Benjamin Charles Watson
{{Short description|Canadian actor}}
Benjamin Charles Watson, sometimes credited as Ben Watson, is a Canadian actor.Daniel Reynolds, [https://www.advocate.com/television/2019/6/09/benjamin-watson-brings-black-gay-visibility-designated-survivor "Benjamin Charles Watson Brings Black and Gay Visibility to Designated Survivor"]. The Advocate, June 9, 2019. He is most noted for his role as Dontae Evans in the third season of the television series Designated Survivor, and his performance in the web series I Am Syd Stone.
Early life
Career
He acted in supporting film and television roles, most notably in the television drama series Soul, before landing his first major starring role in the television series The L.A. Complex. Watson was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Supporting Performance in a Web Program or Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards in 2022 for I Am Syd Stone.Brent Furdyk, [https://web.archive.org/web/20220215130202/https://etcanada.com/news/867531/2022-canadian-screen-awards-nominees-announced/ "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack"]. ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
Personal life
He publicly came out as queer in 2019.
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 2007
|data-sort-value="Limits, The" | The Limits |Tyrel | |
| 2017
|Black Site Delta |Simms | |
| 2017
|Playing Cards |Tyrese | |
| 2021
|data-sort-value="Family, The" | The Family |Caleb | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year !Title !Role !Notes |
| 2007
|Episode: "Washington Sniper" |
| 2009
|data-sort-value="Listener, The" | The Listener |Student #2 |Episode: "I'm an Adult Now" |
| 2009
|Soul |Dante |4 episodes |
| 2010
|Rod |Episode: "Buried" |
| 2010
|Todd and the Book of Pure Evil |Simon |Episode: "Gay Day" |
| 2011
|Charles Morris |Television film |
| 2012
|data-sort-value="L.A. Complex, The" | The L.A. Complex |Tariq Muhammad |9 episodes |
| 2013
|data-sort-value="Killing, The" | The Killing |Rayna |3 episodes |
| 2016
|Love in Paradise |Cameraman |Television film |
| 2016
|Delivery Guy |Episode: "The Relationship More Populated" |
| 2016
|data-sort-value="Firehouse Christmas, A" | A Firehouse Christmas |Parker Philips |Television film |
| 2017
|data-sort-value="Good Doctor, The" | The Good Doctor |Matthew |Episode: "Mount Rushmore" |
| 2017
|Lars |Episode: "17 Minutes" |
| 2018
|Mingle All the Way |Photographer |Television film |
| 2019
|Dontae Evans |10 episodes |
| 2020
|Brakeman Fuller |2 episodes |
| 2020
|Matt |6 episodes |
| 2021
|Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia |John |Television film |
| TBA
| |Upcoming series |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|2360244}}
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Category:21st-century Canadian male actors
Category:Canadian male film actors
Category:Canadian male television actors
Category:Canadian male web series actors
Category:Black Canadian male actors
Category:Black Canadian LGBTQ people
Category:Canadian LGBTQ male actors
Category:Jamaican emigrants to Canada