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{{short description|American actor}}
{{For|the retired American football player|Benton Reed}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Ben Reed
|birth_name =
|birth_date = <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) -->
|birth_place =
|education = [[West Virginia University]]
|occupation = Actor, producer
|years_active = 1989–present
|children = 2
}}
'''Ben Reed''' <!-- Valid citation required for date of birth for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) --> is an American actor and producer.
==Career==
Reed began his acting career when he appeared in the 1990 sitcom ''[[Babes (TV series)|Babes]]''.
His television credits include ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'', ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'', ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'', ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]'', ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', ''[[Seinfeld (TV series)|Seinfeld]]'' and ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''.
He played Wayne Kyle, the father of [[Bradley Cooper]]'s character in the critically acclaimed 2014 [[Clint Eastwood]] film ''[[American Sniper]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/american-sniper-actor-ben-reed-reveals-reaction-us/story?id=28438038|title='American Sniper' actor Ben Reed reveals reaction he gets from US Soldiers|website=www.abcnews.go.com|date=January 23, 2015|access-date=March 22, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tulsaworld.com/lifestyles/actor-ben-reed-talks-american-sniper-role-growing-up-in-bixby/|title=Actor Ben Reed talks 'American Sniper' role, growing up in Bixby|last=Smith|first=Michael|date=January 11, 2015|publisher=Tulsa World|website=www.tulsaworld.com|access-date=September 26, 2020}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Reed had a brief relationship with country artist [[Tanya Tucker]] and had two children together, a daughter (b. 1989) and a son (b. 1991).<ref>{{cite web |title=Tanya Tucker's 3 Children: All About Presley, Grayson and Layla |url=https://people.com/all-about-tanya-tucker-children-8681393 |website=people.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=At 64, Tanya Tucker’s Found Her Forever Man — And It Was Fated 20 Years Before They Met |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/64-tanya-tucker-found-her-100235588.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKUH2--Xsqfq5sDFxr9jFdPfH06zuAy5_aIOyYmE2wf5VTVMp-YfN_XgwlBYzEJMtkMbiaT3dtHLrJgqNZkX_DN8Tj1iHnptJ0yM0IGItEjm5P3V_gRwon9LhOoFchPv-pmF_aALhbyzfua6_eAtUGLHYrib44B-7mDYH3rWsEEc |website=www.yahoo.com}}</ref>
==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
| 1991
| ''Frame Up''
| Rick McDonald
|
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Scanner Cop]]''
| Rick Kopek
| Direct-to-video
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Molly & Gina]]''
| Slick
|
|-
| 1995
| ''The Killers Within''
|
|
|-
| 1995
| ''Ballistic''
| Thorpe
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Face/Off]]''
| Pilot
|
|-
| 2000
| ''Cursed Part 3''
|
| Short film
|-
| 2010
| ''Play Me''
| Jack McIntyre
| Short film
|-
| 2012
| ''Momentum''
| Secret Service Agent
| Short film
|-
| 2013
| ''Lifewaves''
| Joseph's Father / Dr. Kader
| Short film
|-
| 2013
| ''Freedom Lovers''
| Gregory Matthews
| Short film
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Starcrossed (2014 film)|Starcrossed]]''
| Anthony Bishop
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[American Sniper]]''
| Wayne Kyle<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wvmetronews.com/2015/01/26/former-wvu-quarterback-ben-reed-reflects-on-american-sniper/|title=Former WVU Quarterback Ben Reed reflects on 'American Sniper'|website=wvmetronews.com|publisher=West Virginia Metro News|date=January 26, 2015|accessdate=March 22, 2020}}</ref>
|
|-
| 2014
| ''Dulcie's Date''
| Jack Haggerty
| Short film
|-
| 2015
| ''The Pinhole Affect''
| Stanley Stone Sr.
| Short film
|-
| 2016
| ''We Men Are Lions''
| Jim
| Short film
|-
| 2016
| ''Inconceivable''
| Walt
|
|-
| 2017
| ''[[The Meanest Man in Texas]]''
| Rees Thompson
|
|-
| 2017
| ''[[The Greatest Showman]]''
| Mill Worker
|
|-
| 2018
| ''Persephone: Pictures at the End of the World''
| The Preacher
|
|-
| 2019
| ''Your Family or Your Life''
| Mike Gallagher
|
|-
| 2019
| ''Immortal''
| Chuck
|
|-
|}
===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Babes (TV series)|Babes]]''
| Vince
| Episode: "Bend Me, Shape Me"
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Seinfeld]]''
| Male Nurse
| Episode: "The Outing"
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]''
| Rex Toland
| Episode: "Shooting in Rome"
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman]]''
| Matt Young
| Episode: "Never on Sunday"
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]''
| [[Thor]]
| Episodes: "Norse by Norsevest" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge"
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Will & Grace]]''
| Richard Keller
| Episode: "Will Works Out"
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Reba (TV series)|Reba]]''
| Greg Hewitt
| Season 2, Episode 6 "Safe Dating"
|-
| 2005
| ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]''
| Construction Guy
| Episode: "Nesting Dolls"
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Fashion House]]''
| Dr. Matthew Evans
| 13 episodes
|-
| 2009
| ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''
| Joseph
| Episode: "The Softer Side"
|-
| 2013–present
| ''Broken at Love''
| Dr. Eduardo Taylor
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2016
| ''Giles Vanderhoot''
|
| Television movie
|-
| 2018
| ''Bad Tutor''
| Jared
| Television movie
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0715314}}
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[[Category:American male film actors]]
[[Category:American male television actors]]
[[Category:20th-century American male actors]]
[[Category:21st-century American male actors]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]