Ben Geurens

Ben Geurens
Born	(1979-12-24) 24 December 1979 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Alma mater	National Institute of Dramatic Art (2004)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1989–present

Ben Geurens (born 24 December 1979) is an Australian actor.

Biography

Geurens graduated from NIDA in 2004. At drama school his credits include The Return, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, and Who's Afraid of the Working Class.

Roles

Geurens is best known for playing suburban rascal Toby Mangel on the soap opera Neighbours from 1990 to 1993. He then appeared in the television series The Man from Snowy River as Michael O'Neil and the movie Body Melt as Brandon Noble. He made guest appearances in other series such as Blue Heelers.

Geurens played constable Ash Nader in Home and Away in late 2006 and early 2007 and a detective in the final series of McLeod's Daughters in 2008. He also appeared in the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Entertaining Mr Sloane, in which he played the lead role of Mr Sloane and also in The History Boys as Dakin.

In 2009, Geurens starred in the comedy series The Jesters as Steve Morris and had guest roles on All Saints and Packed to the Rafters.

He portrayed Gideon Blackburn in the historical-fantasy drama Reign. He also plays the part of The Necromancer on Legacies. Geurens plays the lead role Ryan Black in the crime-thriller film Locusts.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Body Melt	Brandon Noble
2006	Two Nights	Young Man	Short
2008	Monkey Puzzle	Carl
2014	A Short Film By Shauna Lee	Aaron	Short
2017	Dick's Clinic	Reece Kidd
	That's Not Me	Toby-Summer Street
2018	Enter The Wild	Carl

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990-93	Neighbours	Toby Mangel	185 Episodes
1994-96	Snowy River: The McGregor Saga	Michael O'Neil	52 Episodes
2000	Blue Heelers	Carl Wagner	1 Episode
2006-07	Home and Away	Ash Nader	12 Episodes
2009-11	The Jesters	Steve Morris	16 Episodes
2009	McLeod's Daughters	Geoff Gardiner	3 Episodes
	All Saints	Owen	1 Episode
	Packed to the Rafters	Dermott Bannon
2010	City Homicide	Sean Eden
2012	Australia on Trial	George Anderson
2013	Paper Giants: Magazine Wars	Phil Evans
	Mr & Mrs Murder	Alan	5 Episodes
2014	Winners & Losers	Adam Grbowski	7 Episodes
	Offspring	Russell	1 Episode
2015-17	Reign	Lord Gideon Blackburn	28 Episodes
2015	Catching Milat	David 'Bodge' Milat	2 Episodes
2016	Molly	Shirley Strachan
	Bringing Our Stories Home	Robert Searby	1 Episode
2018	The Good Place	Fred Booth	1 Episode
2018–2020	Legacies	The Necromancer	9 episodes 1.08–2.16 Recurring Role

Staff credits

Year	Title	Staff	Notes
2013	Lightbulb	Producer & Director	Short Movie

External links

• Ben Geurens at IMDb