Personal Info
Birth date
-
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Indiana, USA
Also known as
Benjamin Livingston
Ben Livingston
Biography
Ben Livingston is an American writer, stage and screen actor with an MFA in Drama from Indiana University.
Filmography
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
7.937
Overview:
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.Law & Order
7.402
Overview:
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.The Blacklist
7.639
Overview:
Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.CSI: Miami
7.712
Overview:
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.Blue Bloods
7.794
Overview:
A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.Malcolm in the Middle
8.474
Overview:
A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.Without a Trace
7.259
Overview:
The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.The Good Wife
7.59
Overview:
Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.Frasier
7.7
Overview:
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.Person of Interest
8.074
Overview:
John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars.Invasion
7.2
Overview:
Earth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity's existence. Events unfold in real time through the eyes of five ordinary people across the globe as they struggle to make sense of the chaos unraveling around them.Elementary
7.6
Overview:
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.Star Trek: Voyager
7.797
Overview:
Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.ER
7.829
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ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.Marvel's Daredevil
8.164
Overview:
Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil.Mr. Robot
8.249
Overview:
A contemporary and culturally resonant drama about a young programmer, Elliot, who suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot will find himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America.Spin City
7.072
Overview:
Workaholic Mike Flaherty is the Deputy Mayor of New York City, serving as Mayor Randall Winston's key strategist and much-needed handler. Mike runs the city with the help of his oddball staff: an anxious and insecure press secretary; a sexist, boorish chief of staff; an impeccably groomed gay activist running minority affairs; a sharp and efficient, man-crazy accountant; and an idealistic young speechwriter. Like Mike, they are all professionally capable but personally challenged.Evil
7.769
Overview:
Skeptical forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins priest-in-training David Acosta and technology expert Ben Shakir as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to assess for a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.Manifest
7.652
Overview:
After landing from a turbulent but routine flight, the crew and passengers of Montego Air Flight 828 discover five years have passed in what seemed like a few hours. As their new realities become clear, a deeper mystery unfolds and some of the returned passengers soon realize they may be meant for something greater than they ever thought possible.Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
7.6
Overview:
Dr. Michaela Quinn journeys to Colorado Springs to be the town's physician after her father's death in 1868.Boardwalk Empire
7.998
Overview:
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.Only Murders in the Building
8.5
Overview:
Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.7th Heaven
6.357
Overview:
Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and spouses that continually come and go in the Camden household.Ally McBeal
6.6
Overview:
Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!The Deuce
7.6
Overview:
The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence of the area.Bruce Almighty
6.721
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Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, NY, but despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules God — and the Almighty responds, endowing Bruce with all of His divine powers.Hunters
7.218
Overview:
A diverse band of Nazi Hunters living in 1977 New York City discover that hundreds of high ranking Nazi officials are living among us and conspiring to create a Fourth Reich in the U.S. The eclectic team of Hunters set out on a bloody quest to bring the Nazis to justice and thwart their new genocidal plans.Harlem
7.477
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Four stylish and ambitious best girlfriends in Harlem, New York City: a rising star professor struggling to make space for her love life; a savvy tech entrepreneur always dating someone new; a no-filter singer; and a hopeless romantic fashion designer. Together, they level up into the next phase of their careers, relationships, and big city dreams.Deliver Us from Evil
6.256
Overview:
When a frightening wave of violence sweeps through New York City, troubled cop Sarchie fails to find a rational explanation for the bizarre crimes. However, his eyes are opened to a frightening alternate reality when renegade Jesuit priest Mendoza convinces him that demonic possession may be to blame for the gruesome murders. Together, they wage a valiant supernatural struggle to rid the city of an otherworldly evil.Acting
2023Command Z (1 Episode) as Gregor
2021Harlem (1 Episode) as Rip Van Horn
2021Invasion (1 Episode) as Dr. Lockhart
2021Only Murders in the Building (1 Episode) as Charles’ Father
2020Hunters (2 Episodes) as President Jimmy Carter
2019Evil (1 Episode) as Dr. Floyd C. Hopper
2019Framing John DeLorean as GM Executive
2018Manifest (3 Episodes) as Kenneth Meyer
2018Mosaic (1 Episode) as B. David Stocker
2017The Post as Dennis Doolin
2017Sea Oak (1 Episode) as Father Brian
2017The Deuce (1 Episode) as Dr. Steiner
2015Mr. Robot (1 Episode) as Chad Davidovitz
2015Marvel's Daredevil (1 Episode) as Auctioneer
2014Deliver Us from Evil as Physician
2013The Blacklist (1 Episode) as Senator McFarley
2013The Cherokee Word for Water as Curly
2012Elementary (1 Episode) as Coleman Brown
2011Too Big to Fail as Investment Banker
2011Person of Interest (1 Episode) as 'Agent Barnes
2010Blue Bloods (1 Episode) as Gavin Sutherland
2010Boardwalk Empire (1 Episode) as Chicago Hotel Manager
2009The Good Wife (1 Episode) as David Merriman
2008Over Her Dead Body as Minister
2007Everybody Wants to Be Italian as Veterinarian
2006Unrest as Ivan Verbukh
2003Charlie Lawrence (1 Episode) as Walter Ffentz
2003Bruce Almighty as Paramedic
2003In Smog and Thunder as Unknown
2002Without a Trace (1 Episode) as Dr. Bratton
2002CSI: Miami (1 Episode) as Ethan Danbury
2001The Lord’s Prayer as Joash (voice)
2000Malcolm in the Middle (1 Episode) as Eddie
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 Episode) as Principal Dan Kenner
1998The Curve as Jimmy
1997Ally McBeal (1 Episode) as Jeri / Gerry Byrd
1996Spin City (1 Episode) as Lee
19967th Heaven (1 Episode) as Attendant
1995Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys as Willie
1995Star Trek: Voyager (1 Episode) as Burkus
1994ER (1 Episode) as Father of kid stuck in toilet
1993Frasier (1 Episode) as Stage Manager
1993Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1 Episode) as Tom
1991Animated Hero Classics (1 Episode) as British Officer / Soldier / Knox (voice)
1990Law & Order (1 Episode) as George Highgrove
Writing
2012The Raven ... Screenplay