Ben Gerrard

{{short description|Australian actor (born 1988)}}

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| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 2007–present

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Ben Gerrard is an Australian actor. He is known for his role as Toby in the ABC television series Outland (2012).{{cite news|last1=Atkinson|first1=Frances|title=Out of this world|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/out-of-this-world-20120131-1qrua.html|access-date=2 October 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=2 February 2012}} He also appeared as Constable Brian O'Connor in Wolf Creek 2 (2013) and as multiple characters on the sketch comedy series Open Slather (2015).{{cite news|last1=Moran|first1=Jonathon|title=While Foxtel's Open Slather comedy series may be coming to a close Ben Gerrard has offered some hope|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/while-foxtels-open-slather-comedy-series-may-be-coming-to-a-close-ben-gerrard-has-offered-some-hope/news-story/85b0b2349e57c71cde2da0da7c4cdbcf|access-date=2 October 2017|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=Sydney|date=26 October 2015}} Gerrard played 35 characters in the one-man show I Am My Own Wife, which debuted in 2015.{{cite news|last1=Blake|first1=Elissa|title=Actor plays 35 characters in I Am My Own Wife|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/stage/i-am-my-own-wife-20151109-gku2bu.html|access-date=2 October 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=12 November 2015}} In 2016, he played Molly Meldrum's transgender friend Caroline Jenkins in the two-part miniseries Molly, for which he was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in Television Drama.{{cite news|last1=Quinn|first1=Karl|title=Five things we can learn about Molly Meldrum from Seven's biopic Molly with Samuel Johnson|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/five-things-we-can-learn-about-molly-meldrum-from-sevens-biopic-molly-with-samuel-johnson-20160205-gmn14u.html|access-date=2 October 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=6 February 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Harmon|first1=Steph|title=Aacta awards 2016: Hacksaw Ridge and Rake win early screen honours|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/05/aacta-awards-2016-hacksaw-ridge-and-rake-win-early-screen-honours|access-date=2 October 2017|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=5 December 2016}}

Gerrard graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Arts (NIDA) in 2006.{{cite news|title=On the Couch with Ben Gerrard|url=http://artsreview.com.au/on-the-couch-with-ben-gerrard/|access-date=2 October 2017|work=Australian Arts Review|date=13 January 2017}}