- Ben Masters
Infobox actor
imagesize = 150px
bgcolour =
name = Ben Masters
birthname = Benjamin Masters
birthdate = birth date and age|1947|05|6
location = Corvallis,Oregon ,United States
deathdate =
occupation = Actor
spouse =Ben Masters (born
May 6 ,1947 in Crovallis,Oregon ,United States ) is an Americanactor who plays the role ofJulian Crane on thetelevision soap opera "Passions ".cite news | title=Passions Star: 'We're Not Dead Yet!' | date=2007-02-13 | publisher= "Soap Opera Weekly"| page = 4 ]Acting career
After graduating from the
University of Oregon as a theater major, Masters moved to New York and landed a role in the off-Broadway play "The Boys In The Band ". Ben also had a thirteen month run in Kevin Wade'sKey Exchange off-Broadway. An agent and a few Broadway plays -- including "Captain Brassbound's Conversion " withIngrid Bergman and "The Cherry Orchard " withMeryl Streep -- soon followed.After doing TV movies, miniseries and guest appearances, Masters was introduced to daytime dramas when he portrayed Vic Strang on "Another World" for three months in 1982. Seventeen years later, he signed a contract for NBC's "Passions", as the womanizing
billionaire Julian Crane. His role on the daytime drama landed himSoap Opera Digest Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 2001 and 2002. [ [http://www.tv.com/ben-masters/person/17077/biography.html Ben Masters biography] TV.com] After NBC announced that it was cancelling "Passions" in February 2007, Masters said, "I will miss getting to play this part so much. I had such a great time playing Julian Crane. I wanted to do it until I couldn't do it anymore." "Passions" was later picked up byDirectv for the 2007-2008 season.Personal life
Masters is currently in a relationship with his "Passions" co-star
Tracey Ross (Eve Russell).The visible "dents" on his head are the result of a halo brace Masters wore when he broke his neck in an automobile accident.
He lives part-time on a houseboat.
Filmography
*"Spy Game" (1997) General Sam Wellish
*"The Second Civil War " (1997) Matthew Langford
*"Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion" (1994) Senator Julian Knox
*"Cruel Doubt " (1992) Frank Johnston
*"Noble House" (1988) Linc Bartlett
*"Making Mr. Right " (1987) Steve Marcus
*"All That Jazz " (1979) Dr. Garry
*"Mandingo" (1975) CharlesReferences
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.