{{short description|American actor (born 2000)}} {{Infobox person | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2000|7|8}} | birth_place = La Mesa, California, U.S. | occupation = Actor | years_active = 2008–present }}
'''Benjamin James Stockham''' (born July 8, 2000) is an American actor. He is known for his role of Robby Gunderson in the 2010 Fox sitcom ''Sons of Tucson'', and previously starred as Xander Gilchrist in the NBC sitcom ''1600 Penn''.<ref name="HollywoodReporter">{{cite news|last=Nededog|first=Jethro|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/1600-penn-nbc-pilot-benjamin-stockham-casting-306051|title='Sons of Tucson's' Benjamin Stockham Cast on NBC's '1600 Penn' (Exclusive)|date=March 29, 2012|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref> He played Marcus Bowa in the NBC comedy ''About a Boy''.<ref name=AboutaBoy/>
==Life and career== Born in La Mesa, California, and raised in nearby Santee, currently resides in Los Angeles. In addition to acting, Stockham enjoys drawing, and he has been asked to illustrate a children's book.<ref name="nbc-bio">{{cite web | url=https://www.nbc.com/about-a-boy/about/bio/benjamin-stockham | title=Benjamin Stockham - About - About a Boy | work=NBC | access-date=May 10, 2014}}</ref>
Stockham first appearance was in the film ''Quarantine''. He also appeared in a long running Fidelity commercial as well as several other national spots. He has appeared in multiple TV shows. His big breakthrough came in the FOX sitcom ''Sons of Tucson'' as Robby Gunderson.<ref name="nbc-bio" />
He has also appeared in TV movies and films including ''Decoding Annie Parker'', ''Saving Santa'' and ''Simon Says'' and TV shows such as ''Rizzoli & Isles'', ''CSI: NY'', ''NCIS'' and ''Criminal Minds''.<ref name="HollywoodReporter"/>
Benjamin Stockham starred in 2013 as Xander Gilchrist, the youngest family member living in the White House, in the NBC family comedy ''1600 Penn''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nbc.com/1600-penn/about/bio/cast/benjamin-stockham/662863/ | title=NBC '1600 Penn' | publisher=nbc.com | work=NBC}}</ref>
He also played Marcus in the NBC comedy ''About a Boy''.<ref name="AboutaBoy">{{cite news | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/nbc-about-a-boy-1600-penn-benjamin-stockham-425958 | title=NBC's 'About a Boy' Finds Its Young Lead in '1600 Penn' Co-Star (Exclusive) | work=The Hollywood Reporter | date=March 4, 2013 | access-date=February 18, 2014 | last=Goldberg | first=Lesley}}</ref>
In 2014, Stockham appeared in a public service announcement for the My Life My Power speaking out against bullying.<ref name="youtube214">{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRhUB1IX5D8 | title="About a Boy" Actor Benjamin Stockham Speaks on Anti-Bullying for My Life My Power Program | publisher=YouTube | work=My Life My Power Program | date=February 24, 2014 | access-date=May 10, 2014}}</ref>
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable sortable" |+TV and Film |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2008 |''Quarantine'' |Infected Child |Minor role |- |2009 |''Criminal Minds'' |Young Call |Episode: "Haunted" |- |2010 |''Sons of Tucson'' |Robby Gunderson |Main role<br>2011: ''Young Artist Award'' for Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) - Leading Young Actor for ''Sons of Tucson'' |- |2010 |''CSI: NY'' |Young Tom Reynolds |Episode: "Hide Sight" |- |2011 |''Simon Says'' |Albert |Movie |- |2011 |''Rizzoli & Isles'' |Aidan Dunbar |Episode: "My Own Worst Enemy" |- |2013 |''Second Chances'' |Luke |TV movie, previously titled ''Two In'' |- |2013 |''Once Upon a Time'' |Young Owen Flynn |Episode: "Welcome to Storybrooke" |- |2013 |''1600 Penn'' |Xander Gilchrist |Main role |- |2013 |''Decoding Annie Parker'' |Young William |Movie |- |2013 |''A Country Christmas'' |Zach Logan |Movie |- |2014 |''Mockingbird'' |Jacob's Friend #2 | |- |2014–2015 |''About a Boy'' |Marcus Bowa |TV series |- |2016 |''NCIS'' |Henry |Episode: "Homefront" |- |2016 |''Lost & Found'' |Mark Walton |Movie |- |2017 |''Gotham'' |Alex Winthrop |Episode: "A Dark Knight: The Demon's Head" |- |2019 |''Young Sheldon'' |Preston |Episode: "An Entrepreneurialist and a Swat on the Bottom"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt10932420/fullcredits/cast |title="Young Sheldon" An Entrepreneurialist and a Swat on the Bottom (TV Episode 2019) - Cast |work=IMDb}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=August 2023}} |- |TBA |''B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations'' |Henry |Voice<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/1600-penn-actor-benjamin-stockham-654021 |title='1600 Penn' Actor Benjamin Stockham Joins 'B.O.O.' (Exclusive) |last1=Ford |first1=Rebecca |last2=Ng |first2=Philiana |date=November 7, 2013 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher= |access-date=January 6, 2017 |quote=}}</ref> |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stockham, Benjamin}} Category:2000 births Category:Living people Category:American male child actors Category:American male television actors Category:People from La Mesa, California Category:21st-century American male actors Category:Male actors from San Diego County, California