Ben Reed

Ben Reed is an American actor and producer.

Career Reed began his acting career when he appeared in the 1990 sitcom Babes.

His television credits include The Young and the Restless, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Murder, She Wrote, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, House, Seinfeld and NCIS.

He played Wayne Kyle, the father of Bradley Cooper's character in the critically acclaimed 2014 Clint Eastwood film American Sniper.

Personal life Reed had a brief relationship with country artist Tanya Tucker and had two children together, a daughter (b. 1989) and a son (b. 1991).

Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes 1991 Frame Up Rick McDonald 1994 Scanner Cop Rick Kopek Direct-to-video 1994 Molly & Gina Slick 1995 The Killers Within 1995 Ballistic Thorpe 1997 Face/Off Pilot 2000 Cursed Part 3 Short film 2010 Play Me Jack McIntyre Short film 2012 Momentum Secret Service Agent Short film 2013 Lifewaves Joseph's Father / Dr. Kader Short film 2013 Freedom Lovers Gregory Matthews Short film 2014 Starcrossed Anthony Bishop 2014 American Sniper Wayne Kyle 2014 Dulcie's Date Jack Haggerty Short film 2015 The Pinhole Affect Stanley Stone Sr. Short film 2016 We Men Are Lions Jim Short film 2016 Inconceivable Walt 2017 The Meanest Man in Texas Rees Thompson 2017 The Greatest Showman Mill Worker 2018 Persephone: Pictures at the End of the World The Preacher 2019 Your Family or Your Life Mike Gallagher 2019 Immortal Chuck

Television YearTitleRoleNotes 1990 Babes Vince Episode: "Bend Me, Shape Me" 1993 Seinfeld Male Nurse Episode: "The Outing" 1995 Murder, She Wrote Rex Toland Episode: "Shooting in Rome" 1996 Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Matt Young Episode: "Never on Sunday" 1998 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys Thor Episodes: "Norse by Norsevest" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bridge" 1999 Will & Grace Richard Keller Episode: "Will Works Out" 2002 Reba Greg Hewitt Season 2, Episode 6 "Safe Dating" 2005 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Construction Guy Episode: "Nesting Dolls" 2006 Fashion House Dr. Matthew Evans 13 episodes 2009 House Joseph Episode: "The Softer Side" 2013–present Broken at Love Dr. Eduardo Taylor 4 episodes 2016 Giles Vanderhoot Television movie 2018 Bad Tutor Jared Television movie