Ben is best known for his work in the Chicago Improv and Theatre scene, as well as the Los Angeles Alternative Comedy scene. Born and raised in Kansas, he went on to attend Indiana University, where he studied Music and Theatre. After graduation, he moved to Chicago, where he studied improvisation at the famed Second City.
This hilarious and touching documentary tells the story of how three older, gay, "bears" working in Hollywood, tired of having their gay-themed ideas rejected by the mainstream, decided to self-produce their own web series. Against all odds, the comedy featuring three bear roommates like "The Golden Girls" solving crimes a la "Murder, She Wrote," became a sensation online and one of the most successful web shows of all time. The documentary examines ageism, body-shaming, sex-positivity, the creative process and how friendship and community can ultimately create something beloved all over the world.
Release Date:2023-09-23
Department:Production
Job:Producer
Character:
Vote Count:2
The Bears are targeted by a mysterious stalker while vacationing in sunny Palm Springs, California. Feature-length re-edit of the seventh season.
Release Date:2018-11-01
Character:Nelson Dorkoff
Nelson is thrust into the spotlight when he is framed for the murder of a rival television co-star. Feature-length re-edit of the sixth season.
Release Date:2017-08-31
Character:Nelson Dorkoff
One of the grooms vanish without a trace from a male only clothing optional resort. Feature-length re-edit of the fifth season.
Release Date:2016-05-01
Character:Nelson Dorkoff
Vote Count:1
Murder hits close to home when a party crasher keels over from a glass of poisoned champagne at Nelson and Todd’s wedding shower. Feature-length re-edit of the fourth season.
Release Date:2015-12-02
Character:Nelson Dorkoff
Nelson, Reggie, Wood and Hot Toddy race to find out who is knocking off the sexy young male models at Chunk Studios. Feature-length re-edit of the third season.
Release Date:2014-10-24
Character:Nelson Dorkoff
The Bears are back and things are definitely hairier this time around when they set out to solve the murder of a gay politician gunned down by an unknown assailant at his own pool party fundraiser. Feature-length re-edit of the second season.
Release Date:2013-11-01
Character:Nelson Dorkoff
Three gay bear roommates living together in Los Angeles, attempt to solve the murder of a party guest that turned up dead in their bathtub. Feature-length re-edit of the first season.
Release Date:2012-12-01
Character:Nelson Dorkoff
A comedy mystery web-series that follows the exploits of three gay bear roommates living together in Los Angeles, as they attempt to solve the murder of a party guest that turned up dead in their bathtub.
Release Date:2012-08-01
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Character:Nelson Dorkoff
Episode Count:[ 137 ]
Vote Count:3
Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down.
Release Date:2011-11-11
Department:Writing
Job:Story
Vote Count:2115
A Topeka, Kansas fun park dance troupe led by a 260 pound dancer (Ben Zook) learns that the park is going to close. Their leader convinces the group, now named "The Stupendous Six", to join him in a painted up bus and to hit the road to find the big time. The Six compete against other dancers to win a chance to compete in the grand finale at the Little Miss Orange County Beauty Pageant. The other members of the Six are Melanie Hutsell as an airhead, Margaret Cho as a oral fixated sex maniac, Brett Paesel as the leader's homosexual lover, Bruce Daniels as the African-American member with a penchant for misuse of black slang, and Michael Irpino as another more stereotypical gay dancer. Lots of cameos from tv stars occur in the various dance numbers. But this comedy does take most of its cues from "The Full Monty" rather than from other major dance films.
Release Date:1999-01-16
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Character:Randy Rubio
Vote Count:1
A film crew in search of a new documentary project determines to find a wrongfully imprisoned death-row inmate. Enter Chauncey Ledbetter, a quirky and potentially gay prisoner convicted of murdering his high school show choir teacher. As filming of the documentary progresses, evidence increases that Chauncey might be guilty after all.
Release Date:1998-10-07
Character:Faggles / Mr. Wintergarden
Vote Count:5
Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years. Other than fighting with co-worker Mimi, his hobbies include drinking beer and not being able to get dates. To make a few extra bucks he has a micro-brewery going in his garage with his buddies.
Release Date:1995-09-13
Character:Underpants Guy
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:157