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Ben Platt
Los Angeles, California, USA
Benjamin Schiff Platt (born September 24, 1993) is an American actor and singer. The son of film and theatre producer Marc Platt and philanthropist Julie Platt, he began his actin…
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Benjamin Schiff Platt (born September 24, 1993) is an American actor and singer. The son of film and theatre producer Marc Platt and philanthropist Julie Platt, he began his acting career in musical theatre as a child. He appeared in productions of The Sound of Music (2006) and The Book of Mormon (2012–2015), rising to prominence for originating the title role in the Broadway coming-of-age musical Dear Evan Hansen (2015–2017). His performance in the latter earned him multiple accolades, including the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical (making him the youngest solo recipient of the award at the time), a Daytime Emmy, and a Grammy Award. Platt reprised the role of Evan Hansen in the 2021 film adaptation of the musical produced by his father. He then played Leo Frank in the 2022 New York City Center Gala production of Parade, which transferred to Broadway in 2023 and earned another Tony and Grammy nomination. Platt's film credits include the Pitch Perfect film series (2012–2017), Ricki and the Flash (2015), Run This Town (2019), and Theater Camp (2023), the latter of which he also co-wrote. Since 2019, he has starred in the Netflix comedy-drama series The Politician, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Platt signed with Atlantic Records in 2017 and released his debut album, Sing to Me Instead, in March 2019. In May 2020, the concert film Ben Platt Live from Radio City Music Hall debuted on Netflix. Platt's second studio album, Reverie, was released on August 13, 2021. After signing with Interscope in 2023, Platt's third studio album, Honeymind, was released on May 31, 2024. In 2017, Platt was included on the annual Time 100 list of the world's most influential people. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Platt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
The Beauty
TV show Manny
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2025
Trisha Paytas' Big Broadway Dream
Movie Self - Guest Star
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2024
Chow
Movie Mike
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2024
Therapuss
TV show Self
- 2023
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2023
Theater Camp
Movie Amos Klobuchar
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2022
The People We Hate at the Wedding
Movie Paul
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2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV show Self
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2021
Dear Evan Hansen
Movie Evan Hansen
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2021
The Premise
TV show Ethan Streiber
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2021
Broken Diamonds
Movie Scott
- 2021
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2020
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
Movie Georgie
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2020
The Drew Barrymore Show
TV show Self
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2020
The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo
TV show Self
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2020
Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall
Movie Self
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2020
Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020
Movie Self - Musical Guest
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2020
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
Movie Self
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2020
One World: Together at Home
Movie Self
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2020
Theater Camp
Movie Angelo Bassett
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2020
Run This Town
Movie Bram
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2019
The Politician
TV show Payton Hobart
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
Tamron Hall
TV show Self - Guest
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2019
Songland
TV show Self
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2019
Drunk Parents
Movie Jason Johnson
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2019
The Other Two
TV show Ben Platt
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2018
American Idol
TV show Self - Performer
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2017
Will & Grace
TV show Blake
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2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
TV show Self
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2017
The Female Brain
Movie Joel
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2016
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Movie Josh
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self - Musical Guest
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2015
Ricki and the Flash
Movie Daniel
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2015
Pitch Perfect 2
Movie Benji Applebaum
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2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV show Self - Guest
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self
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2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV show Self
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2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars: UNTUCKED
TV show Self - Guest Judge
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2012
RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
TV show Self - Guest Judge
