He has also appeared in films such as Funny Lady and All That Jazz.
Ben Vereen is a renowned stage actor with a net worth of $5 million. Born in 1946, he is best known for his Tony Award-winning performance in Pippin in 1973 and his roles in films such as Funny Lady and All That Jazz. He was also nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in Jesus Christ Superstar the previous year.
Ben Vereen is a member of Stage Actor
Age, Biography and Wiki
💰 Net worth: $5 million (2024)
About
Dancer and actor who won a Tony Award for his performance in Pippin in 1973, after being nominated the previous year for Jesus Christ Superstar.
Before Fame
He enrolled at the High School of Performing Arts in New York when he was 14 and studied choreography under Jerome Robbins.
Trivia
He played the manipulative Billy Flynn in the U.S. and Canadian tour of Chicago, and starred as the iconic Wizard of Oz in Wicked on Broadway from 2005 to 2006.
Family Life
He discovered he was adopted at age twenty-five, when his passport application was denied. His real name, he found, was Benjamin Augustus Middleton.
Associated With
He made an appearance on the hit show How I Met Your Mother, starring Neil Patrick Harris, in 2010.