Ben Levi Ross


Benjamin Levi Ross is an American stage actor. He is best known for his work in the Tony Award winning musical Dear Evan Hansen.

Early life and education

Ross was born to a Jewish family on January 15, 1998 and grew up in Santa Monica, California. He attended Santa Monica High School, where he was active in his school's theater program. In 2016, he was named a Presidential Scholar of the Arts as part of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. He was also a grand prize finalist for the 2016 Music Center Spotlight awards. Following high school, he attended Carnegie Mellon University for a year and a half.

Career

At an audition for the play The Low Road at New York's Public Theater, Ross was noticed by Dear Evan Hansen director Michael Greif, who told Ross that he would be great as an understudy in the cast of Dear Evan Hansen. Soon after, he joined Dear Evan Hansens cast, and made his Broadway debut as the character Jared. Ross then spent ten months understudying for the roles of Evan, Connor, and Jared. In 2018, he left the Broadway company and joined the first national tour of the show in the titular role. He left the production on September 15, 2019. From January 29 to February 3, 2020, Ross starred as Henry in the Kennedy Center's production of Next to Normal.

Personal life

Ross is openly gay and identifies as non-binary, using he/him/they/them pronouns. He has been in a relationship with Taylor Trensch, another former Dear Evan Hansen actor, since December 2017.

Theater credits

Awards and Nominations