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name: "Ben Reed"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-reed-163139"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 January 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T07:43:15.711192+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ben Reed

Actor. Born 5 January 1965 in Bixby, Oklahoma, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 January 1965, Bixby, Oklahoma, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Reed, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50093923, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0715314/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/163139

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*American Sniper*](https://film.one/film/american-sniper.md) (58)

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## Biography

Ben Reed is an American actor and producer. He began his career with a role in the 1990 sitcom *Babes* and has since appeared in numerous television series, including *Seinfeld* (1993), *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1996), *Will & Grace* (1999), *NCIS* (2004), *House* (2009) and *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2005).

Reed played Wayne Kyle, the father of the title character, in Clint Eastwood’s *American Sniper* (2014). His other film credits include *Face/Off* (1997), *The Greatest Showman* (2017) and *The Meanest Man in Texas* (2017). He was educated at West Virginia University.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *American Sniper* (2014), Fi1m 58, as Wayne Kyle — [page](https://film.one/film/american-sniper.md)

## Complete filmography (29)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dying to Marry Him* (2021), as Detective Bill Bliss
- *Your Family or Your Life* (2019), as Mike Gallagher
- *The Meanest Man in Texas* (2019), as Rees Thompson
- *Bad Tutor* (2018), as Jared
- *The Greatest Showman* (2017), as Mill Worker
- *Deadly Ex* (2016), as Walt
- *American Sniper* (2014), as Wayne Kyle — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/american-sniper.md)
- *Starcrossed* (2014), as Anthony Bishop
- *The Feeding* (2006), as Clive Burnell
- *House* (2004), series, as Joseph — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Ian Goetz
- *Reba* (2001), series, as Greg Hewitt
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Construction Guy
- *Cursed Part 3* (2000), Actor
- *Two of a Kind* (1998), series, as Dr. Martinson
- *Will & Grace* (1998), series, as Richard Keller
- *Suddenly Susan* (1996), series, as Ranger Dave Stevens
- *Can't Hurry Love* (1995), series, as Rick
- *Hope and Gloria* (1995), series, as Philip Kirwood
- *Ballistic* (1995), as Thorpe
- *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* (1995), series, as Thor
- *The Killers Within* (1995), Actor
- *Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman* (1993), series, as Matt Young
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Young Officer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Renegade* (1992), series, as Quinton Travis
- *Frame Up* (1991), as Rick McDonald
- *Northern Exposure* (1990), series, as External Validation
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, as Marine — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Rex Toland

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