Ben Knight (actor)

As a child, Knight's fascination with American films including Star Wars, inspired him to pursue an acting career.^[1] His father was a Jackaroo.^[1]

Knight commenced his career as an actor in 1997, when he made a guest appearance in the Australian television series State Coroner.^[2] Two further guest roles followed, on the series Good Guys, Bad Guys alongside Marcus Graham^[3] and comedy series Introducing Gary Petty^[4] before his acting career took a five-year hiatus.

In 2005, Knight returned to acting with the short film Smacked Out Kisses. He then landed an uncredited role in 2007 sci-fi thriller The Nines opposite Ryan Reynolds, before appearing in interfaith romantic drama David & Fatima, a love story set in the Middle East starring Martin Landau.^[5][6] In 2009, he starred in horror film Prey with Natalie Bassingthwaighte.^[7][6] and short film Rikki, in which he also served as director, writer, producer, editor and composer.

Knight next landed a short recurring role on Seven Network soap opera Home and Away, beginning in 2009, playing Hazem Kassir, the love interest of Leah Patterson-Baker.^[8] He played the role of Hazem until early 2010, when his character was involved in a controversial storyline, in which he was brutally beaten by a group of racist thugs on Australia Day.

Knight then went on to appear in long-running soap opera in Neighbours in 2011, in which he played the role of gardener Ivan DeMarco, a bad-boy love interest for Natasha Williams (played by Valentina Novakovic).^[9]

In 2013, Knight, guest-starred in an episode of US Nickelodeon sitcom See Dad Run, opposite Scott Baio, playing the role of Melbourne Max, an Australian stuntman.^[1] He also appeared in 2013 thriller feature, Paraphobia.^[1] That same year, after having written and directed four short films, his project Kidnappers premiered at the LA Comedy Fest and Trustin and the Ideas Machine, played at several film festivals, winning awards at the Mexico Film Festival and the International Festival of Cinematic Arts.^[1]

In 2025, it was announced that Knight is set to appear in ABC six-part crime drama miniseries Dustfall, alongside Anna Torv.^[10]

Knight's other credits include the short film Road to Ramadi, satirical black comedy series Review with Myles Barlow and drama series City Homicide.^[11]

Knight is married to Australian actress Natalie Walker. Together they co-produce and act in Knight's short film projects.^[1] The couple relocated to Los Angeles in 2007, to further their careers. They appeared together in 2009 film Prey, but concealed their relationship from casting directors whilst auditioning, fearing it might harm their chances of landing the roles.^[6]

Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1997	State Coroner	Gang Member	1 episode	[2]
1998	Good Guys Bad Guys	Peter Lubich	1 episode	[3]
2000	Introducing Gary Petty	Ari	1 episode	[4]
2009–2010	Home and Away	Hazem Kassir	8 episodes	[8]
2010	Review with Myles Barlow	Private Detective	1 episode
	City Homicide	Vinnie De Luca	1 episode	[11]
2011	Neighbours	Ivan DeMarco	54 episodes	[9]
2013	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno	Johnny Football / The Singing Bachelor	3 episodes
	See Dad Run	Melbourne Max	1 episode	[1]
TBA	Dustfall	TBA	Miniseries	[10]

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Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2005	Smacked Out Kisses	Tony	Short
2006	Road to Ramadi	Private Frank	Short
2007	The Nines	Focus Group Participant #3	Uncredited
2008	David & Fatima	Avi Weinstein		[5]
2009	Prey	Matt		[7][6]
	Rikki	Black	Short
2012	Trustin and the Ideas Machine	Trustin	Short	[12]
2013	Paraphobia	Mark Navarro		[1]
	Kidnappers	George #1 / Joseph	Short
2017	Just Do You	Bar Patron	Short

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