Ben Barber
Encyclopedia
Ben Barber is a Australian actor best known for playing Rhys Lawson in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
.
. Barber was then accepted into the National Institute of Dramatic Arts.
Barber's first major television appearance was in Australian soap opera Home and Away
. He was later cast in fellow soap opera Neighbours
as regular character, Rhys Lawson.
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
.
Career
Barber took part in amateur dramatics while he attended school. He got into serious acting when he took a part time acting course at the Victorian College of the ArtsVictorian College of the Arts
The Faculty of the VCA and Music is a faculty of the University of Melbourne, in Victoria . VCAM is located near the Melbourne central business district, on two campuses, one - the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music - on the Parkville campus of the University of Melbourne, and the other - the...
. Barber was then accepted into the National Institute of Dramatic Arts.
Barber's first major television appearance was in Australian soap opera Home and Away
Home and Away
Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television...
. He was later cast in fellow soap opera Neighbours
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
as regular character, Rhys Lawson.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Jimmy Tenison | Ryan Roberts | Short film |
| 2009 | One More Day | Tim Newton | Short film |
| 2011 | Neighbours Neighbours Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems... |
Rhys Lawson | Regular role |
| 2011 | Home and Away Home and Away Home and Away is an Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney since July 1987 and is airing on the Seven Network since 17 January 1988. It is the second-longest-running drama and most popular soap opera on Australian television... |
Mick | |
Theatre work
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | East Is East | Abdul Khan | |
| 2008 | Death And The Maiden | Gerado Escobar | |