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{{short description|Australian singer and actor}}
{{short description|Australian singer and actor (born 1979)}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Ben Mingay
| name = Ben Mingay
| image = File:Ben Mingay (cropped).jpg
| image = Ben Mingay (cropped).jpg
| caption = Mingay at the [[Sydney]] premiere of ''[[The Mummy (2017 film)|The Mummy]]'' in 2017
| caption = Mingay at the [[Sydney]] premiere of ''[[The Mummy (2017 film)|The Mummy]]'' in 2017
| birth_name =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1979
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|1979}}
| birth_place = Australia
| birth_place = [[Elermore Vale, New South Wales]], Australia
| occupation = Actor, singer
| occupation = Actor, singer
| years_active = 1988–present
| years_active = 1988–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Kirby Burgess|2018|2020|end=divorced}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Kirby Burgess|2018|2020|end=divorced}}
}}
}}
'''Ben Mingay''' is an Australian actor and singer, perhaps best known for having played Buzz Graham in the series '' [[Packed to the Rafters]]'' and Rob Duffy in ''[[Wonderland (Australian TV series)|Wonderland]]''.<ref name=Wonderland>{{cite web|title=Rob Duffy|url=http://tenplay.com.au/channel-ten/wonderland/characters/rob-duffy|publisher=Network Ten|accessdate=18 April 2014}}</ref> He played the role of Billy in the stage version of ''Dirty Dancing'' in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.<ref name="Talent House">{{cite web|title=Actors Resume – Ben Mingay|url=http://www.talenthouse.ca/resumes/Mingay_Ben.html|publisher=Talent House|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522012400/http://www.talenthouse.ca/resumes/Mingay_Ben.html|archivedate=22 May 2012 }}</ref> Mingay together with [[Michael Falzon (actor)|Michael Falzon]], [[Luke Kennedy]], and [[Matt Lee (dancer)|Matt Lee]] appeared in the [[Adelaide Cabaret Festival]] 2014.<ref name="BWW AdCab">{{cite web|title=Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2014 Program Announced,|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/adelaide/article/Adelaide-Cabaret-Festival-2014-Program-Announced-66-21-20140406#.U0IZpPmSzh4|publisher=Broadway World|accessdate=7 April 2014|date=6 April 2014}}</ref> In 2015, Mingay joined the cast of soap opera ''[[Home and Away]]'' in the recurring role of [[Trystan Powell]].
'''Ben Mingay''' (born 1979) is an Australian actor and singer, perhaps best known for having played Buzz Graham in the series '' [[Packed to the Rafters]]'' and Rob Duffy in ''[[Wonderland (Australian TV series)|Wonderland]]''.<ref name=Wonderland>{{cite web|title=Rob Duffy|url=http://tenplay.com.au/channel-ten/wonderland/characters/rob-duffy|publisher=Network Ten|access-date=18 April 2014}}</ref> He played the role of Billy in the stage version of ''Dirty Dancing'' in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.<ref name="Talent House">{{cite web|title=Actors Resume – Ben Mingay|url=http://www.talenthouse.ca/resumes/Mingay_Ben.html|publisher=Talent House|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522012400/http://www.talenthouse.ca/resumes/Mingay_Ben.html|archive-date=22 May 2012 }}</ref> Mingay together with [[Michael Falzon (actor)|Michael Falzon]], [[Luke Kennedy]], and [[Matt Lee (dancer)|Matt Lee]] appeared in the [[Adelaide Cabaret Festival]] 2014.<ref name="BWW AdCab">{{cite web|title=Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2014 Program Announced|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/adelaide/article/Adelaide-Cabaret-Festival-2014-Program-Announced-66-21-20140406#.U0IZpPmSzh4|work=[[BroadwayWorld]]|access-date=7 April 2014|date=6 April 2014}}</ref> In 2015, Mingay joined the cast of soap opera ''[[Home and Away]]'' in the recurring role of [[Trystan Powell]].


