Benjamin Hollingsworth was born on September 7, 1984 in Brockville, Ontario. He moved to Peterborough, Ontario at the age of 12. Throughout St. Peter's Secondary School Ben appeared in more than 20 different professional and regional theatre productions in the span of 4 years.
When Ben was 17 he was offered a leading role as a mentally delayed youth living on the streets of Toronto. It was this part in
Frozen Dreams, the critically acclimated new play, by director/playwright Robert Ainsworth, that paved Benjamin's way to being accepted into the prestigious National Theatre School of Canada; directly from high school.
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