Acting

Ben Vereen

Titles: 53movies54TV shows

Career: Active from 1970 to 2026, with a break from 2016 to 2025, busiest in 1985 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 15
top three billing

Average score: 57/100

Highest rated: All That Jazz
80/100

What stands out

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Ben Vereen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Violence
2.9, average 4.3
Contemporary Realism
4.0, average 5.2
Adrenaline
4.0, average 5.1
Scare
1.6, average 2.6

Main genres

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Recurring tags

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

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

74

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Great

Score 80 to 89

5 titles

Poster for Oz

TV show · as A.R. Whitworth

Poster for Sneaky Pete

TV show · as Porter

Poster for Faerie Tale Theatre

TV show · as Puss in Boots

Poster for The Good Fight

TV show · as Frederick Douglass

Poster for All That Jazz

as O'Connor Flood

Good

Score 70 to 79

14 titles

Poster for How I Met Your Mother

TV show · as Sam Gibbs

Poster for Star Trek: The Next Generation

TV show · as Dr. Edward La Forge

Poster for The Nanny

TV show · as Ben Vereen

Poster for Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

TV show · as Dr. Andre Novak

Poster for Roots

TV show · as Chicken George Moore

Poster for New York Undercover

TV show · as Louie

Poster for Grey's Anatomy

TV show · as Archie Roche

Poster for Pippin

as Leading Player

Poster for Top Five

as Carl Allen

Poster for Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

TV show · as E.L. 'Tenspeed' Turner

Poster for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

TV show · as Lou Smith

Poster for Hot in Cleveland

TV show · as Mayor Deacon

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Decent

Score 60 to 69

18 titles

Poster for Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV show · as Jeremiah Morris

Poster for Sweet Charity

as Dancer

Poster for Accidental Friendship

as Wes

Poster for Promised Land

TV show

Poster for Time Out of Mind

as Dixon

Poster for Intruders

TV show · as Gene Randall

Poster for Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

TV show · as Snake (voice)

Poster for B Positive

TV show · as Peter

Poster for NCIS

TV show · as Lamar Addison

Poster for Zoobilee Zoo

TV show · as Mayor Ben

Poster for Webster

TV show

Poster for A.D.

TV show · as Ethiopian

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Bad to mediocre

Score 30 to 59

22 titles

Poster for Magnum P.I.

TV show · as Henry Barr

Poster for Funny Lady

as Bert Robbins

Poster for The Love Boat

TV show · as Dr. John Hanson

Poster for Bull

TV show · as Willie Lambert

Poster for The Gray House

TV show · as Isham Worthy

Poster for Buy & Cell

as Shaka

Poster for I'll Take You There

as Mr. Gwin

Poster for Touched by an Angel

TV show · as Ulysses Dodd

Poster for Once Upon a Forest

as Phineas (voice)

Poster for Silk Stalkings

TV show · as Ben Hutchinson

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

as Carlos

Poster for And Then Came Love

as Chuck Cooper

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Not rated yet

15 titles

Poster for Vaudeville

as Narrator

Poster for Puss in Boots

as Puss in Boots

Poster for Lost In London

as Paul Williams

Poster for J.J. Starbuck

TV show · as Tenspeed Turner

Poster for Fosse

as Performer

Poster for Mary's Incredible Dream

as Devil / Noah / Man

Poster for Tapioca

as Nuts

Poster for The Charmkins

as Dragonweed (voice)

Poster for Sabine

as Stanley

Poster for CBS Summer Playhouse

TV show · as Pianist in Bar

Poster for The Secret World of the Very Young

Songs

Poster for The Magic of David Copperfield

TV show

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