Benjamin White is an African American actor born and based in New York City. He is currently a senior at Hamilton College and has trained at the British American Drama Academy (BADA).

Ben is working towards a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre with a minor in Education Studies. At Hamilton, he serves as Head Model for Signature Style, the college’s fashion magazine; performs as a beatboxer and baritone/bass in The Buffers, an a cappella group; and was a Director for Untitled@Large, a student theatre organization.

Along with acting, he is also a dedicated dancer and choreographer with training in modern, contemporary, hip-hop, and vogue styles.

Ben has accomplished a lot during his time at Hamilton College. During his freshman year, Ben directed and choreographed the live world premiere of Dean Gild’s new musical Suddenly. He worked with renowned actors Zoë Waites and Elliot Barnes-Worrell during his junior year in London at The British American Drama Academy. During his senior year, Ben had the privilege of opening for Hamilton College’s Great Names Speaker Lin-Manuel Miranda. He performed an original rap parody of Miranda’s My Shot titled “Our Shot” for a crowd of over 5,500 people, including Lin-Manuel Miranda, his team, and other community members.

Recent Acting Credits include Buddy in Brenda Withers’ UBU ROAR; Egeon, Courtesan, and Luce in Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors; Old Man in Eugène Ionesco’s The Chairs; Othello in Shakespeare’s Othello; Darren in Sophie Swithinbank’s Bacon; Scandal in William Congreve’s Love For Love; Pinky in Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Our Lady of 121st Street; Belize in Tony Kushner’s Angels In America Part 1: Millenium Approaches; 2:Bobolink in Jordan Tanahill’s Concord Floral; Mr. Grey/Ensemble in Jonathan Larson’s RENT; Barnardine in Shakespeare’s Measure For Measure; Male Family Member #1 in Macklin Fishman’s Quinn’s Home; Rememberance in Kullen Burnet’s Too Close To The Sun; Audrey II in Howard Ashman’s Little Shop of Horrors; Nick Bottom in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream; Top Aide in Dizzy Turek’s softy power or soft power or you will do my laundry; and Uncle Fester in The Addams Family.

Recent Directing Credits include Jeffrey James Keyes’ The Aftermath and Dean Gild’s Suddenly.