Ben Oxenbould

Ben Oxenbould is an Australian actor and comedian. His brother Jamie Oxenbould is also an actor, as is Jamie's son, Ed Oxenbould.^[1]

Ben Oxenbould
Born	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation(s)	Actor, comedian
Years active	1980–present
Relatives	Ed Oxenbould (nephew)

Early career

He was educated at North Sydney Boys High School.^[2] In 1980, Oxenbould was cast as "Hubert 'Fatty' Finn" in the film Fatty Finn.^[3] He then appeared in several films and television programs, including E Street, Home and Away, G. P. and Echo Point.^[4] Oxenbould was cast as the character "Ben Hubner" in the sitcom, Hey Dad..!, appearing on the show between 1991 and 1994.^[5][6]

On 24 March 2010, Oxenbould appeared on Australian television programme A Current Affair to support claims of sexual abuse made by fellow actor Sarah Monahan. Oxenbould claimed to have witnessed another child actress being molested by a male cast member.^[7]

Comedy

From 2003 to 2005 Oxenbould featured as one of the ensemble cast of the sketch comedy series Comedy Inc., in which he was noted for several characters, including his parody of cricketer Shane Warne.^[8] A review of Comedy Inc: The Late Shift published in The Australian in 2005 described Oxenbould's performance in the show as: "continu[ing] to display a gift for parody and a range that goes from high camp to seriously blue collar."^[9] He left the program in 2005.^[10]

Film

In 2007 he starred in the film Black Water, a thriller set in the Australian outback and featuring a man-eating crocodile.^[11] In 2010 he appeared in the film Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story, a film based on the true story of Maria Korp who was murdered by her husband's lover in 2005.^[12] Oxenbould has also done extensive work as a voice-over artist, as well as work in short films and theatre.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Fatty Finn	Hubert "Fatty" Finn
1989	Mortgage	Young Couple 2
1990	The Crossing	Heavyfoot
1990	The Boys in the Island	Thrasher
1997	Wanted	Joe
1998	Radiance	The Barman
2004	Get Rich Quick	Boaz
2007	Black Water	Jim
2010	Caught Inside	Bull
2014	Emissary	The Man	Short

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	E Street	Mario Agostini	season 1, episodes 21-22
1989	Home and Away	Hoon #2	season 2, episodes 423-424
1991	G.P.	Kerry Watson	"The Price You Pay"
1991–94	Hey Dad..!	Ben Hubner	Main role
1992	Six Pack		Anthology TV series
1995	Echo Point		TV series
2003–06	Comedy Inc.	Various	TV series
2005	The Surgeon	Steve Glass	"1.8"
2008	Scorched	Lenny	TV film
2009	The Cut	Danny Holbrook	Main role
2010	Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story		TV film
2011	At Home With Julia	Head Protester	"Code Ranga"
2011	Slide	Tony Carlyle	Recurring role
2012	Rake	Alistair Emery	"R vs Floyd"
2014	Old School	Mickey Rowe	"Sky the Towel"
2016	The Kettering Incident	Craig Grayson	Recurring role
2016	The Code	Nolan Daniels	Recurring role
2016	Deep Water	Chris Toohey	TV miniseries
2017	Wolf Creek	Ian "Davo" Davidson	Season 2, 2 episodes
2018	Mystery Road	Vince Pierce	2 episodes
2019	Mr Inbetween	Dirk	3 episodes
2022	True Colours	Gingerbread Man	4-part miniseries
2022	Heartbreak High	Justin McLean	5 episodes

Philanthropy

In 2000 Oxenbould helped set up the BBAS Memorial School, a school in Bardia, Nepal, a remote Nepalese mountain village. In 2005, he organised a fundraiser for the school, which was supported by Australian entertainers, including singers Tex Perkins and Tim Rogers, comedian Akmal Saleh. Artwork by the school's students was auctioned.^[13]

References

1. "[Untitled document]" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
2. NSBHS Higher School Certificate 1986
3. Movie Minutiae: Fatty Finn Archived 29 March 2010 at archive.today, Articulate (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), 1 June 2007.
4. Devlyn, Darren (19 February 2003). "Laughing matters". Herald Sun.
5. Edmonds, Mike; Luke Dennehy (6 February 2003). "The eye: Program to send up shows and stars". Herald Sun.
6. Hey Dad! IMDP page https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086729/?ref_=tt_ch
7. "Hey Dad! actor Ben Oxenbould claims he 'saw sexual abuse'". perthnow.com.au. 25 March 2010. Archived from the original on 28 March 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2010.
8. "TV Guide: Pen and Inc job". Herald Sun. 29 June 2005.
9. Cuthbertson, Ian (4 June 2005). "Review: Comedy Inc: The Late Shift". The Australian.
10. McEvoy, Marc: Review: Comedy Inc.: The Late Shift, The Age, 1 June 2005.
11. Arendt, Paul: Review: Black Water, British Broadcasting Corporation, 15 February 2008.
12. "Australian Telemovies and Miniseries 2010". australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
13. Gibson, Jano (9 December 2005). "Metro: First Works". The Sydney Morning Herald.

External links

• Ben Oxenbould at IMDb