== Background ==
== Background ==
Growing up in [[Elermore Vale, New South Wales]] on the outskirts of Newcastle, Mingay went to boarding school, [[The Armidale School]], from age 12.<ref name=SMH>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/celebrity/ben-mingay-we-had-to-kiss-on-stage-it-didn-t-take-long-before-we-fell-in-love-20230629-p5dkgn.html|access-date=8 January 2024|title=Ben Mingay: 'We had to kiss on stage, it didn't take long before we fell in love'|author=Robyn Doreian|date=16 July 2023|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref> His mother suggested he do the school play to occupy his spare time. He thought it was for losers, but agreed to do it for her.<ref name=SMH /> He had to perform a song and discovered that he had a bass baritone voice. Mingay studied opera voice at the [[Sydney Conservatorium of Music]].<ref name="Talent House" /><ref name="Rafters Cast" />
Mingay studied Opera Voice at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.<ref name="Talent House" /><ref name="Rafters Cast" />
He plays both piano and acoustic guitar.<ref name="Talent House" /> He is also a fire breather and a stunt driver.<ref name="Rafters Cast" /> He recently divorced his wife Kirby Burgess.
He plays both piano and acoustic guitar.<ref name="Talent House" /> He is also a fire breather and a stunt driver.<ref name="Rafters Cast" /> He was married to actress Kirby Burgess, but they divorced after two years.<ref name=SMH />


== Career ==
== Career ==
In 2004 he appeared as a guest on the police series ''[[Blue Heelers]]'' where he played Troy Baxter.<ref>{{cite web|title=Plot boiler|url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/bh/articles/plotboiler.html|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=19 April 2014|author=Michael Idato|date=5 July 2004}}</ref> That same year he starred as Jim Beatson on the medical series ''[[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]]''.
In 2004 he appeared as a guest on the police series ''[[Blue Heelers]]'' where he played Troy Baxter.<ref>{{cite web|title=Plot boiler|url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/bh/articles/plotboiler.html|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|access-date=19 April 2014|author=Michael Idato|date=5 July 2004|via=australiantelevision.net}}</ref> That same year he starred as Jim Beatson on the medical series ''[[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]]''.
[[File:Ben Mingay (6640173855).jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.8|alt=A dark brunette man in a black suit smiles at the camera|Mingay in 2012]]
[[File:Ben Mingay (6640173855).jpg|thumb|right|upright|alt=A dark brunette man in a black suit smiles at the camera|Mingay in 2012]]
In 2013, Mingay scored his first major role on television when he joined the main cast of the sixth season of Australian series ''[[Packed to the Rafters]]''. He played the young electrician Fergus "Buzz" Graham,<ref name="Rafters Cast">{{cite web|title=Ben Mingay|url=https://au.tv.yahoo.com/packed-to-the-rafters/cast/article/-/16838599/ben-mingay/|publisher=Seven Corporate|accessdate=19 April 2014}}</ref> father of Jackson Graham (Narek Arman) and employee of Dave Rafter ([[Erik Thomson]]). Mingay's Graham enters into a relationship with Emma Mackey ([[Zoe Cramond]]) until the series finale on 2 July of that year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fergus "Buzz" Graham|url=https://au.tv.yahoo.com/packed-to-the-rafters/characters/article/-/16838637/fergus-buzz-graham/|publisher=Seven Corporate|accessdate=19 April 2014}}</ref> That same year, Mingay joined the main cast of ''[[Wonderland (Australian TV series)|Wonderland]]'' in the role of Rob Duffy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ten Announces Wonderland Cast|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/04/ten-announces-wonderland-cast.html|publisher=TV Tonight|accessdate=19 April 2014|author=David Knox|date=29 April 2013}}</ref>
In 2013, Mingay scored his first major role on television when he joined the main cast of the sixth season of Australian series ''[[Packed to the Rafters]]''. He played the young electrician Fergus "Buzz" Graham,<ref name="Rafters Cast">{{cite web|title=Ben Mingay|url=https://au.tv.yahoo.com/packed-to-the-rafters/cast/article/-/16838599/ben-mingay/|publisher=Seven Corporate|access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref> father of Jackson Graham (Narek Arman) and employee of Dave Rafter ([[Erik Thomson]]). Mingay's Graham enters into a relationship with Emma Mackey ([[Zoe Cramond]]) until the series finale on 2 July of that year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fergus "Buzz" Graham|url=https://au.tv.yahoo.com/packed-to-the-rafters/characters/article/-/16838637/fergus-buzz-graham/|publisher=Seven Corporate|access-date=19 April 2014}}</ref> That same year, Mingay joined the main cast of ''[[Wonderland (Australian TV series)|Wonderland]]'' in the role of Rob Duffy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ten Announces ''Wonderland'' Cast|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/04/ten-announces-wonderland-cast.html|publisher=[[TV Tonight]]|access-date=19 April 2014|author=David Knox|date=29 April 2013}}</ref>


