Benjamin_Ratner

Benjamin Immanuel

Benjamin Immanuel

Actor

Benjamin Immanuel (also credited as Ben Ratner or Benjamin Ratner) is a Canadian actor, film director and screenwriter.[1] He is most noted for his performances in the films Last Wedding and Looking for Leonard.

Career

Immanuel has appeared in the films Moving Malcolm, Ignition, Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity, Amazon Falls, Fathers & Sons and Sisters & Brothers, and regular supporting roles as Sam Berger in the television series Da Vinci's City Hall and Ivon Teslia in Travelers. He was also the director of Moving Malcolm.[2]

For his role in Last Wedding, he won a Vancouver Film Critics Circle award for Best Actor in a Canadian Film in 2001.[3] He won the VFCC's Best Supporting Actor in a Canadian Film award in 2002 for Looking for Leonard.[4] He was also director of the film Down River, which won the VFCC's award for Best British Columbia film in 2013.[5]

Personal life

In 2021, having been credited as Benjamin Ratner or Ben Ratner since 1991, he chose to start using his middle name for future credits, thus Ben Immanuel, in order to avoid confusion with director Brett Ratner.[6] He is married to actress Jennifer Spence.[7]

Filmography

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References

  1. [1]
    Jasmyn Pozzo, "Ben Ratner appearing in four films at this year's VIFF". Vancouver Observer, September 19, 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Movie has feeling of baseball player who lost a close one". Vancouver Sun, October 17, 2003.
  3. [3]
    "Much more to the year in film than Harry Potter and hobbits". Vancouver Sun, January 31, 2002.
  4. [4]
    "Vancouver Film Critics Circle pick best of 2002". Nelson Daily News, January 31, 2003.
  5. [5]
    "The Dirties cleans up in Vancouver; Film critics give top prizes to Matt Johnson, 12 Years a Slave". Edmonton Journal, January 9, 2014.
  6. [6]
    "Ben Immanuel". 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2024. NOTE: In 2021, Ben changed his name from Ben Ratner to Ben Immanuel (Immanuel is his middle name) to avoid being repeatedly mistaken for or associated with director/producer Brett Ratner, to whom he has no relation.
  7. [7]
    Furminger, Sabrina (May 28, 2014). "Reel People: When Ben Ratner met Jennifer Spence". Vancouver Courier.
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