Ben Vereen at the 12th Annual PRISM Awards. Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, CA. 04-24-08

RECENT CREDITS
Grey's Anatomy (TV)  Oct. 4, 2007
And Then Came Love (FILM)  Jun. 15, 2007
Idlewild (FILM)  Aug. 25, 2006
The Painting (FILM)  Apr. 29, 2005
Iyanla (TV)  Oct. 17, 2001


HIGHLIGHTS
A veteran Broadway star, he earned a 1972 Tony nod for his role as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar and won the award the next year for his performance in Pippin.
Came to national fame as Chicken George in the 1977 miniseries Roots.
Costarred with Jeff Goldblum in the 1980 detective series Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, playing a parolee-turned-PI. In 1988, he reprised the character as a regular in the series J.J. Starbuck
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

And Then Came Love  2007 -Chuck Cooper
Actor
Film


Idlewild  2006 -Percy Senior
Actor
Film


Why Do Fools Fall In Love  1998 -Richard Barrett
Actor
Film


Buy and Cell  1989 -Shaka
Actor
Film


A.D.   -Ethiopian
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Grey's Anatomy   -Archie
Actor
TV
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J.J. Starbuck   -'Tenspeed' Turner
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Oz   -A.R. Whitworth
Actor
TV


Roots   -Chicken George
Actor
TV


Silk Stalkings   -Capt. Hutchinson
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Webster   -Phillip Long
Actor
TV


Host
TV


Zoobilee Zoo   -Mayor Ben
Actor
TV


The Painting  2005
Actor
Film


Once Upon a Forest  1993 -Phineas
Voice
Film


All That Jazz  1979 -O'Connor Flood
Actor
Film


Funny Lady  1975 -Bert Robbins
Actor
Film


Gas-S-S-S!  1970 -Carlos
Actor
Film


Sweet Charity  1969
Actor
Film


Tapioca   -Nuts
Actor
Film


Tenspeed and Brown Shoe   -E.L. Turner
Actor
Film


Voice
Film


The Feast of All Saints   -Rudolphe Lermontant
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


The Zoo Gang   -The Winch
Actor
Film


Vaudeville   -Narrator, Narrator
Actor, Voice
Film


Voice
Film


Actor
Film


I'll Take You There   -Mr.Gwin
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Ellis Island   -Roscoe Haines
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Pippin   -The leading player
Actor
Film


Roots   -Chicken George
Actor
Film


Sabine   -U.S. businessman
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Intruders   -Gene Randall
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme   -Itsy Bitsy Spider
Actor
Film




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Highlights

A veteran Broadway star, he earned a 1972 Tony nod for his role as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar and won the award the next year for his performance in Pippin.
Came to national fame as Chicken George in the 1977 miniseries Roots.
Costarred with Jeff Goldblum in the 1980 detective series Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, playing a parolee-turned-PI. In 1988, he reprised the character as a regular in the series J.J. Starbuck
Was almost killed in 1992 when he was accidentally hit by an automobile being driven by music great David Foster while walking on the Pacific Coast Highway. He was trying to retu


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