Ben Feldman

Benjamin Feldman (born May 27, 1980) is an American actor. Throughout his career, he has undertaken roles on stage, including the Broadway play The Graduate, along with more prominent roles in television series such as his role as Jonah Simms in the NBC sitcom Superstore (2015–2021), Michael Ginsberg in Mad Men (2012–2014) which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, and Ron LaFlamme in Silicon Valley (2014–2019). He has also played lead characters in films including The Perfect Man.

Early life and education Feldman was born on May 27, 1980, in Washington, D.C. and raised in the district's Chevy Chase neighborhood. His mother is Marcia Muir Mitchell, a writer, and his father is Robert "Bob" Feldman, who runs a Maryland advertising agency. His stepmother is Kris Feldman, a realtor. Feldman is from a Jewish family and attended Conservative Jewish and Orthodox Jewish synagogues and schools. He has a sister, Morgan Leiter, who works in fashion. His aunt through his stepmother, Susan Feniger, is a chef in Los Angeles.

He was involved in acting camp and school theater from the age of 6. He attended Winston Churchill High School in Potomac, Maryland and graduated with the class of 1998. He worked as a camp counselor in the theater and taught a videography class for several summers in Bethesda, and attended Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting.

After graduating, he moved to New York City, where he performed on Broadway and eventually moved to Los Angeles to act in film and television.

In 2024, Feldman was nominated for a Logie Award for his work on the Stan Australia series Population 11.

Career

Feldman played Josh Reeves in the TV series Living with Fran for two seasons from 2005 to 2006. From 2009 to 2011, he was a regular on the television series Drop Dead Diva in the role of guardian angel Fred before leaving the series at the start of the fourth season. In April 2012, he joined the cast of AMC's Mad Men as a regular, playing the character Michael Ginsberg. He also appeared as lawyer Ron LaFlamme on HBO's Silicon Valley from 2014 to 2019, and from 2015 to 2021 played the lead Jonah Simms in the NBC sitcom Superstore. He also produced Superstore in 2019–2021. In 2021, he began starring as Tylor Tuskmon in Disney's Monsters at Work.

Other pursuits Feldman is co-owner of a wine label, Angelica Cellars. They were married on October 12, 2013, at Smokey Glen Farm in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The couple have two children; a son born in 2017 and a daughter born in 2019.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 2005 When Do We Eat? Zeke Adam Forrest 2008 Cloverfield Travis Marello Extreme Movie Len 2009 Friday the 13th Richie 2011 Limited Chernin Short film 2012 Sluts, Bitches and Whores! Dan Short film Departure Date Young Jake Short film 2013 Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th Himself Documentary film 2014 As Above, So Below George 2015 400 Days Bug Kieslowski 2016 Between Us Henry 2017ThumperJimmy2023 A Tourist's Guide to LoveJohn 2024 Little Death Jayson

Television