Ben Vereen Net Worth is
$900,000

Mini Biography

Few entertainers today are as completed or flexible as Ben Vereen. His renowned performances transcend period and also have been woven in to the fabric of the country’s creative legacy. His initial love and interest is and generally would be the stage. “The movie theater was my first schooling ground. It trained me discipline, commitment and understanding of effort and values which will stick with me an eternity. The stage sharpens the innovative instrument and motivates you to look deeper inside and try brand-new things,” expresses Ben. On Broadway, Ben Vereen has appeared in Wicked, Fosse, I’m Not really Rappaport, Locks, Jesus Christ Superstar, Pippin,Grind, Jelly’s Last Jam and A Xmas Carol. His function in Pippin garnered him both esteemed Tony Award as well as the Dilemma Table Award for “Greatest Actor within a Musical.” For over 40 years, Ben has showcased his flexibility and creativity, executing countless one-man displays not only in america, but also Europe, Asia as well as the Caribbean. He was the initial simultaneous winner from the “Entertainer of the entire year,” “Increasing Superstar,” and “Tune and Dance Superstar” awards in the American Guild of Range Performers (AGVA). He also gained a coveted place in the Gambling house Legends Hall of Popularity. Ben and his music group are touring his one guy displays, “Ben Sings a Tribute to Sammy Davis Jr. offering the music of Sammy Davis Jr.” and “Brooklyn to Broadway” at best executing arts centres. He also performs with symphonies around the united states. While performing world-wide, Ben’s acting credits continue steadily to give us memorable jobs that stand the check of time like the memorable Chicken George in Roots and Louis Armstrong in Louis Armstrong – Chicago Style.Ben’s tv guest performances include THE WAY I Met Your Mom, Grey’s Anatomy, that he won the Prism Prize, Home of Payne, Rules and Purchase: Criminal Objective, OZ, Touched By An Angel, Second Noah, NY Undercover, The Nanny, Superstar Trek – ANOTHER Era, The Jamie Fox Present, The Promised Property, and Fresh Prince of Bel-Air aswell as recurring jobs on Silk Stalkings, Webster, J.J. Starbuck and Booker. For Nickelodeon, Ben supplied voice-overs on the present Wonder Pets! Extra credits consist of: Anne Rice’s Feast of most Saints(Showtime), Intruders THESE ARE IN OUR MIDST (Emmy nomination), Zoobilee Zoo, Faerie Story Theatre’s Puss N’ Bootswith Gregory Hines, The Jesse Owens Tale, Ellis Isle (Golden World Nomination), Shed in London, and Salute to Liberty Particular. His very own network tv shows are Ben Vereen: His Root base (Seven Emmy Honours), Tenspeed and Brownshoe so you Write the Music. In the first 90’s, he released several well-received children’s Sing-Along musical movies. Ben was nominated for an NAACP Picture Prize for his functionality in the Hallmark film An Accidental Camaraderie. He shows up in two shortly to become released features, 21 and a Wake-Up starring Faye Dunaway andMama, I wish to Sing! where Ben co-starred contrary Ciara and Patti LaBelle. While filming Idlewild using the prize earning group Outkast, Ben also offered as the performing trainer for both Andre 3000 and Big Boy. Furthermore, Ben continues to be coaching the performing feeling Usher both as an entertainer and an professional. Ben was highlighted in the film, On THE MAIN ONE – Preaching towards the Choir directed by Charles Randolph-Wright. Various other film credits consist of Sweet Charity, ALL OF THAT Jazz, Funny Female (Golden World nomination), Why Perform Fools Fall in Like,AND Came Like starring Vanessa Williams, the cartoon film Once Upon a Forest, Xmas in Washingtonand The Painting which premiered on the Cannes Film Celebration. In 2004, Ben was nominated for the “Career Achievement Prize” with the Le Prix International Film Superstar Awards Organization. The lecture circuit is becoming a fundamental element of Ben’s career, as he is becoming among the Nations’ most requested speakers among audiences of most ages. His solid sense of cultural consciousness has allowed him to attain out to his viewers and convey to them a deep sense of understanding. His topics range between conquering adversity, arts in education, Dark background, motivational topics, recovery through physical and occupational therapy as well as the importance of carrying on education – to mention a few. Ben’s gift of your time provides benefited many agencies. He provides offered on Ballet Florida’s Plank of Directors, the American Crimson Combination and Sudden Baby Death Symptoms Association. Furthermore, he provides offered as chairman of many renowned organizations like the American Center Association as well as the Sudden Baby Death Symptoms Association. In 1989, he spearheaded his very own organization, “Superstars for a Medication Free of charge America,” which elevated a lot more than $300,000 for medication treatment centres, educational applications and inner town community-based projects. THE CITY Mental Wellness Council honored Ben using their 2004 Lifeline Special event Achievement Prize. For his humanitarian efforts, he provides received several honours including Israel’s Cultural and Humanitarian Honours, three NAACP Picture Honours, an Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Prize and a Success Award. He provides received honorary doctorates in the University of Az, Emerson University, St. Francis University, and Columbia University in Chicago. In 2001, Medgar Evers University made the Ben Vereen Scholarship or grant for the Performing Arts, and in 2004, he received an Accomplishment in Excellence Prize from his alma mater, the SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL from the Performing Arts. Ben celebrated Eartha Kitt’s 80th birthday in concert at Carnegie Hall to multiple standing up ovations and before the MILITARY for those women and men who’ve served in Iraq, a classic main highlight of his profession. In ’09 2009, he performed in the Inaugural Ball and amused in the reopening from the Ford Theater in Washington, D.C., that was went to by Chief executive Obama. This past year Ben amused in the Friar’s Golf club gala honouring CBS chief executive Leslie Moonves. Ben is usually leading a continuing diabetes awareness marketing campaign known as “S.T.A.N.D.” together with sanofi-aventis pharmaceuticals. Ben lately starred in the globe leading of Fetch Clay, Make Guy aimed by Des McAnuff (Shirt Boys) in the McCarter Theater. Below are a few of Ben’s evaluations from the display: “A seething resentment could be sensed within the wary great with which Fetchit negotiates with Fox. In short snippets from your routines that produced Fetchit popular (and infamous), Mr. Vereen also reveals the glowing satisfaction of the entertainer whose presents sometimes were able to transcend the unpleasant uses to that they were place.” -New York Times “The dramatic middle is Ben Vereen’s part mainly because Lincoln Perry,the vaudeville performer who produced his fortune in silent movies and Depression-era talkies taking part in display persona Stepin Fetchit, the quintessential negative stereotype from the shuffling, smiling, work-shirking Negro…Tapping all of the undiminished charisma and limber body gestures of the veteran song-and-dance guy, Vereen effortlessly offers the now-reviled representation from the black color flunky while slyly asserting the cultured, experienced negotiator beneath; it’s a overall performance of enormous elegance and cleverness.” -Variety “As Fetchit, Ben Vereen creates a guy who comports himself with dignity hoping of negating everything he did before. In a single picture, after Fetchit continues to be pressured to acknowledge what he’d been, Vereen blinks 3 x, and also manages to produce a declaration with each blink: The 1st acknowledges the charge, the next shows his discomfort at becoming reminded, and the 3rd hopes to drive away the memory space.” -The Star-Ledger Additionally, Ben includes a recurring role around the CBS comedy COULD Met Your Mother, playing Wayne Brady’s father. In Feb of 2011, he released his Compact disc Steppin’ Out Live with Ben Vereen and staged a triumphant go back to Broadway along with his concert “BEN VEREEN ON BROADWAY AT City HALL” . One review from Ben’s display is presented below: “Ben Vereen’s overall performance at THE CITY Hall on Feb 18th was a lesson in overall performance energy…..a tour de pressure ….With out a single synthesizer, without voice tuner, with only an acoustic band, Vereen displayed shocking innovation.”…..” He flirted with off records and inventive operates during classics such as for example “My Funny Valentine.” That is always an unhealthy idea, since it dangers alientating the target audience who would like to listen to the melody of the familiar tune, but Vereen not merely drawn it off, he remaining the audience seeking him to accomplish more…The enduring impression was of a guy who loves life, wants you to love life, and has mastered both his medium and his message. At age group 65, he’s the youngest guy carrying out today. – The Newark Examiner Ben remains to be the consummate acting professional, singer, and throughout entertainer having a storied and legendary profession.

