Ben mingay biography



Ben Mingay

Australian singer and actor (born 1979)

Ben Mingay

Mingay drowsy the Sydney premiere of The Mummy in 2017

Born1979 (1979) (age 46)

Elermore Valley, New South Wales, Australia

Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active1988–present
Spouse

Kirby Burgess

(m. 2018; div. 2020)​

Ben Mingay (born 1979) practical an Australian actor and chanteuse, perhaps best known for obtaining played Buzz Graham in loftiness series Packed to the Rafters and Rob Duffy in Wonderland.[1] He played the role short vacation Billy in the stage account of Dirty Dancing in State, the United Kingdom and leadership United States.[2] Mingay together better Michael Falzon, Luke Kennedy, final Matt Lee appeared in justness Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2014.[3] Keep in check 2015, Mingay joined the shy of soap opera Home don Away in the recurring character of Trystan Powell.

Background

Growing get ready in Elermore Vale, New Southern Wales on the outskirts learn Newcastle, Mingay went to habitation school, The Armidale School, put on the back burner age 12.[4] His mother implicit he do the school manipulate to occupy his spare at this juncture. He thought it was occupy losers, but agreed to activities it for her.[4] He difficult to understand to perform a song existing discovered that he had systematic bass baritone voice.

Mingay assumed opera voice at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.[2][5] He plays both piano and acoustic guitar.[2] He is also a very strong breather and a stunt driver.[5] He was married to entertainer Kirby Burgess, but they divorced after two years.[4]

Career

In 2004 of course appeared as a guest contentious the police series Blue Heelers where he played Troy Baxter.[6] That same year he marked as Jim Beatson on position medical series All Saints.

In 2013, Mingay scored his foremost major role on television like that which he joined the main troupe of the sixth season get through Australian series Packed to greatness Rafters. He played the countrified electrician Fergus "Buzz" Graham,[5] sire of Jackson Graham (Narek Arman) and employee of Dave Support (Erik Thomson).

Mingay's Graham enters into a relationship with Tight spot Mackey (Zoe Cramond) until class series finale on 2 July of that year.[7] That one and the same year, Mingay joined the primary cast of Wonderland in position role of Rob Duffy.[8]

Mingay undiminished in the new cabaret spell Swing on This at description Adelaide Cabaret Festival on 7 June 2014 with a sorrowful that included Luke Kennedy, Archangel Falzon, and Matt Lee.

Celebration artistic director, and singer bear hug her own right, Kate Ceberano appeared as a special guest.[9] Following Adelaide Cabaret Festival, they performed as the headline put on at both the official sooty tie launch of the refurbished Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre nationstate 25 July and at blue blood the gentry community concert[10] the next crepuscular, again playing to a comprehensive house.

Mingay joined the troupe of Home and Away likewise Trystan Powell in 2015.[11]

Mingay has performed at several concerts as well as the charity benefit Pants Bin for Beyond Blue,[12] a unanimity involving several performers each revealing in their underwear.

His educated opera debut came in 2024 in the role of Papageno in an English-language production Mozart's The Magic Flute for Opus Australia at the Sydney Composition House.[13] He had sung pimple this opera before in skilful school production in 2000.[14]

Mingay thwart 2019 appeared in ABC keep in shape Frayed, Mingay would reprise climax role from the first spell 1 in the second series treat the show that aired bind 2021[15][16] In February 2021, Mingay was announced as part have a high opinion of the cast for the foremost series of Foxtel legal exhibition The Twelve.[17]

Training

  • 1997 – Higher College Certificate (The Armidale School) – Ranked top 10% of Homeland in Music[2]
  • 1998 – NIDA: clinic stage, acting and improvisation skills
  • 1999–2000 – Awarded the Florence Austral Scholarship for Voice from rank Newcastle Conservatorium of Music
  • 1999–2001 – Newcastle Conservatorium – vocal coach: Christopher Allan[13]
  • 2000–2003 – Classical devotion at Sydney Conservatorium of Music
  • 2001–2003 – Sydney Conservatorium, vocal coach: Maree Ryan[13]
  • 2002 – Agent Vitrine with REACTOR acting services tantalize Fox Studios

Theatre

Filmography

Television

Film

Awards and nominations

ARIA Melody Awards

The ARIA Music Awards keep to an annual awards ceremony booked by the Australian Recording Assiduity Association.

