Ben Vereen

Biography

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Ben Vereen (born October 10, 1946) is an American actor, dancer, and singer who has appeared in numerous Broadway theatre shows. Vereen graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts.

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

Grey's Anatomy

Archie Roche

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Jeremiah Morris

Touched by an Angel

Ulysses Dodd

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter / Performer

NCIS

Lamar Addison

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Love Boat

John Hanson

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2025	Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story	Self
2025	The Auction
2021	Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	Self
2020	Chita: A Legendary Celebration	Self
2019	On Broadway	Self (archive footage)
2019	David Foster: Off the Record	Self (archive footage)
2016	The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again	Dr. Scott
2015	Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do	Self
2014	Time Out of Mind	Dixon
2014	Top Five	Carl Allen
2013	Khumba	Mkhulu (voice)
2013	Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals	Self
2011	Mama, I Want to Sing!	Horace Payne
2009	Tapioca	Nuts
2008	Accidental Friendship	Wes
2007	And Then Came Love	Chuck Cooper
2006	Idlewild	Percy Senior
2002	Fosse	Performer
2001	Feast of All Saints	Rudolphe Lermontant
2001	The Painting	Whistlin' Willie Weston
1999	I'll Take You There	Mr. Gwin
1998	Why Do Fools Fall In Love	Richard Barrett
1997	Vaudeville	Narrator
1993	Once Upon a Forest	Phineas (voice)
1990	The Chipmunks Rockin' Through The Decades	Self
1990	Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme	Itsy-Bitsy Spider
1990	The Kid Who Loved Christmas	Morris
1989	Buy & Cell	Shaka
1987	The Saint in Manhattan	Pianist in Bar
1986	Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade
1986	The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years	Self (archive footage)
1985	The Zoo Gang	The Winch
1985	Breakin' Through
1985	Puss in Boots	Puss in Boots
1985	Lost In London	Paul Williams
1985	Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years	Self
1984	Don't Ask Me, Ask God	[Self]
1984	The Jesse Owens Story	Herb Douglas
1984	Lynda Carter: Body and Soul	Self
1984	The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team
1983	The Charmkins	Dragonweed (voice)
1982	Sabine	Stanley
1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self
1981	Pippin	Leading Player
1981	Walt Disney: One Man's Dream	Self
1979	All That Jazz	O'Connor Flood
1979	The Cheryl Ladd Special	Himself
1976	Mary's Incredible Dream	Devil / Noah / Man
1976	Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style
1975	Funny Lady	Bert Robbins
1970	Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.	Carlos
1969	Sweet Charity	Dancer

Year	TV Show	Role
2020	B Positive	Peter
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show
2018	Magnum P.I.	Henry Barr
2017	The Good Fight	Frederick Douglass
2017	Making History	Dr. Cobell
2016	Bull	Willie Lambert
2016	Star	Calvin
2015	Sneaky Pete	Porter
2010	Hot in Cleveland	Mayor Deacon
2008	Your Mama Don't Dance
2005	How I Met Your Mother	Sam Gibbs
2005	Grey's Anatomy	Archie Roche
2003	NCIS	Lamar Addison
2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Jeremiah Morris
1997	The View	Self
1997	Oz	A.R. Whitworth
1996	The Jamie Foxx Show
1996	E! True Hollywood Story
1996	Promised Land
1996	Second Noah
1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Snake (voice)
1994	New York Undercover	Louie
1994	Touched by an Angel	Ulysses Dodd
1993	The Nanny	Ben Vereen
1993	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1992	Intruders	Gene Randall
1991	Breakfast with the Arts
1991	Silk Stalkings	Ben Hutchinson
1990	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Lou Smith
1989	Booker
1987	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Dr. Edward La Forge
1987	J.J. Starbuck	E.L. "Tenspeed" Turner
1987	CBS Summer Playhouse	Pianist in Bar
1986	Zoobilee Zoo	Mayor Ben
1985	A.D.	Ethiopian
1984	Ellis Island	Roscoe Haines
1983	Webster
1982	Faerie Tale Theatre	Puss in Boots
1980	Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1978	The Magic of David Copperfield
1977	The Love Boat	John Hanson
1977	Roots	Chicken George Moore
1976	Donny & Marie	Self
1976	The Muppet Show	Self - Special Guest Star
1976	The Captain and Tennille	Self
1975	Ben Vereen... Comin' at Ya	Host
1974	Dinah!	Self
1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self - Guest / Various Characters
1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self
1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self
1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host
1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter / Performer
1953	The Oscars	Self
	The Gray House