Benji Kaufman

AEA - sag

Hair: BROWN  Eyes: BROWN  Height: 6’0  Weight: 295

Film

Rita Ora, “Only Want You”
People Afraid of Clowns Kiss Clowns
Dmytro Gordon: Waltzing with Life
ZombieCON
In Town
Tell It All
The Union Chronicle
Divorcing the Devil
Wiseguys
Who the Hell is Kevin Schwartz?
Match
110 PIne

Supporting
Lead
Supporting
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YELLA; Hannah Lux Davis, Dir.
Buzzfeed Pictures; Jason Pierre, Dir.
Henry Lipatov, Dir.
Wicked Squid; Kyle Valle, Dir.
Nathan Gotsch, Dir.
Alejandra Bursik-Cervantes, Dir.
Gabriel Moura, Dir.
Nguyen Productions, Mary Nguyen, Dir.
Wiseguys Productions; David Danino, Dir.
Room 310 Prod.; Jarrod Schusterman, Dir.
Jungle Cats; Chad Corhan, Dir.
Gutel Productions; Kyle Brawley, Dir.

TELEVISION

Side Quest
Last Teen Comic
25 Words or Less
People Magazine Investigates S4E4

Lead Recurring
Lead Recurring
Co-Star
Co-Star

Rob Nelson Productions
Myspace Comedy
FOX
Investigation Discovery

commercial

The Spongebob Musical
FACEBOOK
Google Pixel
UBER
North Store Mobile Gaming
Weltiss
Sage Intaact

Lead
Supporting
Supporting
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Supporting
Lead

Nickelodeon Studios
ICONOCLAST
Heather Lynn
Standard Black
Envy Creative
Envy Creative
Small Ax

Theater

Teatro Martini @ Pirates Dinner Theater
Shame of Thrones: The Rock Musical Parody
FOUR CLOWNS: Shakedown at the Dusty Spur!
Pure Praxis NAVY Performance
Twelfth Night
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Four Clowns’ The Halfwits Last Hurrah
Beauty and the Beast
The Taming of the Shrew
Twelfth Night
Complete Works of Shakespeare; Abridged
Two Gentlemen of Verona
As You Like It
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Spring Awakening: The Musical
The Big Book of Terrible Ideas Musical
Newsies
Sonja Flew
Greater Tuna

Grift
George RR Martin
Logan Lesserman
Beta Character/Facilitator
Sir Toby Belch
Nick Bottom
Clown
The Beast
Grumio
Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Adam/Shakespeare’s Women
Launce
Charles/Jacques
William Barfee
Moritz Stiefel
Walden
Jack Kelly
Sam Tito
Many Major Characters

Alexander Makardish, Dir.
Erin Stegeman, Dir.
Joe Desoto, Dir.
Kelly Pfleider, Dir.
John Farmanesh-Bocca, Dir.
Irene Silbert, Dir.
Jeremy Aluma, Dir.
Lynsie Seeds, Dir.
John Farmanesh-Bocca, Dir.
Amy Chaffee, Dir.
Ryan Lefton, Dir.
John Farmanesh-Bocca, Dir.
Maureen Husky, Dir.
Joanne Gordon, Dir.
Joanne Gordon, Dir.
Natalie Figaredo, Dir.
Cheri West, Dir.
Luke Yankee, Dir.
Avery Henderson, Dir.

 

training

BA Acting: California State University, Long Beach
The Clown School, Los Angeles
Shakespeare Summer Training, Santa Monica
L.A. Comedy Connection, Los Angeles

Acting: Alexandra Billings, Hugh O’Gorman, John Farmanesh-Bocca
Shakespeare/Alexander: Louis Scheeder, Jean-Louise Rodrigue
Improv Comedy: Craig Anton, Peggy Albrecht, Kent Skov
Clown: Zach Steel, David Bridel

 

Special Skills

Dialects:          English, Cockney, Australian, Southern, New York, French, German, Russian, Middle Eastern.
Experience:     Singing: Bass-Tenor. Dance: basic Jazz, basic Modern, basic Tap. Baseball, Football, Hand to Hand stage combat, Juggling, Basic 
                          Balloon Animals, Clowning, Bicycle, Scooter, Drive Automatic. Shakespeare. Comedy. Improv.