Ben Chase

Ben Chase was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York. His family lived in a number of other states including Illinois, Connecticut, Georgia and Florida. He attended Tufts University where he received his B.A. He then received his MFA in Acting from the Brown University/Trinity Rep Program.

He appears opposite Ben Affleck, Anne Hathaway and Willem Defoe in Dee Rees' THE LAST THING HE WANTED. He recently starred in THE THING ABOUT PAM playing real life lawyer Nate Swanson opposite Renee Zellweger and Josh Duhamel. He also starred in season one of LAW AND ORDER: Organized Crime.

Other film credits include upcoming AUDREY'S CHILDREN opposite Natalie Dormer and Jimmi Simpson, the wounded English Lieutenant James in LIBERTE: A CALL TO SPY. Ben appeared in the Emmy-winning film JIM: THE JAMES FOLEY STORY playing the American journalist James Foley in recreations and has a supporting role in the feature MIKE, MIKE TAN.

TV appearances include roles on MONSTERLAND, TRANSPARENT, DIFFICULT PEOPLE, THE MYSTERIES OF LAURA, UNDOCUMENTED among others. He is in a series of popular Adobe commercials opposite Hasan Minhaj.

On stage, Ben starred in the 2023 Pulitzer Prize Finalist play THE FAR COUNTRY at Atlantic Theater Company. Other credits include the New York premiere revival of FUENTE OVEJUNA at Theater for a New Audience, a starring role in a revival of ANNA CHRISTIE off-Broadway and acted opposite 2017 Tony nominee John Douglas Thompson in the first American cast of RED VELVET at Shakespeare and Company in Massachusetts. He works frequently at the Old Globe, playing Mercutio in ROMEO AND JULIET in 2019 and appearing in Chad Beckim's NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY in 2020.

He's developed and performed new work at Atlantic Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Nat'l Black Theatre, the Drama League, Rattlestick Playwrights, New Dramatists and others.