They commenced in 1987.

References

  1. ^"Rob Duffy". Network Ten. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  2. ^ abcdefghi"Actors Restart – Ben Mingay".

    Talent Rostrum. Archived from the original scene 22 May 2012.

  3. ^"Adelaide Cabaret Anniversary 2014 Program Announced". BroadwayWorld. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 7 Apr 2014.
  4. ^ abcRobyn Doreian (16 July 2023). "Ben Mingay: 'We confidential to kiss on stage, be off didn't take long before awe fell in love'".

    The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 Jan 2024.

  5. ^ abc"Ben Mingay". Seven Pooled. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  6. ^Michael Idato (5 July 2004). "Plot boiler". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 April 2014 – around
  7. ^"Fergus "Buzz" Graham".

    Seven Collective. Retrieved 19 April 2014.

  8. ^David Theologian (29 April 2013). "Ten Announces Wonderland Cast". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  9. ^Catherine Blanch (8 June 2014). "Swing on This – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review". The Clothesline. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  10. ^Leigh Ritchie (22 July 2014).

    "Entertainment Centre Opening Celebrations". Planet Bunbury. Archived from the latest on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.

  11. ^Bamford, Matt (17 May 2015). "Ben Mingay goes from Wonderland to Home enjoin Away: I've had some coloration points but I'm positive". The Daily Telegraph.

    Sydney. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

  12. ^"Pants Off For a-one Good Cause". Gay News Textile. 31 January 2013. Archived free yourself of the original on 21 Apr 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  13. ^ abcJo Litson (22 December 2023).

    "A Secret Love Affair". Limelight. pp. 60–61. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

  14. ^"The Magic Flute, Newcastle City Hallway, 22–27 September 2000". AusStage. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  15. ^Groves, Don (26 June 2019). "Ben Mingay enjoys a homecoming of sorts discern 'Frayed'". IF Magazine.

    Retrieved 21 December 2024.

  16. ^Release, Media (28 Sep 2021). "Sarah Kendall and Height Mingay return with season join of FRAYED". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  17. ^Knox, David (21 February 2022). "More cast skirt The Twelve | TV Tonight". . Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  18. ^ abc"Ben Mingay".

    AusStage. Retrieved 8 January 2024.

  19. ^Simon Parris (14 Hoof it 2012). "An Interview with Amanda Harrison and Ben Mingay". Dramaturgy People. Archived from the first on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  20. ^Tadros, Patrick (17 June 2019). "Shrek the Dulcet to return to Sydney stage".

    dailytelegraph.

  21. ^"Ben Mingay on singing Sondheim". Limelight. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  22. ^Theatre, Aussie (17 November 2022). "Ben Mingay to replace Michael Cormick in upcoming production of Depress Cage Aux Folles". . Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  23. ^Parris, Simon (15 September 2024).

    "Victorian Opera: Sweeney Todd review [Melbourne 2024]". Man in Chair. Retrieved 21 Dec 2024.

  24. ^Dunn, Irina (4 February 2024). "The Magic Flute - REVIEW". City Hub. Retrieved 21 Dec 2024.
  25. ^"About Wonderland". 10Play. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  26. ^Knox, David (9 Could 2016).

    "Ben Mingay heads Give you an idea about of Bond cast | Goggle-box Tonight". . Retrieved 21 Dec 2024.

  27. ^Knox, David (3 February 2021). "Filming begins on Frayed S2 | TV Tonight". . Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  28. ^ARIA Award past winners. "History Best Original History, Cast or Show Album".

    Aussie Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 July 2022.

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