{{short description|Australian actor|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{multiple issues| {{Notability|Biographies|date=September 2011}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2011}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox person | image = | image_size = 200px | name = Ben Barber | birth_place = Victoria, Australia | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|8|25|df=yes}}<ref name=cv/> | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2009–present }} '''Ben Barber''' (born 25 August 1984) is an Australian actor best known for playing Rhys Lawson in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours''.
==Early life== Barber grew up in Warrnambool, Victoria. He took part in amateur dramatics while he attended Brauer College.<ref name=neal>{{cite news|last=Neal|first=Matt|title=Next stop Ramsay Street for Warrnambool actor|url=http://www.standard.net.au/story/795503/next-stop-ramsay-street-for-warrnambool-actor/|work=Warrnambool Standard|accessdate=14 September 2011|date=10 September 2011}}</ref> After graduating, he chose not to pursue acting and joined the army reserve. Upon leaving the army, Barber took a part-time acting course at the Victorian College of the Arts, before he was accepted into the National Institute of Dramatic Art.<ref name=neal/>
==Career== Barber's first major television appearance was in the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away''.<ref name=neal/> He was later cast in another soap opera, ''Neighbours'' as a regular character, Rhys Lawson.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|title='Neighbours' casts new Erinsborough doctor|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s14/neighbours/news/a320217/neighbours-casts-new-erinsborough-doctor.html|work=Digital Spy|publisher=Hachette Filipacchi UK|accessdate=14 September 2011|date=18 May 2011}}</ref> In November 2012, it was announced that Barber would be leaving ''Neighbours'' in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s14/neighbours/news/a440782/neighbours-rhys-andrew-and-sophie-to-leave-show.html|title='Neighbours': Rhys, Andrew and Sophie to leave show|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=26 November 2012|work=Digital Spy|accessdate=26 November 2012}}</ref> Barber made a guest appearance during the third season of ''Janet King'' in 2017.<ref name=cv>{{cite web|title=Ben Barber|url=http://www.showcast.com.au/showcast/View/ViewActorProfile?actorId=40015&d=nRjqkhLE5JgnGLTgx70kzQ|work=Showcast|accessdate=28 May 2017}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! scope="row" | 2009 | ''Jimmy Tenison'' | Ryan Roberts<ref name=cv/> | Short film |- ! scope="row" | 2009 | ''One More Day'' | Tim Newton<ref name=cv/> | Short film |- ! scope="row" | 2011–2013 | ''Neighbours'' | Rhys Lawson | Regular role |- ! scope="row" | 2011 | ''Home and Away'' | Mick | |- ! scope="row" | 2017 | ''Janet King'' | Rhys Atkins | 2 episodes |- |- ! scope="row" | 2017 | ''Home and Away'' | Colin | 2 episodes |- |}
===Theatre work=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |- ! scope="row" | 2008 | ''East Is East'' | Abdul Khan<ref name=cv/> | |- ! scope="row" | 2008 | ''Death and the Maiden'' | Gerado Escobar<ref name=cv/> | |- |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=3994686|name=Ben Barber}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120321024719/http://www3.showcast.com.au/Showcast/86abb2e1 Ben Barber at Mark Morrissey & Associates]
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