Mendelsohn, Ben 1969-

PERSONAL

Full name, Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn; born April 3, 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Education: Attended a boarding school in Pennsylvania; trained for the stage at St. Martin's Theatre, London.

Addresses:

Agent—RGM Associates, 64-76 Kippax St., Suite 202, Level 2, Surry Hills, New South Wales 2010, Australia; International Creative Management, 10250 Constellation Way, 9th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067. Manager—Untitled Entertainment, 331 North Maple Dr., 3rd Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Career:

Actor. Appeared in television commercials.

Awards, Honors:

Australian Film Institute Award, best supporting actor, 1987, for The Year My Voice Broke; Australian Film Institute Award nomination, best actor, 1990, for The Big Steal; Australian Film Institute Award nomination, best actor, 1991, for Spotswood; Australian Film Institute Award nomination, best actor, 1995, for Metal Skin; Camerio Award, best actor, Carrousel International du Film, 2000, for Amy; Australian Film Institute Award nomination, best actor in a leading role, 2001, Film Critics Circle of Australia Award nomination, best actor—male, 2002, both for Mullet; Silver Logie Award nomination, most outstanding actor, 2007, for Love My Way.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Peter, The Still Point, Colosimo Film Productions, 1985.

Trevor, The Year My Voice Broke, 1987, Avenue Pictures, 1988.

Gazza, Lover Boy, Seon Films Australia, 1988.

Gary Wilson, Return Home, Musical Films, 1990.

Luke O'Hagan, Nirvana Street Murder, 1990.

Danny Clark, The Big Steal, Cascade Films, 1990.

O'Flynn, Quigley Down Under (also known as Quigley), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1990.

Carey, Spotswood (also known as The Efficiency Expert), Miramax, 1992.

Farmboy, Map of the Human Heart, Miramax, 1993.

Nursery manager, Say a Little Prayer, Beyond Films/ Flying Films Productions, 1993.

Dazey, Metal Skin (also known as Speed), Phaedra Cinema, 1994.

Lewis, Sirens, Miramax, 1994.

Lewis, Cosi, 1996, Miramax, 1997.

Kev, Idiot Box, Central Park Films, 1996.

Jerry, True Love and Chaos, Westside Films, 1997.

Lee Gordon, The Singer and the Swinger, 1999.

John, Sample People, 2000.

Malcolm Bench, Vertical Limit, Columbia, 2000.

Robert Buchanan, Amy, World Wide Motion Pictures, 2001.

Eddie "Mullet" Maloney, Mullet, 2001.

Rupert Murdoch, Black and White, New Vision Films, 2002.

Ben, The New World, 2005.

Rupert Kathner, Hunt Angels, Palace Films, 2006.

Kyle Sorenson, The Adventures of Beatle Boyin, 2007.

The Floating World, 2007.

Australia, New Line Cinema, 2008.

Television Appearances; Series:

Ted Morgan, The Henderson Kids, Ten Network, 1985.

Bartholomew "Bart" Jones, Prime Time, Nine Network, 1986.

Fame and Misfortune, 1986.

Warren Murphy, Neighbours, Ten Network, 1987.

Biz, Close Ups, ABC (Australia), 1996.

Rob, The Secret Life of Us, Ten Network, 2005.

Lewis, Love My Way, 2006-2007.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Lindsay, All the Way, 1988.

Matthew, This Man … This Woman, ABC (Australia), 1989.

Vince McCaffery, Queen Kat, Carmel, & St. Jude, 1998.

Alexander Hall, Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story, ABC, 2001.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Peter Donaldson, Halifax f.p: My Lovely Girl, 1995.

Doug Petersen, Secret Men's Business, 1999.

Dr. Larry Stewart, Second Chance, Ten Network, 2005.

Also appeared in The Henderson Kids; Security.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Sellebrity Sellection, 1999.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

"Slow Attack," Special Squad, 1984.

Luke Dawson, "A Little Knowledge: Parts 1 & 2," A Country Practice, Seven Network, 1985.

Brian, "Realms of Gold," The Flying Doctors, Nine Network, 1987.

Brad Harris, "Blues for Judy," The Flying Doctors, Nine Network, 1989.

Dean Forman, "Wild Card," Police Rescue, 1995.

Dale Banks, "High Country Justice," Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (also known as Banjo Paterson's "The Man from Snowy River"), Family Channel and Nine Network, 1995.

Ben, G.P., 1996.

Brian O'Malley, "Unfinished Business," Good Guys Bad Guys, Nine Network, 1997.

Guest presenter, "The Prodigal Son: Jason Donovan," Australian Story, ABC (Australia), 2001.

Himself, "Faff," Love Is a Four-Letter Word, ABC (Australia), 2001.

Sko, "I-Yensche, You-Yensch," Farscape, Sci-Fi Channel, 2002.

Himself, Lewis, and Danny Clark, "On Thin Ice/The Memory Pill/Love Her Way," 60 Minutes, CBS, 2007.

Also appeared in The Flying Doctors.

Television Work; Specials:

Executive producer, Sellebrity Sellection, 1999.

Stage Appearances:

Appeared in Cosi, Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, Australia; The Selection, Melbourne Theatre Company, Melbourne, Australia.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

INXS's "Full Moon Dirty Hearts," 1993.