Mingay performed in the new cabaret act ''[[Swing on This]]'' at the [[Adelaide Cabaret Festival]] on 7 June 2014 with a cast that included [[Luke Kennedy]], [[Michael Falzon (actor)|Michael Falzon]], and [[Matt Lee (dancer)|Matt Lee]]. Festival Artistic Director, and singer in her own right, [[Kate Ceberano]] appeared as a special guest.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Catherine Blanch|title=Swing on This – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review|url=http://theclothesline.com.au/swing-adelaide-cabaret-festival-review/|website=The Clothesline|publisher=The Clothesline|accessdate=10 July 2014|date=8 June 2014}}</ref> Following Adelaide Cabaret Festival, they performed as the headline act at both the official black tie launch of the refurbished [[Bunbury, Western Australia|Bunbury]] Regional Entertainment Centre on 25 July and at the community concert<ref>{{cite web|author1=Leigh Ritchie|title=Entertainment Centre Opening Celebrations|url=http://www.planetbunbury.com.au/entertainment-centre-opening-celebrations/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024110002/http://www.planetbunbury.com.au/entertainment-centre-opening-celebrations/|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2014|website=Planet Bunbury|accessdate=27 July 2014|date=22 July 2014}}</ref> the next evening, again playing to a full house.
Mingay performed in the new cabaret act ''[[Swing on This]]'' at the [[Adelaide Cabaret Festival]] on 7 June 2014 with a cast that included [[Luke Kennedy]], [[Michael Falzon (actor)|Michael Falzon]], and [[Matt Lee (dancer)|Matt Lee]]. Festival artistic director, and singer in her own right, [[Kate Ceberano]] appeared as a special guest.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Catherine Blanch|title=''Swing on This'' – Adelaide Cabaret Festival Review|url=http://theclothesline.com.au/swing-adelaide-cabaret-festival-review/|website=The Clothesline|access-date=10 July 2014|date=8 June 2014}}</ref> Following Adelaide Cabaret Festival, they performed as the headline act at both the official black tie launch of the refurbished [[Bunbury, Western Australia|Bunbury]] Regional Entertainment Centre on 25 July and at the community concert<ref>{{cite web|author=Leigh Ritchie|title=Entertainment Centre Opening Celebrations|url=http://www.planetbunbury.com.au/entertainment-centre-opening-celebrations/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024110002/http://www.planetbunbury.com.au/entertainment-centre-opening-celebrations/|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 October 2014|website=Planet Bunbury|access-date=27 July 2014|date=22 July 2014}}</ref> the next evening, again playing to a full house.


