Ben Vereen
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ben Vereen (born October 10, 1946) is an American actor, dancer, and singer who has appeared in numerous Broadway theatre shows. Vereen graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts.
Personal Details
Movies (23)
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
as Self
2025
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
Chita: A Legendary Celebration
as Self
2020
On Broadway
as Self (archive footage)
2019
David Foster: Off the Record
as Self (archive footage)
2019
The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again
as Dr. Scott
2016
Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do
as Self
2015
Top Five
as Carl Allen
2014
Time Out of Mind
as Dixon
2014
Khumba
as Mkhulu (voice)
2013
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
as Self
2013
Mama, I Want to Sing!
as Horace Payne
2011
Tapioca
as Nuts
2009
Accidental Friendship
as Wes
2008
And Then Came Love
as Chuck Cooper
2007
Idlewild
as Percy Senior
2006
Fosse
as Performer
2002
Feast of All Saints
as Rudolphe Lermontant
2001
The Painting
as Whistlin' Willie Weston
2001
I'll Take You There
as Mr. Gwin
1999
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
as Richard Barrett
1998
Vaudeville
as Narrator
1997
Once Upon a Forest
as Phineas (voice)
1993
TV Shows (27)
The Gray House
2026
B Positive
as Peter
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
Magnum P.I.
as Henry Barr
2018
Making History
as Dr. Cobell
2017
The Good Fight
as Frederick Douglass
2017
Star
as Calvin
2016
Bull
as Willie Lambert
2016
Sneaky Pete
as Porter
2015
Hot in Cleveland
as Mayor Deacon
2010
Your Mama Don't Dance
2008
How I Met Your Mother
as Sam Gibbs
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Archie Roche
2005
NCIS
as Lamar Addison
2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Jeremiah Morris
2001
The View
as Self
1997
Oz
as A.R. Whitworth
1997
Promised Land
1996
The Jamie Foxx Show
as Royal
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Second Noah
1996
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Snake (voice)
1995
Touched by an Angel
as Ulysses Dodd
1994
New York Undercover
as Louie
1994
The Nanny
as Ben Vereen
1993
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Dr. Andre Novak
1993
Intruders
as Gene Randall
1992