Ben Sinclair (actor)
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- Actor
- writer
- director
- producer
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| Born | May 16, 1984 New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Oberlin College |
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Ben Sinclair (born May 16, 1984) is an American actor, writer, director, and producer.
Sinclair grew up in Scottsdale, Arizona. His mother is a cantor at a Reform synagogue; his father is a public school teacher.[1] Sinclair attended Oberlin College.[2]
Career
Sinclair is the co-creator, writer, and star of High Maintenance, a Vimeo web series and HBO television series set in New York City. The series is partially inspired by experiences from his personal life,[3] and first aired in 2012.[4] His final performance as his High Maintenance character was as a small cameo on HBO's Betty, also filmed in New York City.
He also starred in the music video for "Meet Me In A House Of Love" by Cut Copy. [5]
He has also directed six episodes of FXX’s Dave and an episode of Interior Chinatown.
Personal life
Sinclair married his writing partner and High Maintenance co-creator Katja Blichfeld in 2010, after meeting at a 2009 party in Los Angeles.[6][7] They came up with the idea for the show while on a bicycle ride across the Williamsburg Bridge, and started the show in 2012.[7][8] Blichfield and Sinclair divorced amicably in 2016, prior to undertaking season two of High Maintenance.[2][7]