Mingay joined the cast of ''[[Home and Away]]'' as [[Trystan Powell]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://m.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/ben-mingay-goes-from-wonderland-to-home-and-away-ive-had-some-low-points-but-im-positive/story-fni0cvc9-1227358657967|title=Ben Mingay goes from Wonderland to Home and Away: I've had some low points but I'm positive|last=Bamford|first=Matt|date=17 May 2015|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]|accessdate=18 June 2017}}</ref>
Mingay joined the cast of ''[[Home and Away]]'' as [[Trystan Powell]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/ben-mingay-goes-from-wonderland-to-home-and-away-ive-had-some-low-points-but-im-positive/news-story/f80185593d839a91ed67422bffd4fdd7|title=Ben Mingay goes from ''Wonderland'' to ''Home and Away'': I've had some low points but I'm positive|last=Bamford|first=Matt|date=17 May 2015|work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]|location=Sydney|access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref>


Mingay has performed at several concerts including the charity benefit Pants Off for [[Beyond Blue]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Pants Off For a Good Cause |url=http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/news/pants-off-for-a-good-cause-10442.html |publisher=Gay News Network |accessdate=20 April 2014 |date=31 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421064629/http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/news/pants-off-for-a-good-cause-10442.html |archivedate=21 April 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> a concert involving several performers each singing in their underwear.
Mingay has performed at several concerts including the charity benefit Pants Off for [[Beyond Blue]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Pants Off For a Good Cause |url=http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/news/pants-off-for-a-good-cause-10442.html |publisher=Gay News Network |access-date=20 April 2014 |date=31 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421064629/http://gaynewsnetwork.com.au/news/pants-off-for-a-good-cause-10442.html |archive-date=21 April 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> a concert involving several performers each singing in their underwear.


His professional opera debut came in 2024 in the role of Papageno in an English-language production Mozart's ''[[The Magic Flute]]'' for [[Opera Australia]] at the [[Sydney Opera House]].<ref name=Limelight>{{cite magazine|url=https://limelight-arts.com.au/features/a-secret-love-affair/|access-date=8 January 2024|url-access=subscription|title=A Secret Love Affair|author=Jo Litson|magazine=[[Limelight (magazine)|Limelight]]|date=22 December 2023|pages=60–61}}</ref> He had sung in this opera before in a school production in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/event/65343|access-date=8 January 2024|title=''The Magic Flute'', Newcastle City Hall, 22–27 September 2000|publisher=[[AusStage]]}}</ref>
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===Training ===


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===Training ===
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* 1997 – Higher School Certificate ([[The Armidale School]]) – Ranked top 10% of State in Music<ref name="Talent House" />
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* 1998 – [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]]: workshop stage, acting and improvisation skills
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* 1999–2000 – Awarded the Florence Austral Scholarship for Voice from the Newcastle Conservatorium of Music
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* 1999–2001 – Newcastle Conservatorium – vocal coach: Christopher Allan<ref name=Limelight />
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* 2000–2003 – Classical training at Sydney Conservatorium of Music
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* 2001–2003 – [[Sydney Conservatorium of Music|Sydney Conservatorium]], vocal coach: Maree Ryan<ref name=Limelight />
* 2002 – Agent Showcase with REACTOR acting services at Fox Studios
* 2002 – Agent Showcase with REACTOR acting services at Fox Studios
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* 2001–2003 – [[Sydney Conservatorium of Music|Sydney Conservatorium]] Vocal Coach – Maree Ryan
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* 2000–2003 – Classical Training at Sydney Conservatorium of Music
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* 1999–2001 – Newcastle Conservatorium – Christopher Allan
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* 1999–2000 – Awarded the 'Florence Austral' Scholarship for Voice from The Newcastle Conservatorium of Music
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* 1998 – [[National Institute of Dramatic Art|NIDA]] Workshop- Stage, Acting & Improvisation Skills
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* 1997 – Higher School Certificate (Shore School) – Ranked top 10% of State in Music
<ref name="Talent House" />


