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Acting

Ben Vereen

Career: Active from 1970 to 2027, with a break from 2016 to 2025, busiest in 1985 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 15
top three billing

Average score: 55/100

Highest rated: All That Jazz
80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 50 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ben Vereen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
4.0, average 5.4
Violence
2.9, average 4.1
Uncanny
1.5, average 2.5
Scare
1.6, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 4
Coming-of-Age 3
Nostalgic 2
Nostalgic Appeal 2
Animated Adventure 2
Thought-Provoking 2
Musical 2
Meta-Narrative 2
Social Realism 2
Political Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

75

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 58

as Hector Valdez

The Gray House

52

TV show · as Isham Worthy

B Positive

64

TV show · as Peter

2010s

12 titles · average score 61

Magnum P.I.

56

TV show · as Henry Barr

The Good Fight

80

TV show · as Frederick Douglass

Making History

70

TV show · as Dr. Cobell

Bull

52

TV show · as Willie Lambert

Star

57

TV show · as Calvin

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again

34

as Dr. Scott

Time Out of Mind

67

as Dixon

Sneaky Pete

83

TV show · as Porter

Top Five

73

as Carl Allen

Khumba

46

as Mkhulu (voice)

Mama, I Want to Sing!

43

as Horace Payne

Hot in Cleveland

70

TV show · as Mayor Deacon

2000s

12 titles · average score 60

as Nuts

Accidental Friendship

66

as Wes

Your Mama Don't Dance

TV show

And Then Came Love

31

as Chuck Cooper

Idlewild

57

as Percy Senior

How I Met Your Mother

79

TV show · as Sam Gibbs

Grey's Anatomy

75

TV show · as Archie Roche

NCIS

64

TV show · as Lamar Addison

Fosse

as Performer

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

68

TV show · as Jeremiah Morris

The Painting

38

as Whistlin' Willie Weston

Feast of All Saints

65

as Rudolphe Lermontant

1990s

20 titles · average score 61

I'll Take You There

51

as Mr. Gwin

Vaudeville

as Narrator

84

TV show · as A.R. Whitworth

The Jamie Foxx Show

44

TV show · as Royal

Touched by an Angel

44

TV show · as Ulysses Dodd

New York Undercover

76

TV show · as Louie

Once Upon a Forest

39

as Phineas (voice)

The Nanny

77

TV show · as Ben Vereen

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

76

TV show · as Dr. Andre Novak

Intruders

65

TV show · as Gene Randall

Silk Stalkings

42

TV show · as Ben Hutchinson

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

71

TV show · as Lou Smith

1980s

20 titles · average score 65

Buy & Cell

46

as Shaka

Star Trek: The Next Generation

79

TV show · as Dr. Edward La Forge

J.J. Starbuck

TV show · as Tenspeed Turner

Zoobilee Zoo

64

TV show · as Mayor Ben

A.D.

63

TV show · as Ethiopian

Puss in Boots

as Puss in Boots

Lost In London

as Paul Williams

59

as The Winch

The Charmkins

as Dragonweed (voice)

Faerie Tale Theatre

82

TV show · as Puss in Boots

Pippin

73

as Leading Player

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

70

TV show · as E.L. 'Tenspeed' Turner

1970s

7 titles · average score 60

All That Jazz

80

as O'Connor Flood

The Magic of David Copperfield

TV show

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Dr. John Hanson

Roots

76

TV show · as Chicken George Moore / Chicken Joe Moore

Mary's Incredible Dream

as Devil / Noah / Man

Funny Lady

56

as Bert Robbins

Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.

34

as Carlos

1960s

1 title · average score 69

Sweet Charity

69

as Dancer