Shaun Benson

Represented by: Adam Stutt

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Height:  5’ 11”                           Weight:  170lbs.                        Hair:  Blond               Eyes:  Hazel                   ACTRA/SAG
 
FEATURES
TERROR TWINS Supporting Neshama; Dir: Karen Knox
HOW TO KILL YOUR HUSBAND Supporting Tubi; Dir: Maxwell McGuire
BITTER HARVEST Lead Lifetime; Dir: Shamim Sharif
FATMAN Featured Fatman Production Services Inc.; Dir: Eshom & Ian Nelms
HYSTERIA Lead Dir: Reem Morsi
SLASH/BACK Featured Scythia Films; Dir: Nyla Innuksuk
TOGO Supporting Disney; Dir: Ericson Core
NEVER SAW IT COMING Lead Jay Firestone/Maria Cordoni; Dir: G. Harvey
BREAK MY HEART 1000 TIMES Supporting Lead Gold Circle Films; Dir: Scott Speer
TRENCH 11 Supporting Lead Carousel Pictures; Dir: Leo Scherman
ARQ Supporting Lead Netflix/Blue Ice Pictures; Dir: Tony Elliott
22 CHASER Featured Dir: Rafal Sokolowski
BACK COUNTRY Cameo Dir: Rob Connolly
UNEARTHING Supporting Timshel Pictures; Dir: J. Deitcher/N.Lattanzio
*BARN WEDDING Supporting Lead Floyder Films; Dir: Shaun Benson
HOME SWEET HOME Lead Gearshift Films/Countess; Dir: David Morley
THE FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES Featured SK Films/IMAX; Dir: Mike Slee
POPULAIRE Lead Les Productions du Tresor; Dir: Regis Roinsard
WEDDING FOR ONE Lead Breakthrough Films; Dir: Gary Yates
TORNADO VALLEY Featured Twister Valley Prods; Dir: Andrew C. Erin
THE METROSEXUAL Lead King Road Productions; Dir: Adam Kaufman
K-19 THE WIDOWMAKER Featured Palomar Pictures; Dir: K.Bigelow
*2014 TIFF Emerging Filmmaker Award, Irving Avrich Foundation
*2015 Canadian Film Festival Audience Choice, Best Ensemble
SELECTED TELEVISION
HUDSON & REX Guest Star CBC; Dir: Deanne Foley
SLASHER Recurring Guest Star Shaftesbury; Dir: Adam MacDonald
BILLY THE KID Recurring Guest Star Epix Studios, MGM International & Amblin for Epix; Dir: David Frazee
TINY PRETTY THINGS Series Regular Insurrection Media Inc./Mojo Films; Dir: Gary Fleder
FRANKIE DRAKE Guest Star Shaftesbury Films; Dir: Ruba Nadda
MURDOCH MYSTERIES Guest Star CBC/UKTV; Dir: Sharon Lewis
RANSOM Guest Star Sienna Films; Dir: April Mullen
THE BOYS Recurring Guest Star Amazon Studios; Dir: Dan Trachtenberg
KILLJOYS Guest Star Syfy/Temple Street; Dir: Stefan Pleszczynski
SECOND OPINION Lead Incendo; Dir: Caroline Labreche
FRONTIER Guest Star Netflix/Take the Shot; Dir: Jonathan Vatcher
CANDLE COVE Series Lead Channel Zero; Dir: Craig William MacNeil
GANGLAND UNDERCOVER Series Regular Cineflix; Dir: Various
INHUMAN CONDITION Series Regular Glamazon Pictures/Smokebomb; Dir: J. Pelletier
SAVING HOPE Recurring Guest Star CTV/Various
THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE Recurring Guest Star Starz/Various
**KEPT WOMAN Lead Incendo; Dir: Michel Poulette
DEFIANCE Webisodes Guest Star SyFy/Universal; Dir: Todd Slavkin
PLAYED Guest Star CTV; Dir: Rachel Talalay
CRACKED Guest Star Whitepine/CBC; Dir: Norma Bailey
HEARTLAND Recurring CBC/Seven 24; Dir: David Frazee
HAVEN Guest Star SyFy/Showcase; Dir: Lee Rose
THE LISTENER Featured CTV/Shaftesbury; Dir: Farhad Mann
REPUBLIC OF DOYLE Recurring CBC
FLASHPOINT Featured CBS/CTV; Dir: David Frazee
BEING ERICA Recurring Guest Star CBC/Soapnet
COLD CASE Guest Star CBS/J. Bruckheimer
GENERAL HOSPITAL Series Lead ABC
JUST CAUSE Series Lead PAX
*THE ASSOCIATES Series Lead CTV
* GEMINI Nomination for Best Dramatic Series 2001
** CSA Nomination for Best Television Film 2016
SELECTED THEATRE
LIVER Andrew Dir: Kat Sandler
*STOP KISS Director Tarragon/Gun Shy Productions
DEATH OF A HIRED MAN Robbie Blyth Festival; Dir: Paul Thompson
WAITING FOR LEWIS Lewis Theatre Direct; Dir: Joanna McIntyre
*Best of Fringe 2013 for Direction and Production
TRAINING
Soulpepper Young Company Training Program
George Brown College – Theatre Arts Program
Ballet – R.A.D. Elementary level
Modern Dance – I.S.T.D. Elementary level
Meisner Technique – Playhouse West & Sandy Marshall
University of Western Ontario – Bachelor of Science (Chem/Biochem)
SPECIAL SKILLS
Languages: Fluent German, French; Martial Arts (5th degree Black Belt, Blue Belts BJJ); Precision Driver (POC Rate Instructor Certified); Boat Driving; Sailing and Sailboarding; Horseback Riding; Tennis; Swimming; Guitar; Singer; German and Irish Citizenship

 

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