Ben Zook
Birthday: Born in 1964-02-05 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Deathday: Alive
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.
TV Credits
Where the Bears Are
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....
The Drew Carey Show
Character: Underpants Guy
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....
Movie Credits
A Big Gay Hairy Hit! Where the Bears Are: The Documentary
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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 crea...
Where the Bears Are
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....
Where the Bears Are 3
Character: Nelson Dorkoff
The suspense is unbearable when our favorite gay bears Nelson, Reggie, Wood and Hot Toddy race to find out who is knocking off the sexy young male models at Chunk Studios in the third season feature length movie of the hit comedy mystery series. This time around the hirsuit sleuths are faced with a higher body count as they chase a crazed serial killer through the LA porn industry, the country western gay bar scene and at forty thousand feet on board a jumbo jet bound for Australia!...
Where the Bears Are 4
Character: Nelson Dorkoff
Murder hits close to home when a party crasher keels over from a glass of poisoned champagne at Nelson and Todd’s wedding shower kicking off another murder investigation in the fourth feature film of this world wide hit comedy mystery series. As America’s favorite gay bear couple prepare for their upcoming nuptials with the help of their BFFs (Bear Friends Forever) Reggie and Wood, our furry detectives find themselves on the hunt for a demented killer landing them on the set of a TV game show, a...
Where the Bears Are 2
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 in the sequal to their wildly succesful comedy mystery film. Nelson, Reggie and Wood are on the case along with two heartthrobs from the first movie Hot Toddy and Detective Winters investigating a bevy of hot hunky suspects on a dangerous trail leading them from deep inside the LA leather scene to the ...
Where the Bears Are 6
Character: Nelson Dorkoff
The sixth season of this hit worldwide comedy mystery series raises the stakes when America’s favorite gay bears find themselves in a variety of hairy situations! Everyone’s favorite neurotic Nelson Dorkoff is thrust into the spotlight when he is framed for the murder of a rival television co-star while ruthlessly ambitious slut true crime TV host Reggie has a romantic fling with a middle-eastern prince with a mysterious agenda and is also stalked by a former lover! Meanwhile, fan favorites Wood...
Where the Bears Are 7
Character: Nelson Dorkoff
The seventh season of this hit worldwide comedy mystery series finds the bears in more danger than ever when they're targeted by a mysterious stalker while vacationing in sunny Palm Springs, California. If that isn't enough to deal with in the desert, someone is out to sabotage the Mr. Bear America Pageant where Reggie is serving as a celebrity judge! Could the stalker and saboteur be the same person? Meanwhile, porn producer Wood is excitedly promoting his new opus Ass Play on the Orient Expres...
Where the Bears Are 5
Character: Nelson Dorkoff
The honeymoon is definitely over for newlyweds Nelson and Todd in the fifth season of this hit worldwide comedy mystery series when one of the grooms vanishes without a trace from a male only clothing optional resort only to turn up after an intense manhunt with a shocking confession! This time around America’s favorite gay bears find themselves thrust into a dangerous world of international intrigue chasing clues that take them to the non-stop party town of Palm Springs to the Downtown LA hipst...
The Thin Pink Line
Character: Faggles / Mr. Wintergarden
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....
Can't Stop Dancing
Character: Randy Rubio
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, Bre...