Ben Feldman (actor)

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Ben Feldman (actor) : biography

1980-5-27 –

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
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
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