
Ben Shenkman
Department: Acting
Biography
Benjamin Shenkman is an American actor, known for his roles in the comedy-drama series Royal Pains and the acclaimed HBO miniseries Angels in America, which earned him both Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations.
Known For

Pi
1998

Quiz Show
1994

Chasing Sleep
2001

Just Like Heaven
2005

Then She Found Me
2007

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
2009

Solitary Man
2009

Breakfast with Scot
2007

Blue Valentine
2010

The Key Man
2011

Concussion
2013

Forty Winks
2022

Breathe In
2013

Camp Stories
1997

Table One
2000

30 Days
1999

Thick as Thieves
1999

Joe Gould's Secret
2000

People I Know
2002

Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
2006

The Conspiracy
2022

Requiem for a Dream
2000

Must Love Dogs
2005

Personal Velocity
2002

Christmas Eve in Miller's Point
2024

Americanese
2006

The Auction
2027

Roger Dodger
2002

Jesus' Son
2000

The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020

Eraser
1996

The Siege
1998

After
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Stella Shorts 1998-2002
2002

Law & Order
1990

Ed
2000

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999

Burn Notice
2007

Canterbury's Law
2008

Private Practice
2007

Damages
2007

Angels in America
2003

Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005

20 Questions
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The Paul Reiser Show
2011

Billions
2016

Grey's Anatomy
2005

For the People
2018

Drop Dead Diva
2009

Ed
2000

Stephen King's "N"
2008

Law & Order
1990

The Good Fight
2017

Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000

The Night Of
2016

Made in Jersey
2012

FBI
2018

Love Monkey
2006

Royal Pains
2009

FBI
2018

Love Story
2026