Ben Watson, actor, joins Nick Victory productions and begins pre-production on Unconditionally Minnesota (working title), a film slated to begin filming in August 2006. Ben will star as one of the two male leads in a romantic comedy directed by Derek Ellingson. The film will shoot on location in Minnesota (Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Duluth) and tells the uncanny story of best friends as they deal with women, work, each other, and the ins n' outs of marriage.

Check out Ben Watson and the brilliant photography of Dana Patrick at www.DanaPatrick.com

2005: Ben Watson spends two weeks in New York working on the feature film Northern Lights. This "coming of age" story revolves around Justin, a young man trying to figure out what life is all about. Ben play's Justin's best friend Brian and appears in eight scenes throughout the movie.

2005: Ben Watson guest stars as Ray Luizza Jr. on Discovery Channels Guilty or Innocent: a breakthrough series that looks at real-life criminal investigations in which the public still questions a criminal’s guilt or innocence. Guilty or Innocent airs every Saturday at 2100 hrs (9:00 pm SIN/HK) starting August 13, with episodes encoring the next day at 0200 (2:00 am) and 1400 hrs (2:00 pm). Look for Ben's episode in mid October 2005.

2005: What's Bugging Seth, a SAG independent feature, gained official distribution. In the film, Benjamin Watson plays Jacob, the older brother of the lead character Seth: a young def man who looks inside himself to find true contentment.

2005: Actor Ben Watson books 2 days as a principal in Malibu filming a chocolate commercial for Ferrero Raffaello. The commercial is slated to air in Germany only.

2005: Chevrolet notifies Benjamin Watson that they will be picking up his national Silverado Commercial through April 2006. It apparently has been airing sporadically on cable and during late-night television talk shows.

2005: Ben Watson stars in Short Film Conflicted, shot on Universals Studios Lot.

Benjamin Watson shoots a "Soundscape" project with friends John Scoular and Leif Gantvoort. The short movie is based on a Hans Christian Anderson fable and the overplaying title track is Robert Matarazzo's powerfully beautiful song Stumbled on Goodbye

The past comes back to "haunt" Ben Watson this Halloween, as old pictures start surfacing on the Internet and in costume shops around the country. A friend in Georgia recently notified Ben that he was "hanging on the wall" at the Acme costume shop in Savannah. Have a free laugh at Ben's expense...click here

In 2004, Ben Watson appeared in a local Los Angeles comedic commercial for Jimmy Au's: a clothing store for men 5'8" and under (Ben Watson is 6'3"). Check out the behind the scene storyboards of Ben's character in the commercial.

LA Weekly: Review of Awake (a one act play by Lief Gantvoort)
Awake ... spins off into new directions when the dead man’s volatile biker twin, Benjamin Watson, makes an unexpected appearance. Director John Scoular finds a nice balance between grief and comedy, and was well served by his cast ...

Savannah Morning News: Review of Boy Gets Girl (written by Rebecca Gilman)
"There are a lot of reasons to catch Boy Gets Girl at City Lights, but the biggest one has got to be seeing... Ben Watson. Like a werewolf changing with the phases of the moon, he visibly goes from a sweet yet wanting young man to a psychotic stalker...visit Ben's bio for more

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