Benton Jennings
Place of Birth
El Paso - Texas - USA
Biography
Began acting at age seven, portraying his boyhood hero "Robin Hood" in a school play. Thirty years later, he got to reprise the character in a professional theatrical production, plus choreographing the fight sequences. A third generation Texan, he fulfilled another boyhood dream -- that of performing in an Alamo movie...and not just one, but two Alamo movies. He earned a BFA in theatre arts from TCU (Texas Christian University) with additional studies in cinematography. Studies also include L...
Began acting at age seven, portraying his boyhood hero "Robin Hood" in a school play. Thirty years later, he got to reprise the character in a professional theatrical production, plus choreographing the fight sequences. A third generation Texan, he fulfilled another boyhood dream -- that of performing in an Alamo movie...and not just one, but two Alamo movies. He earned a BFA in theatre arts from TCU (Texas Christian University) with additional studies in cinematography. Studies also include London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, The Film Actors Lab in Dallas, DeVera Marcus' Improv Class in L.A., & numerous L.A. voice-over coaches. Benton has performed in over 100 stage productions and national tours including 25 years with 2 partners in an award winning sketch comedy act -- "The Gunfighters" -- with over 6000 performances nationally, quite literally everywhere from being introduced onstage by Tony Randall at Madison Square Garden to performing alongsideClayton Moore of The Lone Ranger (1949) fame at a festival in Texas.
Filmography (20)
The Wedding Year
2019
2177: The San Francisco Love Hacker Crimes
2019
The Annunciation
2018
Trouble Is My Business
2018
Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury
2011
Elevator Girl
2010
An American Carol
2008
In Her Shoes
2005
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
2005
Mary Christmas
2002
Winning London
2001
The Last Dance
2000
Legacy
1993
The Last of the Mohicans
1992
Blood on the Badge
1992
Reanimator Academy
1992
Steele's Law
1991
Highway to Hell
1990
Macon County War
1990
Alamo: The Price of Freedom
1988