Ben Nicholas

Benjamin Nicholas (born December 10, 1987, in Adelaide, Australia) is an Australian actor. He is best known for playing Scott "Stingray" Timmins in the Australian soap opera Neighbours.

Biography

Raised in Adelaide, South Australia, he lives in London, England. According to former Neighbours co-star Matthew Werkmeister (Zeke), some of Stingray's more individual expressions such as "hufter" and "Belgium" (as an expression of dismay or irritation) were coined by Ben himself (Although the use of 'Belgium' as a curse word was pioneered by Douglas Adams in 'The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy'). It was rumoured that Ben had planned on leaving Neighbours for some time to further his career in movies. His final performance as 'Stingray' aired on March 23, 2007. Nicholas travelled from Australia to the UK to perform pantomime over the Christmas period. In December 2006, he performed at the Marlowe Theatre, in Canterbury, Kent, as Prince Charming. He performed in Cinderella in the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage from 1st December 2007 until 27th January 2008. He is also involved with The Rayz, a London based bandFact|date=June 2008 .

Nicholas toured during September-October 2007 with the band 'Lucas', playing over 40 dates.Fact|date=June 2008

On September 10th 2007 he appeared on the Donny Osmond presented show Identity where the contestant correctly identified Ben, from 12 possible characters, as the soap opera starFact|date=June 2008

Nicholas appeared on BBC's "Celebrity Scissorhands" for Children in Need 2007. Fact|date=June 2008

Ben will be appearing in the stage version of the hit Disney film High School Musical in London. He will be playing the part of Jack Scott. The shows run is from Saturday 28th June 2008 until Sunday 31st August 2008 in the Hammersmith Apollo London. Fact|date=June 2008

Filmography

*2005 - Episode: "Operation: Mask-In-A-Can" as Vern
*2004-2007 Neighbours as Scott 'Stingray' Timmins
*2004 Good Morning Australia as Himself (9 February 2004)
*1999 Chuck Finn - Episode: "Chuck Who" as Sam
*1991 Television Commercial

Theatre

*2008 as Jack Scott
*2007-2008 Cinderella as 'Buttons' (Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage, England)
*2007 Oliver! - The Artful Dodger (Central Theatre, Chatham, England)
*2006-2007 Jack and the Beanstalk(played Jack) (Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, England)
*2005 9 to 5 (The Dragonfly Theatre & Cabaret Restaurant, Melbourne)
*2005 A Bunch Of Ratbags (Theatreworks, (Melbourne)
*2004 Neighbours Rocky Horror Show, (Melbourne)
*2002 Oliver! - The Artful Dodger (Melbourne)
*2002 Singin' in the Rain - Young Cosmo & Don
*2001 The Sound Of Music - Kurt von Trapp
*2000 The Boy From Oz - Young Peter Allan
*1999 Les Miserables - Sam

Awards

*2005 Logie Awards Nomination for 'Most Popular New Talent (male)

*2006 Ellerton Awards Winner of 'Best stage dancer with Chris Heyes (male)

References

* [http://www.bennicholas.stardust.me.uk/bio.html] (February, 2006) "Ben Nicholas Online Biography". Ben Nicholas Online
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1503766/] (2006) "Ben Nicholas(II)". Internet Movie Database.
* [http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/entertainment-catch-all/2007/10/13/the-razz-celebs-hope-to-make-cut-86908-19944829/] Ben Nicholas named as a contestant on the next series of Celebrity Scissorhands.

External links

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