Ben Tari is one of Australia’s most recognizable and sort after male actors. Moving to Australia from Hungary at the age of 8 he found his passion for acting early on in life. After successfully auditioning for NIDA he went on to perform in numerous productions there including Richard lll, As you like it & Nemesis just to name a few.
Graduating in 1996, Ben went on to create the character ‘Jared Levine’ in the original cast of Channel Sevens ‘All Saints’. Ben’s character quickly became one of the shows most popular. He has also appeared on ‘Home and Away’, ‘Big Sky’ and ‘Water Rats’.
Ben’s Theatre credits include ‘Viewing Blue Poles’ by Christos Tsiolkas at the Belvoir St Theatre in ’99’, ‘Harp in The Willow’ alongside Marina Prior at the Ensemble Theatre and most recently ‘To the Green Fields Beyond” directed by Scott Patterson. Ben just completed a role in ‘The Pessoptimist” for the Sidetrack Theatre Company.
Ben recently starred in the Australian Horror feature film ‘Safety in numbers’ and is sort after for endorsements and appearances.
TRAINING
NIDA Graduate ’06 – Acting Course
FILM
| Lemon Drops (Hero) |
Bill Stepanoski |
Short Film |
| Moving Out |
AFTRS student |
AFTRS Short Film |
| Sejuiced |
Duncan Fine |
Short Film |
| Safety In Numbers (Joe) |
David Douglas |
Safety Movie Co. |
| Big Sky (Ricky) |
Tony Tilse |
West Street Prod. |
TELEVISION
| Home and Away (Murray) |
Various |
Amalgamated TV |
| All Saints (Jared) 254 Eps. |
Various |
Amalgamated TV |
| Home and Away (Chook) |
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| Water Rats (Danny Blair) |
Peter Andrikidis |
Quicksilver Prod. |
COMMERCIALS
| Dulux (Hero) |
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| Toyota Camry (Hero) |
Steve Rogers |
Revolver Film Co. |
THEATRE
Amalgamated TVTHEATRE
| To the Green Fields Beyond |
Scott Patterson |
Seymour Centre |
| The Pessoptimist |
Don Mamouney |
Sidetrack Theatre |
| To the Green Fields Beyond |
Scott Patterson |
Old Fitz Theatre |
| Harp On The Willow |
Andrew Doyle |
Ensemble Theatre |
| Viewing Blue Poles |
Lauren Taylor |
Belvoir St Theatre |
| Richard lll (King Edward) |
Dominic Jackman |
Parade Theatre |
| The Pyjama Game |
Tony Knight |
NIDA |
| The Merchant of Venice |
John Clark |
NIDA |
| Bus Stop |
Kevin Jackson |
NIDA |
| Big and Little |
Adam Cook |
NIDA |
| The Revenger’s Comedy |
Peter Kingston |
NIDA |
| The Cherry Orchard |
Jennifer Hagen |
NIDA |
| As You Like It |
Mark Gaal |
NIDA |
| The Umbilical Stretch |
Ben Tari |
NIDA |
| The Bride of Gospel Place |
Kevin Jackson |
NIDA |
| Burnt Offerings |
Gavin Robbins |
NIDA |
| Nemesis |
Gavin Robbins |
NIDA |
| The Tempest |
Meredith Rogers |
La Trobe Uni. |