==Theatre==
==Theatre==
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| ''[[Sideshow Alley (musical)|Sideshow Alley: The Musical]]''<ref name="Talent House" /><ref name=Ausstage /> || || [[The Production Company]]/ [[Gale Edwards]] || Melbourne || 2003
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| '' [[Shrek The Musical]]'' <ref>https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/broadway-hit-shrek-the-musical-to-play-at-sydneys-lyric-theatre/news-story/8878c2d1314b697c54d5c9acef4cb99d</ref> || Shrek || ||[[Sydney Lyric]], [[Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne]] & [[Queensland Performing Arts Centre]]|| 2020
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| '' [[The Phantom of the Opera]] ''<ref name="Talent House" /> || The Phantom || [[Packemin Productions]] || [[Riverside Theatres Parramatta]] || 2015
| '' [[Hair (musical)|Hair]] ''<ref name="Talent House" /><ref name=Ausstage /> || Berger || The Production Company/ David Atkins || Sydney <br /> Melbourne || 2003
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| ''[[Dirty Dancing#Stage adaptation|Dirty Dancing]]''<ref name=Ausstage>{{cite web|title=Ben Mingay|url=https://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/403573|publisher=[[AusStage]]|access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref> || Billy || Nina Lannan & Associates <br /> Mirvish Productions/ James Powell <br /> Jacobsen Entertainment/ Karl Sydow <br /> Jacobsen Entertainment || US National Tour <br /> North American Premiere <br /> UK Premiere <br /> Australian Tour || 2004–2005
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|''[[An Officer and a Gentleman (musical)|An Officer and a Gentleman]]''<ref name="An Interview with Amanda Harrison and Ben Mingay">{{cite web|title=An Interview with Amanda Harrison and Ben Mingay|url=http://theatrepeople.com.au/features/interview-amanda-harrison-and-ben-mingay|publisher=Theatre People|accessdate=27 January 2013|author=Simon Parris|date=14 March 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922213510/http://theatrepeople.com.au/features/interview-amanda-harrison-and-ben-mingay|archivedate=22 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ||Zack ||Gordon Frost Organisation||Sydney Lyric Theatre||18 May-1 July 2012
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| '' [[Jersey Boys]] ''<ref name="Talent House" /> || Tommy Devito || || Sydney || 2011
| ''[[Jersey Boys]]''<ref name="Talent House" />{{failed verification|date=January 2023}} || Tommy Devito || || Sydney || 2011
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| '' [[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]] ''<ref name="Talent House" /> || || || ||
| ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]''<ref name="Talent House" />{{better source needed|date=January 2024}} || || || ||
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|''[[An Officer and a Gentleman (musical)|An Officer and a Gentleman]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=An Interview with Amanda Harrison and Ben Mingay|url=http://theatrepeople.com.au/features/interview-amanda-harrison-and-ben-mingay|publisher=Theatre People|access-date=27 January 2013|author=Simon Parris|date=14 March 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922213510/http://theatrepeople.com.au/features/interview-amanda-harrison-and-ben-mingay|archive-date=22 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref> ||Zack ||Gordon Frost Organisation||Sydney Lyric||18 May – 1 July 2012
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| '' [[Dirty Dancing#Stage version|Dirty Dancing]] ''<ref name=Ausstage>{{cite web|title=Ben Mingay|url=http://www.ausstage.edu.au/pages/contributor/403573|publisher=Ausstage|accessdate=19 April 2014}}</ref> || Billy || Nina Lannan & Associates <br /> Mirvish Productions/ James Powell <br /> Jacobsen Entertainment/ Karl Sydow <br /> Jacobsen Entertainment || US National Tour <br /> North American Premiere <br /> UK Premiere <br /> Australian Tour || 2004–2005
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| '' [[Hair (musical)|Hair]] ''<ref name="Talent House" /><ref name=Ausstage /> || Berger || The Production Company/ David Atkins || Sydney <br /> Melbourne || 2003
| ''[[The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)|The Phantom of the Opera]]''<ref name="Talent House" />{{failed verification|date=January 2024}} || [[Erik (The Phantom of the Opera)|The Phantom]] || [[Packemin Productions]] || [[Riverside Theatres Parramatta]] || 2015
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| '' [[Shrek the Musical]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/broadway-hit-shrek-the-musical-to-play-at-sydneys-lyric-theatre/news-story/8878c2d1314b697c54d5c9acef4cb99d|title=Shrek the Musical to return to Sydney stage|date=17 June 2019}}</ref> || [[Shrek (character)|Shrek]] || ||[[Sydney Lyric]], [[Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne]] & [[Queensland Performing Arts Centre]]|| 2020
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| ''[[Sideshow Alley (musical)|Sideshow Alley: The Musical]]''<ref name="Talent House" /><ref name=Ausstage /> || || [[The Production Company]]/ Gale Edwards || Melbourne || 2003
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|''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street|Sweeney Todd]]''
|[[Sweeney Todd]]
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|[[Sydney Opera House]]
|2023
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|''[[The Magic Flute]]''||Papageno||[[Opera Australia]]||Sydney Opera House||2024
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== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
'''''Television'''''
===Television===
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!Year!! Title!! Characters!! notes
!Year!! Title!! Characters!! Notes
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| 2017 || ''[[Behave Yourself! (TV series)|Behave Yourself!]]'' || Himself || Contestant, episode 1
| 2004 || '' [[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]]'' || Jim Beatson || Episode: "Meltdown"
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| 2017 || ''[[House of Bond]]'' || [[Alan Bond]] || TV mini-series, 2 episodes
| 2004 || '' [[Blue Heelers]]'' || Troy Baxter || Episode: "Headless Chooks"
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| 2013 || '' [[Packed to the Rafters]]'' || Fergus 'Buzz' Graham || 11 episodes
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| 2013–15 || '' [[Wonderland (Australian TV series)|Wonderland]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://10play.com.au/wonderland|access-date=8 January 2024|title=About ''Wonderland''|publisher=[[10Play]]}}</ref> || Rob Duffy || Regular role
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| 2015 || ''[[Home and Away]]'' || [[Trystan Powell]] || Recurring role
| 2015 || ''[[Home and Away]]'' || [[Trystan Powell]] || Recurring role
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| 2017 || ''[[House of Bond]]'' || [[Alan Bond]] || TV mini-series, 2 episodes
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| 2013–15 || '' [[Wonderland (Australian TV series)|Wonderland]]''<ref>[http://ten.com.au/tvshows/wonderland . htm Wonderland Official Website]</ref> || Rob Duffy || Regular role
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| | 2013 || '' [[Packed to the Rafters]]'' || Fergus 'Buzz' Graham || 11 episodes
| 2017 || ''[[Behave Yourself! (TV series)|Behave Yourself!]]'' || Himself || Contestant, episode 1
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|2019-2021
|2004 || '' [[Blue Heelers]]'' || Troy Baxter || Episode: "Headless Chooks"
|[[Frayed (TV series)|''Frayed'']]
|Jim
|12 episodes
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|2022
|[[The Twelve (Australian TV series)]]
|Flip Menelaus
|10 episodes
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| 2004 || '' [[All Saints (TV series)|All Saints]]'' || Jim Beatson || Episode: "Meltdown"
|}
|}


