Ben Baur

Baur attended West Albany High School in Albany, Oregon, graduating in 2004. Baur graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.{{cite web |url=http://www.biggaypictureshow.com/bgps/2016/01/adulting-episode-1-hunting-seasons-ben-baur-deals-with-growing-up-in-the-new-gay-themed-web-series/ |title=#Adulting Episode 1 – Hunting Season{{'s}} Ben Baur deals with growing up in the new gay-themed web series |publisher=BigGayPictureShow.com |date=January 27, 2016 |first=Tim |last=Isaac |access-date=January 30, 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.amda.edu/blog/being-an-out-gay-actor-ben-baur-makes-a-difference |title=Being An Out Gay Actor: Ben Baur Makes A Difference |publisher=American Musical and Dramatic Academy |first=David-Christopher |last=Harris |date=December 22, 2015 |access-date=January 31, 2017}}

Baur had guest roles on the television series Nip/Tuck and Happily Divorced before starring as Alex in the LGBT-themed web series Hunting Season.{{cite magazine|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/09/07/hunting-season-clip/ |title=A gay Sex and the City? New web series Hunting Season tackles sex lives of gay New Yorkers |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |first=Emily |last=Rome |date=September 7, 2012 |access-date=March 23, 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://observer.com/2012/08/hunting-season-gawkers-faux-lumni-gets-web-series-shoots-in-gawker-offices/ |title=Hunting Season: Really Old Sex Blog Gets New Life as Web Series |work=The New York Observer |first=Drew |last=Grant |date=August 30, 2012 |access-date=March 23, 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.nextmagazine.com/content/tis-season-hunting-season-creator-jon-marcus-and-star-ben-bauer-talk-about-shows-nudity-new |title='Tis The Season: Hunting Season creator Jon Marcus and star Ben Bauer talk about the show's nudity, New York locales and what's coming up next |work=Next Magazine |first=Will |last=Pulos |date=September 19, 2012 |access-date=March 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021121630/http://www.nextmagazine.com/content/tis-season-hunting-season-creator-jon-marcus-and-star-ben-bauer-talk-about-shows-nudity-new |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://www.newnownext.com/interview-jon-marcus-declares-hunting-season/10/2012/ |title=Interview: Jon Marcus Declares Hunting Season |first=Ed |last=Kennedy |publisher=AfterElton |date=October 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104111841/http://www.afterelton.com/people/2012/10/interview-jon-marcus-hunting-season |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |access-date=March 23, 2016 |url-status=live}} After appearing in the series The Following and Difficult People,{{cite web |url=http://www.out.com/out100-2015/2015/11/09/out100-ben-baur |title=Out100: Ben Baur |work=Out |date=November 9, 2015 |access-date=March 23, 2016}}{{cite web |url=http://www.out.com/truman-says/2015/5/04/mancrushmonday-ben-baur |title=#ManCrushMonday: Ben Baur |work=Out |first=Julien |last=Sauvalle |date=May 4, 2015 |access-date=March 23, 2016}} he played Kip Stark in several episodes of the web series These People from 2015 to 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.welovesoaps.net/2016/04/these-people-season-3.html |title=Brilliant Comedy These People Kicks Off Season 3 With Live Episode on April 24 |first=Roger |last=Newcomb |work=We Love Soaps |date=April 23, 2016 |access-date=January 31, 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.out.com/popnography/2016/10/05/exclusive-ben-baur-talks-new-episodes-his-latest-web-series-adulting |title=Exclusive: Ben Baur Talks New Episodes of His Latest Web Series #Adulting |date=October 5, 2016 |work=Out |first=Katrina |last=Alonso |access-date=January 30, 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.thesepeople.tv/ |publisher=ThesePeople.tv |title=These People: Cast and Crew |access-date=January 31, 2017}} Baur and longtime friend Thandi Tolmay co-created, co-produced, and co-starred in the web series #Adulting in 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/television/2016/4/30/gay-man-faces-life-30-new-web-series-video|title=A Gay Man Faces Life at 30 in New Web Series |date=April 30, 2016 |first=Daniel |last=Reynolds |work=The Advocate |access-date=January 30, 2017}} He has also written episodes of These People and #Adulting. In January 2017, Baur posted on Instagram that he had worked on the ABC soap opera General Hospital in an undisclosed role.{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BP5hNJKFUoF/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BP5hNJKFUoF |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Little known fact |publisher=Instagram |first=Ben |last=Baur |date=January 30, 2017 |access-date=January 31, 2017 |quote=Little known fact that people who work on Soaps are some of the hardest working people in the biz. Had so much fun working on @generalhospitalabc today! Hope to be back soon!}}{{cbignore}} He played mail clerk Noah on the show on February 27, 2017.{{cite web |url=http://soaps.sheknows.com/general-hospital/recaps/25837/gh-recap-carly-hears-sonnys-confession |title=GH Recap: Carly hears Sonny's confession |first=Matt |last=Purvis |publisher=Soaps.com |date=February 27, 2017 |access-date=March 7, 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://soapcentral.com/gh/recaps/2017/170227.php |title=GH Recaps: The week of February 27, 2017 on General Hospital |work=SoapCentral |access-date=March 7, 2017}} Baur also wrote and starred in the short film Something New, which premiered at Outfest Los Angeles in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ben-baur-something-new-film_us_5b04dfdfe4b05f0fc842cbf2|title=In Something New, Ben Baur Makes Bid To Be Seen As 'A Gay Male Meg Ryan'|first=Curtis M.|last=Wong|date=May 23, 2018|website=HuffPost|access-date=May 23, 2018}}

In 2015, Out named Baur to its Out100 list, after previously placing him on the magazine's "Most Eligible Bachelors" list two years in a row.

Baur was nominated for an Indie Series Award for Best Actor (Comedy) in 2012 and 2016 for his work in Hunting Season,{{cite web |url=http://www.welovesoaps.net/2012/12/4th-indie-soap-award-nominations.html |title=4th Annual Indie Soap Awards Nominations Announced |first=Kevin |last=Mulcahy Jr. |work=We Love Soaps |date=December 17, 2012 |access-date=January 31, 2017}}{{cite news |url=http://www.indieseriesawards.com/2016/02/nominations-announced-for-7th-annual.html |date=February 3, 2016 |title=Nominations Announced For 7th Annual ISAs |newspaper=Indie Series Awards |access-date=March 22, 2016}} and in 2017 for #Adulting.{{cite web |url=http://www.indieseriesawards.com/2017/02/8th-annual-indie-series-awards.html |date=February 1, 2017 |title=Nominations Announced For 8th Annual Indie Series Awards |publisher=Indie Series Awards |access-date=February 1, 2017}} The entire Hunting Season cast won the Indie for Best Ensemble (Comedy) in 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.welovesoaps.net/2016/04/winners-7th-annual-indie-series-awards.html |title=WINNERS: 7th Annual Indie Series Awards |work=We Love Soaps |first=Roger |last=Newcomb |date=April 7, 2016 |access-date=April 8, 2016}}

Baur is gay. In 2012, he wrote a column for The Huffington Post about his experiences coming out and being an "out gay actor".{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-baur/being-an-out-gay-actor_b_1951568.html |title=Being an Out Gay Actor |work=The Huffington Post |first=Ben |last=Baur |date=October 9, 2012 |access-date=January 31, 2017}} He and his partner Craig Gates were engaged in May 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bit7KLNlq5Z/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/Bit7KLNlq5Z |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=He asked. I said yes. |via=Instagram |author=benjbaur |date=May 13, 2018|access-date=May 14, 2018}}{{cbignore}}

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