Personal Info
Birth date
1976-01-16 (49 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Also known as
-Shaun Benson
Biography
Shaun Benson was born on January 16, 1976 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and director, known for The Boys (2019), ARQ (2016) and General Hospital (1963).
Filmography
The Boys
8.451
Overview:
A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.Cold Case
7.785
Overview:
The Philadelphia homicide squad's lone female detective finds her calling when she is assigned cases that have never been solved. Detective Lilly Rush combines her natural instincts with the updated technology available today to bring about justice for all the victims she can.Hudson & Rex
8.438
Overview:
Detective Charlie Hudson teams up with what he calls his "highly trained law enforcement animal" German Shepherd dog named Rex who he prefers to team up with because he doesn't talk his ear off.Haven
7.551
Overview:
FBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve a murder and soon discovers the town's many secrets—which also hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her lost past.Slasher
6.725
Overview:
Thirty years ago, in the sleepy community of Waterbury, a killer known as “The Executioner” murdered Sarah Bennett's parents. Now Sarah and her husband Dylan have returned to town, only to find herself the centerpiece in a series of horrifying murders centered around the seven deadly sins.The Unit
7.313
Overview:
A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protecting their husbands' secrets.The Listener
6.835
Overview:
Toby Logan is a highly skilled paramedic with a secret – he can read minds. Toby never really knew his parents and grew up in foster care, this coupled with his secret, which he shares with no one, has made him a bit of a loner. Until now, Toby has kept his ability hidden, exploring its possibilities only with his long time mentor and confidante Dr. Ray Mercer.Mayans M.C.
8.008
Overview:
Set in the aftermath of Jax Teller’s death, Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the Cali/Mexi border. Now, EZ must carve out his new identity in a town where he was once the golden boy with the American Dream in his grasp.Code 8
6.264
Overview:
In Lincoln City, some inhabitants have extraordinary abilities. Most live below the poverty line, under the close surveillance of a heavily militarized police force. Connor, a construction worker with powers, involves with a criminal gang to help his ailing mother. (Based on the short film “Code 8,” 2016.)The Girlfriend Experience
7.022
Overview:
Explore the relationships between exclusive escorts and their clients, for whom they provide far more than just sex. Known as GFEs, they are women who provide “The Girlfriend Experience”—emotional and sexual relationships at a very high price.Billy the Kid
7.5
Overview:
An epic romantic adventure series based on the life of famous American outlaw Billy the Kid — from his humble Irish roots, to his early days as a cowboy and gunslinger in the American frontier, to his pivotal role in the Lincoln County War and beyond.Killjoys
6.878
Overview:
An action-packed adventure series following a fun-loving, hard living trio of interplanetary bounty hunters (a.k.a. Killjoys) sworn to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants around the Quad, a system of planets on the brink of revolution.The Nature of Things
7.125
Overview:
The Nature of Things is a Canadian television series of documentary programs. It debuted on CBC Television on November 6, 1960. Many of the programs document nature and the effect that humans have on it. The program was one of the first to explore environmental issues, such as clear-cut logging. The series is named after an epic poem by Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Dē Rērum Nātūrā" — On the Nature of Things.Republic of Doyle
6.9
Overview:
Jake Doyle and his ex-cop father, Malachy, run a Newfoundland detective agency. Their rugged seaside town never lacks for intriguing cases, and the Doyles don't always land on the right side of the law.Frankie Drake Mysteries
6.5
Overview:
Toronto’s only female private detective in the 1920s takes on the cases the police don’t want or can’t handle. From airplanes and booze running to American G-men, Communists and union busters, Frankie’s fearless sense of adventure gets her into all kinds of trouble, but she always manages to find her way out.Trench 11
5.25
Overview:
In the final days of WWI a shell-shocked soldier must lead a mission deep beneath the trenches to stop a German plot that could turn the tide of the war.Kept Woman
6.4
Overview:
Jessica and her fiancé Evan just moved from the city into their dream home on a quiet suburban street. Soon after, Jessica catches her seemingly friendly new neighbor, Simon, in a strange lie and can't let her suspicions rest. The danger escalates when Simon lures her inside his home and imprisons Jessica in his secret bunker, meticulously decorated in the idealized style of the 1950's.Prescription for Danger
5.7
Overview:
Ivy Fisher is at the top of her game; A whip-smart, devastatingly attractive upstart business owner. She is your typical thirty something, with a stalled personal life and overactive career. But during a crucial investor meeting, Ivy's body begins to fail her. Plagued with an onset of dizziness and a crippling headache, Ivy crashes. Enter Dr. Mark Ryan - a corrupt doctor ready to feed his desire for power, and Ivy is his perfect subject. This rock-hard business woman is now about to confront her mortality. But much to Ivy's shock, she is about to find out that Dr. Ryan, a person she trusts, has the recipe to finally break her.Fatman
5.564
Overview:
A rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus is fighting to save his declining business. Meanwhile, Billy, a neglected and precocious 12 year old, hires a hit man to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.K-19: The Widowmaker
6.5
Overview:
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.Edge of Winter
5.832
Overview:
When two brothers are stranded by a brutal winter storm with an unpredictable father they barely know, the boys begin to suspect their supposed protector may be their biggest threat.Slash/Back
6.4
Overview:
In a remote Arctic community, a group of Inuit girls fight off an alien invasion, all while trying to make it to the coolest party in town.Shadow Island Mysteries: Wedding for One
4.5
Overview:
TV Movie directed by Gary Yates. Claire is hosting her best friend's wedding. Guests arrive, old family conflicts resurface and the night before the wedding, the Groom goes missing. Only Claire knows of Danny's disappearance and she is determined to find him and bring him back before her best friend finds out.Flight of the Butterflies
6.25
Overview:
It takes two or three generations for the monarch butterfly to reach the Canadian breeding grounds, but it is one "supergeneration" that makes the 2,000 mile return trip back south into central Mexico. The documentary film covers Dr Fred Urquhart's interest in monarch butterflies, with perspectives of Urquhart as a child wondering where the butterflies went, his years of research and study into their life and migration, to his time decades-later as a senior scientist looking back at his investigations and discoveries about the insect's life pattern.22 Chaser
7
Overview:
One of the city's last decent tow truck drivers risks everything on a desperate quest to become king of the road and provide for his struggling family.Played
6.8
Overview:
The Covert Investigations Unit (CIU) risks going undercover to infiltrate and bring down criminal organizations. In this new style of short-term, high-intensity undercover work, each covert “play” is crafted quickly and executed at an even faster pace. Placed into various worlds of crime without a safety net, the cops are in constant danger, as they repeatedly go off the grid. Wearing wires, coaxing confessions, and setting up stings, the cops of the CIU must think quickly, talk smoothly, and rely on pure instinct. They slip in and out of characters so often that, sometimes, they lose track of who they really are.ARQ
6.106
Overview:
Two old friends living in a dystopic future become trapped in a mysterious time loop — one that may have something to do with an ongoing battle between an omnipotent corporation and a ragtag band of rebels.Hell Motel
5.2
Overview:
A group of 10 true crime obsessives are invited to the opening weekend of the newly renovated Cold River Motel, the site of a 30-year-old unsolved satanic mass murder. History repeats itself when the guests get stranded and start getting knocked off one by one during a murder spree that grows exponentially more gruesome than the original with each kill.I Still See You
6.491
Overview:
Ten years after an apocalyptic event left the world haunted by ghosts, Roni receives a threatening message from beyond the grave. Joining forces with a mysterious classmate, Kirk, Roni descends into a shadow world that blurs the bounds of the living and the dead-and begins a desperate race against time to stop a cunning killer.Acting
TBAFalsehood as Chief McCarthy
2025Loathe Thy Neighbor as Joe Dickinson
2025Hell Motel (8 Episodes) as Crow
2024Twin Lies as David Linx
2023Home Free as Vincent
2023Good Wife's Guide to Murder as Benjamin Diggs
2022Trader as Bob the Broker (voice)
2022Slash/Back as Officer Lefebvre
2022Billy the Kid (11 Episodes) as John Riley
2021A House On Fire as Mike Farrar
2020Tiny Pretty Things (10 Episodes) as Topher Brooks
2020Fatman as Lex
2019Queen of the Morning Calm as Ian
2019Code 8 as Dixon
2019Boys vs. Girls as Gary
2019The Boys (5 Episodes) as Ezekiel
2019Hudson & Rex (1 Episode) as Tom McGimsie
2018I Still See You as Mr. Calder
2018Mayans M.C. (1 Episode) as McKenzie
2018Never Saw It Coming as Kirk Nicholson
201822 Chaser as Elvis
2018Prescription for Danger as Dr. Mark Laurie
2017Frankie Drake Mysteries (1 Episode) as James Barton
2017Trench 11 as Kaptain Mueller
2017Interlude: City of a Dead Woman as Theodrick
2016Channel Zero (6 Episodes) as Gary Yolen
2016ARQ as Sonny
2016(rough cut) as Director
2016Edge of Winter as Ted
2016Unearthing as Sherrif Brian Wrigley
2016The Girlfriend Experience (4 Episodes) as Ryan
2016Slasher (5 Episodes) as Alistair Simcoe
2015Killjoys (1 Episode) as The Hunter
2015Barn Wedding as Derrick
2015Kept Woman as Simon
2014The Beautiful Risk as William
2014Defiance: The Lost Ones (5 Episodes) as Lenny
2013Played (1 Episode) as Charlie Mulcair
2013Lucky 7 (1 Episode) as Phil
2013Home Sweet Home as The Killer
2012Populaire as Bob Taylor
2012Flight of the Butterflies as Ken Brugger
2011Against the Wall (1 Episode) as Mike Fletcher
2010Shadow Island Mysteries: Wedding for One as Jeff Doyle
2010Haven (1 Episode) as Robert Taylor
2010Republic of Doyle (1, 1 Episode) as Eric Howlett, Eric Langston
2009The Listener (1 Episode) as Jack Newman
2009Tornado Valley as Bobby
2008Knocked Down as Maria Melrose
2008Prank as Erik
2006The Unit (1 Episode) as Unknown
2003Cold Case (1 Episode) as Truck Sugar
2003Name of the Rose as Rob Arthur
2002Just Cause (22 Episodes) as Unknown
2002K-19: The Widowmaker as Leonid
2001The Associates (13 Episodes) as Jonah Gleason
1960The Nature of Things (1 Episode) as Ken Brugger
Directing
2015Barn Wedding ... Director
Editing
2013Home Sweet Home ... Co-Editor
Crew
2013Home Sweet Home ... Stunts
Camera
2012Casting By ... Additional Still Photographer