''''' Film '''''
===Film===
{| Class = " wikitable "
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! Year !! Title !! Characters !! notes
! Year !! Title !! Characters !! Notes
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| 2013 || '' The Gift '' || Joel || Short – with Mark Lee, [[Hannah Marshall (actress)|Hannah Marshall]], Anne Tenney and Harry Greenwood
| 2013 || '' The Gift '' || Joel || Short – with [[Mark Lee (Australian actor)|Mark Lee]], [[Hannah Marshall (actress)|Hannah Marshall]], [[Anne Tenney]] and [[Harry Greenwood (actor)|Harry Greenwood]]
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| 2016 || ''[[Hacksaw Ridge]]'' || 'Grease' Nolan ||
| 2016 || ''[[Hacksaw Ridge]]'' || 'Grease' Nolan ||
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==Awards and nominations==
===ARIA Music Awards===
The [[ARIA Music Awards]] is an annual awards ceremony held by the [[Australian Recording Industry Association]]. They commenced in 1987.
{{awards table}}
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
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| [[ARIA Music Awards of 2005|2005]]
| ''Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage'' (with Deone Zanotto)
| [[ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album|Best Original Cast or Show Album]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="OST">ARIA Award previous winners. {{cite web|url=http://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/award/best-original-soundtrack-cast-show-album|title=History Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album |publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|access-date=12 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
{{end}}


