Benjamin Leasure was born in Rochester, NY to Jeanne and Rick Leasure, the brother to four and uncle of eight played college basketball and is a classically trained actor from one of the prestigious Tisch Studios and Upright Citizens Brigade. Ben is known for playing James Dean in Tim Heidecker's Cartoon Network Oscar Special, CBS All Rise, appearing in and on the poster of the Wolf of Wall Street, and his rubber faced portrayal of Donald in the hit web sit-com Gentlemen's Dwelling, which Leasure also Co-Executive Produced. Ben also has been a guest or co-star on 12 cable TV programs in the last two years. In the Summer of 2013, Ben produced and starred in the action-comedy Pilot, Flipsters, with Emmy nominee Mark Margolis. Ben has acted in countless independent films before entering the studio world, and can be seen in film festivals and screenings across the country with an array of lead roles in various genres. His favorites being Lloyd, the silent introspective clock repairman in "Men With Arms" the feature film with several festivals and a NYC Anthology Film Archive screening under it's belt, and "Love at a Coffee Shop" Peter Panagos' brilliantly penned Romantic Comedy. Leasure has also played in a multitude of classical and contemporary theatre pieces in NYC and Regionally. His favorite's being "Sorry About Your Penpal" by Joe Lankheet, with Tyler Burke at Dixon Place, Heraculus in ICImedia's Zenobia in Princeton, and The Drum Major in Stasz/Pruitt's Woyzeck. As a Producer and Ghostwriter, Ben has several feature film projects in development.

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