Biography

Benjamin Keepers is the youngest of 9 children and was raised on a dairy farm in rural Northern Wisconsin in the "Great North Woods." He was relentless with his family's video camera as a child, forcing his family members to be in his homemade creations. When he couldn't find volunteers he would film the cattle or resort to stop motion animation. He tackled several award winning roles in his high school theater department, and at 18 he set out to pursue his dreams of making films in Los Angeles. Acting kept drawing him in, accepted to schools in both NYC and LA, he chose to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. He would later go on to study at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute and the Actors Studio West. After several years of studying with some great teachers around LA, and performing in Theaters such as The Fountain Theater and The Tiffany Theater on Sunset he decided to focus on film and television.

Benjamin has performed alongside Marc Maron, Will Patton, Samantha Morton, Sam Richardson and Campbell Scott. Upcoming he goes toe to toe with Brian Tyree Henry in "Class of '09" for FX and can be seen in the 2nd season of the "Leverage: Redemption" re-boot.

- IMDb mini biography by: anonymous