Ben O'Toole

Ben O'Toole (born 10 July 1991 in Cairns, Australia) is an Australian actor. He is known for his role as Rex Coen in Bloody Hell, his recurring roles in several Australian TV-Series such as in Amazing Grace, as well as for his supporting roles in movies like Hacksaw Ridge (2016) or 12 Strong (2018).

Ben O'Toole
Ben O'Toole and Catalina Aguilar interviewed about Everybody Loves Somebody in 2017
Born (1991-07-10) 10 July 1991
Cairns, Australia
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present

O'Toole grew up in Brisbane.[1] After graduating at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts near Perth,[2] his film career began in 2011 on theatre stage and with the web series Sintillate Studios, which was discontinued after its first season. Following this he relocated to Sydney and acted on bigger stageplays[3] as well as in several short films. In 2014, he played in an internationally released film for the first time as Henry Connor in The Water Diviner[3] alongside Russell Crowe. This was followed by his role as Pete in the first three seasons of the TV series Love Child (2014-2016), and as Corporal Tom in the award-winning Hacksaw Ridge (2016), directed by Mel Gibson.

O'Toole moved to Los Angeles in early 2016,[4] where he starred in commercially successful [5][6] Hollywood films that increased his international fame.[7][8] He took on his first leading role in the romantic comedy Everybody loves Somebody (2017), which was received very positively by the critics[9][10] and ran quite successfully in cinemas of its origin country Mexico.[11] In 2018, he performed as main actor in the movie Nekrotronic, which was nominated for Best Makeup at the 9th AACTA Awards, but otherwise was rather poorly received both by audience and critics.[12][13]

Since the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic, he has increasingly appeared in Australian productions again. In addition to performances in numerous television series, he had the lead role in the horror comedy Bloody Hell, where he double featured both as the protagonist and as his alter ego [14]

Filmography

Film appearances
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 The Water Diviner Henry Connor [3]
2016 Hacksaw Ridge Corporal Jessop [7]
2017 Everybody Loves Somebody Asher lead role [15]
2017 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales British Soldier supporting role [16]
2017 Detroit Flynn lead role [8]
2018 12 Strong Scott Black [7]
2018 Nekrotronic Howard North leading actor [17]
2020 Bloody Hell Rex Coen leading actor [14]
2021 The Suspect Jason Fletcher

Television
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2011 Sintillate Studios Justin Web series, Lead Role
2014-2016 Love Child Pete 17 Episodes [3]
2020–present Halifax: Retribution Jarrod 6 Episodes
2021 Amazing Grace Max Shaw 8 Episodes [18]
2022- Pieces of Her Young Ali Wexler 2 Episodes
2022- Barons Snapper Webster Lead Role, 8 Episodes [19]
TBA Untitled Catalina Aguilar Mastretta Project Television movie

Stage
Year Role Title
2011 Macbeth, Oberon Blood Will Have Blood
2011 Rulon Stacey, Father Roger The Laramie Project
2011 Ruben Guthrie Ruben Guthrie
2011 Marquis de Chouard Nana
2012 Mercer Boy Gets Girl
2013 Happy Death Of A Salesman
2014 Mojo
2014 Liam The Sublime
2015 Henry Crumb Freak Winds
2015 Crazy Bob Men [3]

References
  1. Kornits, Dov. "Ben O'Toole: To Bloody Hell and Back". filmink.com.au. Retrieved 31 March 2022. Born in Cairns, but growing up in Brisbane, Ben O’Toole headed west to study acting at the highly respected Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), before relocating to Sydney.
  2. "Waapa alumni" (PDF). 2022 Course guide. WAAPA. p. 19/20. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  3. Niland, Rose (13 July 2015). "Ben O'Toole in Men by Brendan Cowell – Rose Niland Interview". The Culture Concept Circle. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  4. Schreffler, Laura (26 July 2017). "Where Ben O'Toole of Kathryn Bigelow's "Detroit" Hangs Out in L.A". hauteliving.com. Haute Media Group. Retrieved 1 April 2022. I’ve called LA home since Feb, 2016
  5. "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  6. "12 Strong Box Office and video sales". The Numbers. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  7. Kroll, Justin (15 November 2016). "'Hacksaw Ridge's' Ben O'Toole Joins Chris Hemsworth in 'Horse Soldiers' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  8. Kroll, Justin (4 August 2016). "Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit Riots Film Casts Will Poulter, Ben O'Toole, Jack Reynor (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  9. Cordova, Randy (4 August 2016). "Review: Why you'll love 'Everybody Loves Somebody'". eu.azcentral.com. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  10. Farber, Stephen (11 January 2017). "'Everybody Loves Somebody': Film Review, Palm Springs 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  11. "Grosses Mexico". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  12. "Nekrotronic". Metacritic Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  13. Dalton, Stephen (28 September 2018). "'Nekrotronic': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  14. Defore, John (14 January 2021). "Bloody Hell: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  15. "Reviews for February 17th, 2017". nycmovieguru.com. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  16. "Schneider, Sue_MCP Agency (June 18, 2017) Ben O'Toole - Assignment X". www.assignmentx.com. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  17. Wang, Cynthia (5 September 2019). "'Interview "This isn't The Shawshank Redemption, you know"". nowtolove.com. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  18. "Amazing Grace actor Ben O'Toole on why he relates to Curb Your Enthusiasm". www.nine.com.au. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  19. "Sean Keenan & Ben O'Toole Direct ABC Surf Drama "Barons"". dubuqueriverrides.com. Retrieved 17 March 2022.


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