Ben Geurens (born 24 December 1979) is an Australian actor.

Ben Geurens
Born (1979-12-24) 24 December 1979 (age 44)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Alma materNational Institute of Dramatic Art (2004)
OccupationActor
Years active1988–present

Biography

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Geurens graduated from NIDA in 2004. At drama school he appeared in productions of The Return, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, and Who's Afraid of the Working Class.

Roles

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Geurens is best known for playing suburban rascal Toby Mangel on the soap opera Neighbours from 1990 to 1993. He then appeared in the television series The Man from Snowy River as Michael O'Neil and the movie Body Melt as Brandon Noble. He made guest appearances in other series such as Blue Heelers.

Geurens played constable Ash Nader in Home and Away in late 2006 and early 2007 and a detective in the final series of McLeod's Daughters in 2008. He also appeared in the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Entertaining Mr Sloane, in which he played the lead role of Mr Sloane and also in The History Boys as Dakin.

In 2009, Geurens starred in the comedy series The Jesters as Steve Morris[1] and had guest roles on All Saints and Packed to the Rafters.

He portrayed Gideon Blackburn in the historical-fantasy drama Reign. He also plays the part of The Necromancer on Legacies. Geurens plays the lead role Ryan Black in the crime-thriller film Locusts.[2]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1993 Body Melt Brandon Noble Feature film
2006 Two Nights Young Man Short film
2008 Monkey Puzzle Carl Feature film
2014 A Short Film by Shauna Lee Aaron Short film
2017 Dick's Clinic Reece Kidd
That's Not Me Toby-Summer Street Feature film
2018 Enter the Wild Carl
2019 Locusts Ryan Black Feature film
2021 Women Is Losers Dr. Ross Feature film
2022 Hollywood Stargirl Daniel Feature film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1990–93 Neighbours Toby Mangel TV series, 185 episodes
1994–96 Snowy River: The McGregor Saga Michael O'Neil TV series, 52 episodes
2000 Blue Heelers Carl Wagner TV series, 1 episode
2006–07 Home and Away Ash Nader TV series, 12 episodes
2009–11 The Jesters Steve Morris TV series, 16 episodes
2009 McLeod's Daughters Geoff Gardiner TV series, 3 episodes
All Saints Owen TV series, 1 episode
Packed to the Rafters Dermott Bannon
2010 City Homicide Sean Eden
2012 Australia on Trial George Anderson
2013 Paper Giants: Magazine Wars Phil Evans TV miniseries
Mr & Mrs Murder Alan TV series, 5 episodes
2014 Winners & Losers Adam Grbowski TV series, 7 episodes
Offspring Russell TV series, 1 episode
2015–17 Reign Lord Gideon Blackburn TV series, 28 episodes
2015 Catching Milat David 'Bodge' Milat TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2016 Molly Shirley Strachan
Bringing Our Stories Home Robert Searby TV series, 1 episode
2018 The Good Place Fred Booth[3] TV series, 1 episode
2018–22 Legacies The Necromancer TV series

Staff credits

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Year Title Staff Notes
2013 Lightbulb Producer & Director Short Movie

References

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  1. ^ Movie Network[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ IMDb
  3. ^ Jeremy Bearimy, retrieved 19 October 2018
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