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child(1995)

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Snake (voice)

The Jamie Foxx Show(1996)

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Royal

Oz(1997)

6.9

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A.R. Whitworth

Vaudeville(1997)

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Narrator

Why Do Fools Fall In Love(1998)

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Richard Barrett

I'll Take You There(1999)

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Mr. Gwin

Law & Order: Criminal Intent(2001)

6.4

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Jeremiah Morris

Feast of All Saints(2001)

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Rudolphe Lermontant

The Painting(2001)

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Whistlin' Willie Weston

Fosse(2002)

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Performer

NCIS(2003)

6.6

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Lamar Addison

How I Met Your Mother(2005)

7.9

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Sam Gibbs

Grey's Anatomy(2005)

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Archie Roche

Idlewild(2006)

4.2

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Percy Senior

And Then Came Love(2007)

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Chuck Cooper

Accidental Friendship(2008)

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Wes

Hot in Cleveland(2010)

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Mayor Deacon

Mama, I Want to Sing!(2011)

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Horace Payne

Khumba(2013)

4.6

apperead as

Mkhulu (voice)

Top Five(2014)

4.7

apperead as

Carl Allen

Sneaky Pete(2015)

6.2

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Porter

Time Out of Mind(2015)

4.2

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Dixon

Bull(2016)

5.8

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Willie Lambert

Star(2016)

6.8

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Calvin

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again poster

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again(2016)

3.6

apperead as

Dr. Scott

Making History(2017)

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Dr. Cobell

The Good Fight(2017)

6.3

apperead as

Frederick Douglass

Magnum P.I.(2018)

6.4

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Henry Barr

B Positive(2020)

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Peter

The Gray House(2026)

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Isham Worthy