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Ben Fransham
New Zealand actor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ben Fransham is a New Zealand actor known for his role as Petyr in the 2014 comedy What We Do in the Shadows.[1][2]
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Career
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He made his dramatic role debut as Rudy in Jacqueline Coats' stage production of Bent, which won a 1997 Chapmann Tripp Theatre Award for Most Original Production of the Year.[3] Since then, he has performed in musical theatre,[4] dramatic plays,[5][6][7] vaudeville, puppetry, and sketch comedy shows, with increasing work in film and television.[8]
Fransham performed in several episodes of Legend of the Seeker (2008–2010), in various featured roles of horrifying creatures. The actor has worked across multiple disciplines, including stunt performance, (e.g., with Terry Notary, in The Hobbit film trilogy, as a goblin, and with the stunt team as various orcs, goblins, humans, and elves).[citation needed]
In 2014, Fransham played the role of a vampire in the film What We Do in the Shadows[9][10] and in 2015, he appeared in three episodes of the first season of Ash vs Evil Dead.[11][12][13]
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