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Benedict Wall at the Sydney premiere of The Way Way Back in June 2013
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Born | 17 June Auckland, New Zealand |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2007–present |
Benedict Wall (born 17 June) is a New Zealand film, theatre and television actor. From 2011, Wall played Owen Sutherland in the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street. He has also appeared in Outrageous Fortune, Underbelly: Badness, Breaker Morant: The Retrial and Pirates of the Airwaves. Wall co-wrote and directed the short film Best Mates. In 2016, he took over the role of Duncan Stewart in the Australian soap opera Home and Away. He also appeared in the Network Ten miniseries Brock.
Wall was born in Auckland and grew up in Wellington. Wall spent three years completing a bachelor's degree in journalism. Six months after graduating, he decided to pursue a career in acting and won a scholarship to the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York City.
Wall has been in a relationship with actress Jessica Grace Smith since 2010. The couple live in Sydney.
Wall played Ben on Outrageous Fortune in 2007. He also had roles in The Amazing Extraordinary Friends, Reckless Behavior: Caught on Tape and John Safran's Race Relations. In 2011, Wall received an audition for the medical soap opera Shortland Street and he was cast in the recurring role of ED consultant Owen Sutherland. The following year, he starred in the short film Ten Thousand Days, alongside Morgana O'Reilly. He also made a guest appearance in Underbelly: Badness.