Ben Dickey (born 1977) is an American actor and musician best known for playing

Blaze Foley Michael David Fuller (December 18, 1949 – February 1, 1989), better known by his stage name Blaze Foley, was an American country music singer-songwriter, poet, and artist active in Austin, Texas. Background Foley was born Michael David Fuller ...

in the 2018 biographical drama '' Blaze''. For his performance in the film, Dickey won the Sundance Film Festival U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Achievement in Acting. Originally from

Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Arkansas, most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The city's population was 202,591 as of the 2020 census. The six-county Central Arkan ...

, Dickey now resides in

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

as of 2018. In 2016, he released his first album ''Sexy Birds and Salt Water Classics''. In 2019, he released his second album ''A Glimmer On The Outskirts'' which was produced by his ''Blaze'' co-star

Charlie Sexton Charles Wayne Sexton (born August 11, 1968) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Sexton is best known for his years as a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band, though also has become well known as a music producer. Sexton co-founded Arc A ...

Filmography

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The Hottest State ''The Hottest State'' is a 2006 drama film written and directed by Ethan Hawke, based on his 1996 novel of the same name. The film debuted at the Venice Film Festival on September 2, 2006, and received a limited theatrical release in the United St ...

'' (2006) *'' Blaze'' (2018) *''

The Kid The Kid or The Kids may refer to: Fictional characters * The kid (''Blood Meridian''), a character in Cormac McCarthy's 1985 novel ''Blood Meridian'' * The Kid (''The Matrix''), a character in the ''Matrix'' film series * The Kid (''The Stand'' ...

'' (2019) *''

The Last Movie Stars ''The Last Movie Stars'' is an American documentary television miniseries created by Emily Wachtel and directed by Ethan Hawke. All six episodes of the series were released on HBO Max on July 21, 2022. After discovering transcripts of interviews ...

'' (2022)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dickey, Ben Living people 21st-century American male actors American male film actors 1977 births Male actors from Louisiana Male actors from Little Rock, Arkansas Sundance Film Festival award winners