Ben Feldman (actor) : biography
Ben Feldman (born May 27, 1980) is an American television and film actor. He has done stage acting, including the Broadway play The Graduate along with Alicia Silverstone and Kathleen Turner. He also played a leading character in The Perfect Man and portrayed Fran Drescher’s son on the television series Living with Fran. From 2009 to 2011, he was a regular on the television series Drop Dead Diva in the role of Fred the Angel, but left the series at the start of the fourth season although he will make occasional appearances. From Gather.com (June 4, 2012) In April 2012, he joined the cast of AMC’s Mad Men as a regular. In addition to acting, he also has his own wine label, Angelica Cellars.
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Frozen Impact | Paramedic | |
2005 | The Perfect Man | Adam | |
2006 | When Do We Eat? | Zeke | |
2008 | Cloverfield | Travis | |
2008 | Extreme Movie | Len | |
2009 | Friday the 13th | Richie |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Less than Perfect | Nicholas | |
2003 | The Mayor | Jake Winterhalter | |
2005–2006 | Living With Fran | Josh Reeves | Series regular |
2007 | Them | Floyd Grunwald | Pilot |
2007 | Numb3rs | Seth Marlowe | Season 4 Episode 9 |
2008 | Las Vegas | Herbert | |
2008 | The New Adventures of Old Christine | Timmy | |
2009 | See Kate Run | Dan Carver | |
2009 | Medium | Justin Lydecker | |
2009 | Can Openers | Mike | |
2009 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Jason Devereaux | Episode: "Working Stiffs" |
2009–2012 | Drop Dead Diva | Fred | Series regular (seasons 1–3); recurring (season 4-present) |
2011 | Love Bites | Sam | Season 1 Episode 5 – Stand and Deliver |
2012–2013 | Mad Men | Michael Ginsberg | Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (2012) |
Life and career
Feldman was born in Washington, D.C. His father, Robert, runs an ad agency.http://blogs.amctv.com/mad-men/2012/06/ben-feldman-interview.phphttp://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/03/21/3122716/ben-feldman-hams-up-the-jew-factor-on-mad-men His aunt (mother’s sister) is chef Susan Feniger.http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20688706,00.html His parents are both Jewish, and Feldman was raised attending Conservative and Orthodox denominations.http://www.timesofisrael.com/for-struggling-actor-mad-men-gigs-a-dream-come-jew/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-feniger/passover-food_b_2868954.html He was involved in camp and school theater from the age of six, and attended Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland. He worked as a camp counselor in the theater and taught a videography class for several summers in Bethesda, Maryland. He attended Ithaca College in New York, where he received a bachelor of fine arts in acting. After graduating, he moved to New York City, where he performed on Broadway and eventually moved to Los Angeles to act in film and television.
Feldman currently lives in Los Angeles, California, and is co-owner of a wine label called Angelica Cellars.
In 2012, Feldman became engaged to Michelle Mulitz.http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/mad-men-star-ben-feldman-is-engaged-to-michelle-mulitz-20121612