{{Short description|American actor and photographer}} {{Infobox person | name = Ben Easter | image = | caption = | birth_name = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = | height = | spouse = | children = | years_active = 1999–present | alma_mater = | website = {{URL|www.beneasterphotography.com}} }}
'''Ben Easter''' is an American actor and photographer.
Easter made his film debut in 2000 in ''Cora Unashamed''. He was later a repeated costar of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, appearing alongside them in the film ''Holiday in the Sun'' and the television series ''So Little Time''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.glamour.com/entertainment/blogs/obsessed/2013/02/where-are-they-now-the-man-can|title=Where Are They Now: The Man Candy of Those Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Movies|last=Brody|first=Caitlin|date=February 21, 2013|magazine=Glamour|accessdate=2015-01-23}}</ref> He has also appeared in ''Pearl Harbor'', ''Zenon: Z3'', and ''I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer''.
Easter began working as a professional photographer in 2008, and his photographs have since been featured in ''Icon'', ''Glamaholic'', ''Yoga Iowa'', and ''DSM Magazine''.<ref name="easter">{{cite web|url=http://www.beneasterphotography.com/bio|title=Ben Easter: Bio|date=2015|publisher=Ben Easter Photography|accessdate=2015-01-23}}</ref> An exhibit of his at the Polk County Jail in Des Moines, Iowa, titled "Confliction", was later restaged in Paris by UNESCO.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://jcjusticecenter.com/2013/09/13/photo-exhibit-in-old-polk-county-iowa-jail-features-children-of-incarcerated-parents/|title = Photo Exhibit in Old Polk County Iowa Jail Features Children of Incarcerated Parents|date = September 13, 2013|website = Johnson County Justice Center|access-date = 2016-06-24}}</ref> He has worked for Wilhelmina Models and Next Management, and was one of the photographers for the 2012 Obama presidential campaign.<ref name="easter"/> In addition to his photography, Easter also works as a yoga instructor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iowasource.com/health/2011_10_yoga.html|title=Man Up! Yoga for Guys|last=Rinehart|first=Amy Scholl|date=November 2011|publisher=The Iowa Source|accessdate=2015-01-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203103744/http://www.iowasource.com/health/2011_10_yoga.html|archive-date=2015-02-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 1999, Easter was selected as one of "America's Most Wanted Men" by ''Cosmopolitan''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dmcityview.com/2011/11/10/features/|title=Who are Des Moines' sexiest people?|date=November 10, 2011|publisher=Des Moines CityView|accessdate=2015-01-23|archive-date=2015-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203095237/http://www.dmcityview.com/2011/11/10/features/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Filmography==
===Film=== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;" ! Year ! Film ! Role ! Other notes |- |2000 | ''Cora Unashamed'' |Willie Matsoulis | |- |2001 | ''Holiday in the Sun'' |Jordan Landers | |- |2001 |''Pearl Harbor'' |Sailor | |- |2003 |''The Challenge'' |Himself | |- |2004 |''Zenon: Z3'' |Sage Borealis | |- |2006 |''I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer'' |Lance Jones | |- |2006 |''Phone Sex'' |Caller | |- |2011 | ''Husk'' | Johnny | |- |2012 | ''Returning'' |John Samuels | |- |2013 | ''After Life'' |Rudy | |- |2015 | ''A Place for Heroes'' |Younger Robert | |- |2015 | ''Up on the Wooftop'' |Bulldozer | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" |- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Other notes |- |1999 | ''Undressed'' | Carl | 1 episode |- |2000 | ''That's Life'' |Student #3 |Episode: "The Screw-Up" |- |2002 |''So Little Time'' |Lennon Kincaid |Recurring role, 7 episodes |- |2003 | ''Boston Public'' |Jason Dunphy |2 episodes |- |2014 | ''Morganville: The Series'' |Michael Glass |Main role, miniseries |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0247567}} * [http://www.beneasterphotography.com/ Ben Easter Photography]
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