== References==
== References==
{{reflist|2}}
{{reflist}}


==External links ==
==External links ==
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* {{IMDb name|1910824}}
* {{IMDb name|1910824}}
* [https://www.operabase.com/artists/ben-mingay-99873/en "Performance schedule"], [[Operabase]]
*[http://www.talenthouse.ca/resumes/Mingay_Ben.html Talent House Resume Ben Mingay – Archived]{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{dead link|date=February 2016}}
* [https://bachtrack.com/performer/ben-mingay "Performance schedule"], [[Bachtrack]]

* [https://opera.org.au/artist/ben-mingay/ "Profile"], [[Opera Australia]]
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[[Category:Australian operatic baritones]]
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[[Category:21st-century Australian male opera singers]]
[[Category:Male actors from Sydney]]
[[Category:Male actors from Sydney]]
[[Category:Singers from Sydney]]
[[Category:Singers from Sydney]]
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[[Category:Swing on This members]]
[[Category:Swing on This members]]
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Ben Mingay
Mingay at the Sydney premiere of The Mummy in 2017
Born1979 (1979) (age 45)
Elermore Vale, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation(s)Actor, singer
Years active1988–present
Spouse
Kirby Burgess
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(m. 2018; div. 2020)​

Ben Mingay (born 1979) is an Australian actor and singer, perhaps best known for having played Buzz Graham in the series Packed to the Rafters and Rob Duffy in Wonderland.[1] He played the role of Billy in the stage version of Dirty Dancing in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.[2] Mingay together with Michael Falzon, Luke Kennedy, and Matt Lee appeared in the Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2014.[3] In 2015, Mingay joined the cast of soap opera Home and Away in the recurring role of Trystan Powell.

Background

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Growing up in Elermore Vale, New South Wales on the outskirts of Newcastle, Mingay went to boarding school, The Armidale School, from age 12.[4] His mother suggested he do the school play to occupy his spare time. He thought it was for losers, but agreed to do it for her.[4] He had to perform a song and discovered that he had a bass baritone voice. Mingay studied opera voice at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.[2][5] He plays both piano and acoustic guitar.[2] He is also a fire breather and a stunt driver.[5] He was married to actress Kirby Burgess, but they divorced after two years.[4]

Career

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

A dark brunette man in a black suit smiles at the camera
Mingay in 2012

In 2013, Mingay scored his first major role on television when he joined the main cast of the sixth season of Australian series Packed to the Rafters. He played the young electrician Fergus "Buzz" Graham,[5] father of Jackson Graham (Narek Arman) and employee of Dave Rafter (Erik Thomson). Mingay's Graham enters into a relationship with Emma Mackey (Zoe Cramond) until the series finale on 2 July of that year.[7] That same year, Mingay joined the main cast of Wonderland in the role of Rob Duffy.[8]

Mingay performed in the new cabaret act Swing on This at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival on 7 June 2014 with a cast that included Luke Kennedy, Michael Falzon, and Matt Lee. Festival artistic director, and singer in her own right, Kate Ceberano appeared as a special guest.[9] Following Adelaide Cabaret Festival, they performed as the headline act at both the official black tie launch of the refurbished Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre on 25 July and at the community concert[10] the next evening, again playing to a full house.