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Quick Facts

Full Name	Ben Vereen
Net Worth	$5 million
Date Of Birth	October 10, 1946
Height	1.73 m
Profession	Minister, Actor, Dancer, Singer
Education	High School of Performing Arts, Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
Nationality	American
Spouse	Nancy Bruner
Children	Malaika Vereen, Naja Vereen, Karon Vereen, Kabara Vereen, Ben Vereen Jr.
Parents	Essie May Pearson, Pauline Vereen, James Vereen
Siblings	Gloria Walker, James Middleton
Facebook	http://www.facebook.com/TheBenVereen
Twitter	http://www.twitter.com/benvereen
Awards	Tony Award for Best Lead Actor in a Musical, TV Land Anniversary Award, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance
Nominations	Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie, Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actor, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special, Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor - Comedy Variety or Variety Musical
Movies	All That Jazz, Time Out of Mind, Funny Lady, Once Upon a Forest, Idlewild, Top Five, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, And Then Came Love, The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again, Gas-s-s-s, Accidental Friendship, The Zoo Gang, Khumba, I'll Take You There, Mama, I Want to Sing!, Intruders, The Painting, The Charmkins, On the One, 21 and a Wake-Up, Holistic Wellness for the Hip-Hop Generation, Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style, The Bell Telephone Jubilee, Fosse, Pippin: Special Edition, Tapioca, Cooking with B. Smith and Friends: Appetizers
TV Shows	J.J. Starbuck, Ellis Island, Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, Roots, Zoobilee Zoo, Your Mama Don't Dance, You Write the Songs, Ben Vereen... Comin' at Ya