Benjamin Immanuel

Benjamin Immanuel (also credited as Ben Ratner or Benjamin Ratner) is a Canadian actor, film director and screenwriter.^[1] He is most noted for his performances in the films Last Wedding and Looking for Leonard.

Career

Immanuel has appeared in the films Moving Malcolm, Ignition, Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity, Amazon Falls, Fathers & Sons and Sisters & Brothers, and regular supporting roles as Sam Berger in the television series Da Vinci's City Hall and Ivon Teslia in Travelers. He was also the director of Moving Malcolm.^[2]

For his role in Last Wedding, he won a Vancouver Film Critics Circle award for Best Actor in a Canadian Film in 2001.^[3] He won the VFCC's Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film award in 2002 for Looking for Leonard.^[4] He was also director of the film Down River, which won the VFCC's award for Best British Columbia film in 2013.^[5]

Personal life

In 2021, having been credited as Benjamin Ratner or Ben Ratner since 1991, he chose to start using his middle name for future credits, thus Ben Immanuel, in order to avoid confusion with director Brett Ratner.^[6] He is married to actress Jennifer Spence.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Leaving Normal	Next Nearest Guy
1993	Tomcat: Dangerous Desires	Fred
1995	Magic in the Water	FX Man
1995	Midnight Heat	Agent
1995	For a Few Lousy Dollars	Danny
1995	Crash	Ellis
1996	White Tiger	Cordero
1996	Bounty Hunters	Deimos
1996	Profile for Murder	Tony the Coroner
1998	Firestorm	Wilkins
1998	Dirty	Tony
1998	Wrongfully Accused	Sergeant Orono
1998	American Dragons	Angelo
1998	Zacharia Farted	Brian Moore
1999	Question of Privilege	Owen Kerr
2001	Last Wedding	Noah
2001	Ignition	Agent Webber
2001	Shot in the Face	Brian
2002	Looking for Leonard	Ted
2002	Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity	Ernie the Manager
2002	19 Months	Rob
2003	A Guy Thing	Officer
2003	Agent Cody Banks	McAllister
2003	Moving Malcolm	Gene Maxwell
2003	See Grace Fly	Ralph
2003	A Problem with Fear	Alan
2003	Good Boy!	Wilson's Dad
2005	Severed	Ray
2006	Man About Town	Dr. Kevin Sands
2006	Expiration Date	Lazar
2006	Mount Pleasant	Doug Cameron
2006	Gray Matters	Derek
2007	Numb	Stan Milbank
2007	American Venus	Cabbie
2007	Normal	Tim
2008	Mothers & Daughters	Benjamin
2010	Amazon Falls	Derek Grayson
2010	Repeaters	Bob Simpson
2010	Fathers & Sons	Bernie
2010	Guido Superstar: The Rise of Guido	Cabbie
2011	Knockout	Mr. Doyle
2011	Sisters & Brothers	Jerry
2015	Badge of Honor	Coroner
2017	Wonder	Mr. Davenport
2019	A Dog's Way Home	Dr. Gann
2024	Can I Get a Witness?	Peter

