Ben Bass (actor)

Ben Bass
Born Benjamin Langer Bass
(1968-08-14) August 14, 1968
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1987–present
Spouse(s) Laura Carswell (2011-Separated)

Benjamin Langer Bass (born August 14, 1968) is an American-Canadian television and stage actor. He is best known for his role as 16th century Spanish vampire Javier Vachon in the series Forever Knight, and for his more recent role as Detective Sam Swarek on the Global TV police television series Rookie Blue, which also aired on the ABC Channel.

Life and career

Bass was born in Baltimore, Maryland. At age 7, he moved with his family to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He speaks French fluently.

He started his television career by appearing in the show 21 Jump Street, and started his stage career when he appeared in Angry Housewives. He was nominated for a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for best supporting actor in Angry Housewives. Also, he originated the stage role of the young Elvis Presley in Are You Lonesome Tonight at The Charlottetown Festival in Prince Edward Island. Following that, he attended Theatre School at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and L'École Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris, After returning to Canada, he appeared in television guest roles before becoming a regular cast member of the series Forever Knight as the 16th century Spanish vampire Javier Vachon.

He also appeared at the Stratford (Ontario) Festival as Christian in Cyrano de Bergerac and as the lead in In the Ring and also appeared as Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew at the Atlantic Theatre Festival in Nova Scotia.

Bass then played a lead character in the TV show The Eleventh Hour and was nominated for a Gemini Award for this role . He also starred in a TV miniseries Would Be Kings for which he received a second Gemini nomination. His next role as Sam Swarek in Rookie Blue garnered nominations for a Canadian Screen Award in 2014 and 2016. His film career includes A Cool Dry Place, Bride of Chucky and The 6th Day.

Personal Life

On June 14, 2011, he married[1] actress Laura Carswell, They separated in 2015.

Filmography

Year Production Role Notes
1987 21 Jump Street Leonard 1 Episode
1987 Street Legal New Mel 1 Episode
1989–1991 Bordertown Trevor Andres 2 Episodes
1992 A Killer Among Friends Steve TV movie
1995–1996 Forever Knight Javier Vachon 12 Episodes
1998 A Cool, Dry Place Placement Agent
1998 Bride of Chucky Lieutenant Ellis
1998 Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story Rex Reed TV movie
1999 Murder in a Small Town Michael TV movie
1999 Bonanno: A Godfather's Story TV movie
1999 The Hunger Dave 1 Episode
2000 First Wave Russ 1 Episode
2000 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show ND-3 Controller 1 Episode
2000 Hollywood Off-Ramp 1 Episode
2000 Stargate SG-1 Dr. Steven Rayner 1 Episode
2000 The 6th Day Bodyguard
2001 Strange Frequency Tom West TV movie; Segment: Room Service
1999–2001 Beggars and Choosers Brian Peske 22 Episodes
1999, 2001 Da Vinci's Inquest Rick O'Malley (1999); Hardy's Lawyer (2001) 2 Episodes (Played a different character in each)
2000–2001 Big Sound Darryl 8 Episodes
2001 The Lone Gunmen Josh Gillnitz 1 Episode
2001 Night Visions Paul 1 Episode
2002 Jeremiah Rasmussen 1 Episode
2002 Monk Gavin Lloyd 2 Episodes
2003 The Twilight Zone Trevor Black Episode: "Rewind"
2003 Bliss Marcus 1 Episode
2002–2003 Tom Stone Graham Pearson 7 Episodes
2003 Dead Like Me Chris Freedman 1 Episode
2004 The Chris Isaak Show Ben 1 Episode
2004 The Love Crimes of Gillian Guess Peter Gill TV movie
2004–2005 Bury the Lead Henry Shelley 13 Episodes
2005 Queer as Folk Tad 2 Episodes
2006 Last Exit David TV movie
2007 Law & Order Dr. Adam Vaughn 1 Episode
2008 Would Be Kings Jamie Collins TV Mini-Series
2008 Flashpoint (Canadian TV Series) Harlan Geddes 1 Episode

- (S01E03 - "The Element of Surprise")

2008 Dream Man Short
2010–2015 Rookie Blue (Canadian TV Series) Officer/Detective Sam Swarek Series Regular - Starring role
2015 Love's Complicated Cinco Dublin TV movie

Awards

Year Award Category Work nominated Result Ref
2005 Gemini Award Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Bury the Lead Eleventh Hour Nominated
2008 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series Would Be Kings Nominated
2014 Canadian Screen Awards Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Rookie Blue Nominated [2]

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

http://www.academy.ca/Canadian-Screen-Awards/2016-Nominees-Winners/Television

References

  1. ↑ Keshaunta Moton (2011-06-26). "Rookie Blue Interview with Ben Bass: we interrupt this honeymoon". Retrieved 6 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Canadian Screen Awards — 2014 Nominees and Winners". Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.

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