ABOUT BEN

Ben Rappaport is a seasoned and highly accomplished stage and screen actor. He’s starred on Broadway in Picnic, Fiddler On The Roof, and currently stars opposite 2023 Tony Award Winner Sean Hayes in Good Night, Oscar as Jack Paar. On TV, he has starred, recurred and guest starred on countless series. Ben began his TV career starring as Todd Dempsy on the (now cult classic) NBC sitcom Outsourced. He was also the male lead of Shondaland’s For The People on ABC. You’ll recognize Ben as memorable characters from some of the hottest TV shows, namely: Billy Mcfarland on Inventing Anna, Dr. Max Horowitz on Younger, Ollie Parker on Mr. Robot, Josh Silverberg on Ozark, Carey Zepps on The Good Wife, and many others. On film, Ben has starred opposite Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, and Steve Carell in Hope Springs as well as Landing Up, Ask for Jane, Better Off Single, and The Brass Teapot. Ben received his acting training from The Juilliard School and was awarded the Drama Division’s highest honor, the Michel and Suria Saint Denis Prize (for ‘outstanding achievement and leadership in drama’) upon his graduation.

 

As a coach, Ben has taught/spoken at Juilliard, Broadway Workshop, Texas Educational Theatre Association, and Texas A&M Corpus Christi.  

 

Ben’s approach to coaching clients is focused on finding a personal connection to the material, celebrating your own uniqueness, and allowing it to come through by making quick and creative choices. Above all, Ben believes in working from the spirit of play and joyful in the moment exploration (after all, it’s called ‘playing’ a role for a reason, right?). After years of cultivating this philosophy in the trenches of the entertainment business, it has proven successful many times over in his own auditions and work as well as for his clients. It’s not the bells and whistles that get you the job, it’s being your unique self. Remember…there’s only one you in the world, so show them that!