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Street Justice	Sylvan	Episode: "Desperate"
1994	Cobra	Jorge Scardino	Episode: "Lorinda"
1995	M.A.N.T.I.S.	Assistant M.E.	Episode: "Switches"
1995	The Commish	Willard	2 episodes
1995	Strange Luck	Rob Gold	Episode: "Trial Period"
1995	Madison	Matt	Episode: "On the Road"
1995, 1996	The Outer Limits	Blanco / Electrician	2 episodes
1996	Highlander: The Series	Bryce Korland	Episode: "Something Wicked"
1996	A Kidnapping in the Family	Dan Calder	Television film
1996	Sliders	Tommy Greenfeld	Episode: "Greatfellas"
1996	Poltergeist: The Legacy	Kyle's Attorney	Episode: "The Tenement"
1996	The Limbic Region	Handwriting Expert	Television film
1996	Once a Thief	Moran
1996	Once a Thief		Episode: "Once a Thief"
1996	Susie Q	T.V. Director	Television film
1996	Justice on Wheels	Levy
1996	Fall into Darkness	John Richmond
1996	An Unexpected Family	Harry Weinstock
1997	The Sentinel	Sneaks	Episode: "Blind Man's Bluff"
1997	Contagious	Rick Shaffer	Television film
1997	Alibi	Stuart Ridgeway
1997	Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan	Paul Suarez
1998	An Unexpected Life	Harry Weinstock
1998	Becker	Mr. Hernick	Episode: "Choose Me"
1999, 2001	Seven Days	David Harold / Walter	2 episodes
2000	Beggars and Choosers	Will	Episode: "Russian Roulette"
2000	Cover Me	Gangster	Episode: "Bazooka Joe"
2000	Da Vinci's Inquest	Jerome	Episode: "An Act of God"
2001	The Immortal	Ashur	Episode: "The Good Squire"
2001	Mysterious Ways	Ben Cameron	Episode: "Spike"
2001, 2006	Stargate SG-1	Dr. Hutchison / Producer	2 episodes
2002	The Twilight Zone	Lafe Narz	Episode: "Dream Lover"
2002, 2006	The Dead Zone	Boyd Lumely / Gabriel Barnes	2 episodes
2003	The Stranger Beside Me	Joe Foley	Television film
2004	Kingdom Hospital	Ollie	10 episodes
2004	Smallville	Hanison	Episode: "Run"
2005	The Collector	Steve Green	Episode: "The Comic"
2005	Robson Arms	Guy at Restaurant	Episode: "The Tell-Tale Latex"
2005–2006	Da Vinci's City Hall	Sam Berger	13 episodes
2007	Supernatural	Walter Dixon	Episode: "Hollywood Babylon"
2008	The L Word	Suit #1 / Dan	Episode: "Loyal and True"
2008	The Quality of Life	Sam Berger	Television film
2008	Rabbit Fall	Joseph Hopper	Episode: "Happiness Hotel"
2009	Defying Gravity	Surgeon	Episode: "Bacon"
2011	The Haunting Hour: The Series	Chris' Dad	Episode: "Afraid of Clowns"
2011	Endgame	Mr. Black / Dennis Grovener	Episode: "Mr. Black
2011	Flashpoint	Tony Kramkov / Alexi Kanisky	Episode: "Shockwave"
2011, 2012	Eureka	Dr. Fung	2 episodes
2013	Arctic Air	Max	Episode: "Stormy Weather"
2013	Hell on Wheels	Clement Beale	Episode: "Big Bad Wolf"
2014–2015	Continuum	Gord Solomon	3 episodes
2015	The Unauthorized Full House Story	Alan	Television film
2018	Travelers	Dr. Ivon Teslia	7 episodes
2019	The Man in the High Castle	Erwin	Episode: "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball"

References

1. Jasmyn Pozzo, "Ben Ratner appearing in four films at this year's VIFF". Vancouver Observer, September 19, 2010.
2. "Movie has feeling of baseball player who lost a close one". Vancouver Sun, October 17, 2003.
3. "Much more to the year in film than Harry Potter and hobbits". Vancouver Sun, January 31, 2002.
4. "Vancouver Film Critics Circle pick best of 2002". Nelson Daily News, January 31, 2003.
5. "The Dirties cleans up in Vancouver; Film critics give top prizes to Matt Johnson, 12 Years a Slave". Edmonton Journal, January 9, 2014.
6. "Ben Immanuel". 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2024. NOTE: In 2021, Ben changed his name from Ben Ratner to Ben Immanuel (Immanuel is his middle name) to avoid being repeatedly mistaken for or associated with director/producer Brett Ratner, to whom he has no relation.
7. Furminger, Sabrina (May 28, 2014). "Reel People: When Ben Ratner met Jennifer Spence". Vancouver Courier.

External links

• Benjamin Immanuel at IMDb