Mingay joined the cast of Home and Away as Trystan Powell in 2015.[11]

Mingay has performed at several concerts including the charity benefit Pants Off for Beyond Blue,[12] a concert involving several performers each singing in their underwear.

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

Training

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

Theatre

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Production Role Company Location Date
Sideshow Alley: The Musical[2][15] The Production Company/ Gale Edwards Melbourne 2003
Hair [2][15] Berger The Production Company/ David Atkins Sydney
Melbourne		 2003
Dirty Dancing[15] Billy Nina Lannan & Associates
Mirvish Productions/ James Powell
Jacobsen Entertainment/ Karl Sydow
Jacobsen Entertainment		 US National Tour
North American Premiere
UK Premiere
Australian Tour		 2004–2005
Jersey Boys[2][failed verification] Tommy Devito Sydney 2011
South Pacific[2][better source needed]
An Officer and a Gentleman[16] Zack Gordon Frost Organisation Sydney Lyric 18 May – 1 July 2012
The Phantom of the Opera[2][failed verification] The Phantom Packemin Productions Riverside Theatres Parramatta 2015
Shrek the Musical[17] Shrek Sydney Lyric, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne & Queensland Performing Arts Centre 2020
Sweeney Todd Sweeney Todd Sydney Opera House 2023
The Magic Flute Papageno Opera Australia Sydney Opera House 2024

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Characters Notes
2004 All Saints Jim Beatson Episode: "Meltdown"
2004 Blue Heelers Troy Baxter Episode: "Headless Chooks"
2013 Packed to the Rafters Fergus 'Buzz' Graham 11 episodes
2013–15 Wonderland[18] Rob Duffy Regular role
2015 Home and Away Trystan Powell Recurring role
2017 House of Bond Alan Bond TV mini-series, 2 episodes
2017 Behave Yourself! Himself Contestant, episode 1
2019-2021 Frayed Jim 12 episodes
2022 The Twelve (Australian TV series) Flip Menelaus 10 episodes

Film

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Year Title Characters Notes
2013 The Gift Joel Short – with Mark Lee, Hannah Marshall, Anne Tenney and Harry Greenwood
2016 Hacksaw Ridge 'Grease' Nolan

Awards and nominations

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ARIA Music Awards

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The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Australian Recording Industry Association. They commenced in 1987.

Year Nominee / work Award Result Ref.
2005 Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage (with Deone Zanotto) Best Original Cast or Show Album Nominated [19]

References

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  1. ^ "Rob Duffy". Network Ten. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Actors Resume – Ben Mingay". Talent House. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2014 Program Announced". BroadwayWorld. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Robyn Doreian (16 July 2023). "Ben Mingay: 'We had to kiss on stage, it didn't take long before we fell in love'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b c "Ben Mingay". Seven Corporate. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  6. ^ Michael Idato (5 July 2004). "Plot boiler". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 April 2014 – via australiantelevision.net.
  7. ^ "Fergus "Buzz" Graham". Seven Corporate. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  8. ^ David Knox (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 original on 24 October 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  11. ^ Bamford, Matt (17 May 2015). "Ben Mingay goes from Wonderland to Home and Away: I've had some low points but I'm positive". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Pants Off For a Good Cause". Gay News Network. 31 January 2013. Archived from the original on 21 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  13. ^ a b c Jo Litson (22 December 2023). "A Secret Love Affair". Limelight. pp. 60–61. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  14. ^ "The Magic Flute, Newcastle City Hall, 22–27 September 2000". AusStage. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  15. ^ a b c "Ben Mingay". AusStage. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  16. ^ Simon Parris (14 March 2012). "An Interview with Amanda Harrison and Ben Mingay". Theatre People. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
  17. ^ "Shrek the Musical to return to Sydney stage". 17 June 2019.
  18. ^ "About Wonderland". 10Play. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  19. ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "History Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 July 2022.
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