Benjamin Immanuel (also credited as Ben Ratner or Benjamin Ratner) is a

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actor, film director and screenwriter. He is most noted for his performances in the films ''

Last Wedding ''Last Wedding'' is a 2001 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Bruce Sweeney. It premiered as the opening film of the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival."Sweeney mines past relationships for Last Wedding, Toronto festival". ...

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Looking for Leonard ''Looking for Leonard'' is a Canadian crime comedy-drama film, directed by Matt Bissonnette and Steven Clark and released in 2002.Rick Groen, "Leonard's quest finds both vice and virtue". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 29, 2002. Synopsis The f ...

''.

Career

Immanuel has appeared in the films ''

Moving Malcolm ''Moving Malcolm'' is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Benjamin Ratner and released in 2003."Movie has feeling of baseball player who lost a close one". ''Vancouver Sun'', October 17, 2003. The film stars Ratner as Gene Maxwell, a man who ...

'', ''

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'', '' Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity'', '' Amazon Falls'', '' Fathers & Sons'' and ''

Sisters & Brothers ''Sisters & Brothers'' is a 2011 Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Carl Bessai. The film explores the relationships of four sets of siblings, who have not had contact for some time (in one case, never). It is the final film in ...

'', and regular supporting roles as Sam Berger in the television series '' Da Vinci's City Hall'' and Ivon Teslia in '' Travelers''. He was also the director of ''Moving Malcolm''."Movie has feeling of baseball player who lost a close one". ''

Vancouver Sun The ''Vancouver Sun'', also known as the ''Sun'', is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The newspaper is currently published by the Pacific Newspaper Group, a division of Postmedia Network, and is the larg ...

'', October 17, 2003. For his role in ''Last Wedding,'' he won a

Vancouver Film Critics Circle The Vancouver Film Critics Circle (VFCC) was founded in 2000 by David Spaner and Ian Caddell, in order to help promote Canadian films and the British Columbia film and television industry. Its membership includes print, radio, on-line, and telev ...

award for Best Actor in a Canadian Film in 2001. He won the VFCC's Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film award in 2002 for ''Looking for Leonard''. He was also director of the film '' Down River'', which won the VFCC's award for Best British Columbia film in 2013.

Personal life

In 2021, having been credited as Benjamin Ratner or Ben Ratner since 1991, he chose to start using his middle name for future credits, thus Ben Immanuel, in order to avoid confusion with director

Brett Ratner Brett Ratner (born March 28, 1969) is an American film director and producer. He directed the Rush Hour (film series), ''Rush Hour'' film series, ''The Family Man'', ''Red Dragon (2002 film), Red Dragon'', ''X-Men: The Last Stand'', ''Tower Heist ...

. He is married to actress

Jennifer Spence Jennifer Spence (born January 22, 1977) is a Canadian actress. Her acting credits include playing Dr. Lisa Park on the ''Stargate Universe'' television series and Betty Robertson on the series '' Continuum''. Career Spence has had principal role ...

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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