Ben Geurens (born 24 December 1979) is an Australian actor.

Biography

Geurens graduated from NIDA in 2004. At drama school his credits include '' The Return'', ''

Romeo and Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with ''Ham ...

'', ''

Much Ado About Nothing ''Much Ado About Nothing'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599.See textual notes to ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in ''The Norton Shakespeare'' ( W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 ) p. 1387 The play ...

'', and ''Who's Afraid of the Working Class''.

Roles

Geurens is best known for playing suburban rascal Toby Mangel on the soap opera '' Neighbours'' from 1990 to 1993. He then appeared in the television series '' The Man from Snowy River'' as Michael O'Neil and the movie ''

Body Melt ''Body Melt'' is a 1993 Australian independent satirical science fiction biopunk and black comedy body horror fantasy film directed by Philip Brophy and written by Brophy and Rod Bishop. Brophy and Bishop are ex-members of the art punk group � ...

'' as Brandon Noble. He made guest appearances in other series such as ''

Blue Heelers ''Blue Heelers'' is an Australian police drama series that was produced by Southern Star Group and ran for 12 years on the Seven Network, from 1994 to 2006. Although based around the policing of the town, the series generally depicted the e ...

''. Geurens played constable Ash Nader in ''

Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (often abbreviated as ''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a tr ...

'' in late 2006 and early 2007 and a detective in the final series of ''

McLeod's Daughters ''McLeod's Daughters'' is an Australian drama television series created by Posie Graeme-Evans and Caroline Stanton for the Nine Network, which aired from 8 August 2001, to 31 January 2009, lasting List of McLeod's Daughters episodes, eight seas ...

'' in 2008. He also appeared in the

Melbourne Theatre Company The Melbourne Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1953 as the Union Theatre Repertory Company at the Union Theatre at the University of Melbourne, it is the oldest professional theatre compa ...

's production of '' Entertaining Mr Sloane'', in which he played the lead role of Mr Sloane and also in ''

The History Boys ''The History Boys'' is a play by British playwright Alan Bennett. The play premiered at the Royal National Theatre in London on 18 May 2004. Its Broadway debut was on 23 April 2006 at the Broadhurst Theatre where 185 performances were staged b ...

'' as Dakin. In 2009, Geurens starred in the comedy series ''

The Jesters The Jesters were a doo-wop group based in New York City who achieved success in the late 1950s. They were students at Cooper Junior High School in Harlem, who graduated from singing under an elevated train station near 120th Street to the amateur ...

'' as Steve Morris and had guest roles on '' All Saints'' and ''

Packed to the Rafters ''Packed to the Rafters'' was an Australian family-oriented comedy drama television program which premiered on the Seven Network on Tuesday 26 August 2008 at 8:30 pm. The show continued on Tuesdays in this timeslot for its entire run. The ...

''. He portrayed Gideon Blackburn in the historical-fantasy drama ''

Reign A reign is the period of a person's or dynasty's occupation of the office of monarch of a nation (e.g., Saudi Arabia, Belgium, Andorra), of a people (e.g., the Franks, the Zulus) or of a spiritual community (e.g., Catholicism, Tibetan Budd ...

''. He also plays the part of The Necromancer on '' Legacies''. Geurens plays the lead role Ryan Black in the crime-thriller film ''

Locusts Locusts (derived from the Vulgar Latin ''locusta'', meaning grasshopper) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumst ...

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Filmography

Film

Television

Staff credits

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Geurens, Ben 1979 births Australian male child actors Australian male television actors Australian male stage actors Male actors from Melbourne Living people National Institute of Dramatic Art alumni