Ben Baur

Ben Baur
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
Notable credits

Ben Baur is an American actor known for starring in the LGBT-themed web series Hunting Season. Out named him to its Out100 list in 2015.

Early life

Baur attended West Albany High School in Albany, Oregon, graduating in 2004. Baur graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy.[1][2]

Career

Baur had guest roles on the television series Nip/Tuck and Happily Divorced before starring as Alex in the LGBT-themed web series Hunting Season.[3][4][5][6] After appearing in the series The Following and Difficult People,[2][7][8] he played Kip Stark in several episodes of the web series These People from 2015 to 2016.[9][10][11] Baur and longtime friend Thandi Tolmay co-created, co-produced, and co-starred in the web series #Adulting in 2016.[1][10][12] He has also written episodes of These People and #Adulting.[11] In January 2017, Baur posted on Instagram that he had worked on the ABC soap opera General Hospital in an undisclosed role.[13] He played mail clerk Noah on the show on February 27, 2017.[14][15] Baur also wrote and starred in the short film Something New, which premiered at Outfest Los Angeles in 2017.[16]

Filmography

Year Project Role Notes Ref.
2007 Nip/Tuck Freddy Prune's Assistant Television series (Season 5 – Episode: "Carly Summers") [3][17]
2011 Happily Divorced Anthony TV series (Season 1 – Episode: "A Date with Destiny") [3][11]
2012–2015 Hunting Season Alex Web series (Main cast) [3][4][5][6]
2014 Mythos Young Luke Web series (Episode: "Sea and Sky") [2]
2014 The Following Prisoner TV series (Season 2 – Episode: "The Messenger") [2][11]
2014–2015 What Would You Do? Gay Man/Waiter TV series (2 episodes) [2]
2015 Front Cover Eddie Film [18][19]
2015 Difficult People Gay Rights Activist Web series (Season 1 – Episode: "Library Water") [7][8][11]
2015 Dropping the Soap Chandler Web series (Episode: "Julian's Choice") [20]
2015–2016 These People Kip Stark Web series (6 episodes) [9][10]
2016 #Adulting Max Web series (Main cast) [1][10][12]
2017 Something Like Summer Jace Holden Film [2][7][8]
2017 General Hospital Noah the Mail Clerk TV series (1 episode) [14][15]
2017 Famous in Love Reporter Episode: "Leaving Los Angeles"
2017 EastSiders Jason Web series (Episode: "Cats")
2017 The Journey of Being Likable Drew Web series (5 episodes)
2017 Something New Jonah Short film [16]
2022 Unconformity Gary Film [21]

Reception

In 2015, Out named Baur to its Out100 list,[7] after previously placing him on the magazine's "Most Eligible Bachelors" list two years in a row.[8]

Awards and nominations

Baur was nominated for an Indie Series Award for Best Actor (Comedy) in 2012 and 2016 for his work in Hunting Season,[22][23] and in 2017 for #Adulting.[24] The entire Hunting Season cast won the Indie for Best Ensemble (Comedy) in 2016.[25]

Year Award Category Project Result Ref.
2012 4th Indie Soap Awards Best Actor — Comedy Hunting Season Nominated [22]
Best Ensemble — Comedy Hunting Season Nominated [22]
2016 7th Indie Series Awards Best Lead Actor — Comedy Hunting Season Nominated [23]
Best Ensemble — Comedy Hunting Season Won [25]
2017 8th Indie Series Awards Best Web Series — Comedy #Adulting (creator/writer/producer) Nominated [24]
Best Lead Actor — Comedy #Adulting Nominated [24]

Personal life

Baur is gay. In 2012, he wrote a column for The Huffington Post about his experiences coming out and being an "out gay actor".[26] He and his partner Craig Gates were engaged in May 2018.[27]

References

  1. ^ a b c Isaac, Tim (January 27, 2016). "#Adulting Episode 1 – Hunting Season's Ben Baur deals with growing up in the new gay-themed web series". BigGayPictureShow.com. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Harris, David-Christopher (December 22, 2015). "Being An Out Gay Actor: Ben Baur Makes A Difference". American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d Rome, Emily (September 7, 2012). "A gay Sex and the City? New web series Hunting Season tackles sex lives of gay New Yorkers". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Grant, Drew (August 30, 2012). "Hunting Season: Really Old Sex Blog Gets New Life as Web Series". The New York Observer. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  5. ^ a b Pulos, Will (September 19, 2012). "'Tis The Season: Hunting Season creator Jon Marcus and star Ben Bauer talk about the show's nudity, New York locales and what's coming up next". Next Magazine. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  6. ^ a b Kennedy, Ed (October 11, 2012). "Interview: Jon Marcus Declares Hunting Season". AfterElton. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  7. ^ a b c d "Out100: Ben Baur". Out. November 9, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  8. ^ a b c d Sauvalle, Julien (May 4, 2015). "#ManCrushMonday: Ben Baur". Out. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  9. ^ a b Newcomb, Roger (April 23, 2016). "Brilliant Comedy These People Kicks Off Season 3 With Live Episode on April 24". We Love Soaps. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  10. ^ a b c d Alonso, Katrina (October 5, 2016). "Exclusive: Ben Baur Talks New Episodes of His Latest Web Series #Adulting". Out. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  11. ^ a b c d e "These People: Cast and Crew". ThesePeople.tv. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  12. ^ a b Reynolds, Daniel (April 30, 2016). "A Gay Man Faces Life at 30 in New Web Series". The Advocate. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
  13. ^ Baur, Ben (January 30, 2017). "Little known fact". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2017. Little known fact that people who work on Soaps are some of the hardest working people in the biz. Had so much fun working on @generalhospitalabc today! Hope to be back soon!
  14. ^ a b Purvis, Matt (February 27, 2017). "GH Recap: Carly hears Sonny's confession". Soaps.com. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  15. ^ a b "GH Recaps: The week of February 27, 2017 on General Hospital". SoapCentral. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
  16. ^ a b Wong, Curtis M. (May 23, 2018). "In Something New, Ben Baur Makes Bid To Be Seen As 'A Gay Male Meg Ryan'". HuffPost. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
  17. ^ Newcomb, Roger (September 27, 2012). "Catch Up On Hunting Season". We Love Soaps. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  18. ^ "Front Cover (2015)". TrailerAddict.com. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  19. ^ "Casting du film Front Cover" (in French). AlloCiné. 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  20. ^ "Casts: Dropping the Soap". MovieLaLa.com. Retrieved January 15, 2017.[permanent dead link‍]
  21. ^ "Home". Unconformity Movie. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  22. ^ a b c Mulcahy Jr., Kevin (December 17, 2012). "4th Annual Indie Soap Awards Nominations Announced". We Love Soaps. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  23. ^ a b "Nominations Announced For 7th Annual ISAs". Indie Series Awards. February 3, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2016.
  24. ^ a b c "Nominations Announced For 8th Annual Indie Series Awards". Indie Series Awards. February 1, 2017. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  25. ^ a b Newcomb, Roger (April 7, 2016). "WINNERS: 7th Annual Indie Series Awards". We Love Soaps. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  26. ^ Baur, Ben (October 9, 2012). "Being an Out Gay Actor". The Huffington Post. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  27. ^ benjbaur (May 13, 2018). "He asked. I said yes". Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2018 – via Instagram.