Shaun Benson
| Shaun Benson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 16, 1976 Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Actor, director |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
Shaun Benson (born January 16, 1976) is a Canadian actor and director.
Benson was born in Guelph, Ontario. He is the son of Eugene Benson, an English professor and a prolific novelist, playwright and librettist. He later graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a bachelor of science in chemistry and biochemistry, before studying acting at the George Brown College Theater School in Toronto.
His early roles as an actor included theatrical productions of John Palmer's Singapore,Fabrizio Filippo's Waiting for Lewis,William Shakespeare's Love's Labour's Lost and Robin Fulford's Steel Kiss.
In 2000, he appeared in a Molson Canadian commercial as a Canadian office worker who unleashes a torrent of hockey-style violence on an American coworker taunting him with Canadian stereotypes. In 2001, he was cast in a lead role in the television drama series The Associates. In 2002, following the cancellation of The Associates he was cast in the legal drama series Just Cause, which ran for one season.
Benson played the recurring role of Dr. Steven Lars Webber on the soap opera General Hospital from 2004 to 2005, which attracted him considerable attention compared to his previous roles. Since his time on General Hospital, Benson has guest starred in numerous television series, including Cold Case, The Unit, Tornado Valley, and Being Erica. In 2012, Benson starred in the IMAX 3D documentary film Flight of the Butterflies and in French comedy Populaire.
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