Ben Nicholas (born 10 December 1987) is an Australian actor, known for playing Scott "Stingray" Timmins in the Australian soap opera Neighbours.
Early and personal life
Nicholas was born on 10 December 1987. He was raised in Adelaide, South Australia, before he moved to Melbourne, Victoria, where he attended Carey Grammar School.
Nicholas is married to Stephanie Lilja. Their first child was born on 23 June 2022.
Career
In 2004, Nicholas joined the cast of the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Stingray Timmins. During his time on the show, Nicholas received a nomination for the Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent. His final performance as Stingray aired on 23 March 2007, when his character was killed off.
Nicholas appeared on BBC's Celebrity Scissorhands for Children in Need 2007.
Nicholas appeared in the stage version of the Disney film High School Musical in London, playing the part of Jack Scott. The shows ran from Saturday 28 June 2008 until Sunday 31 August 2008 in the Hammersmith Apollo London. After moving back to Australia, he played Pepper in the Australian tour of Mamma Mia!
In 2015, Nicholas created, wrote and starred in the spoof game show series Footballer Wants A Wife, which was funded by Screen Australia. He played the lead role of Steven Papakonstantinou. In 2020, Nicholas appeared in the miniseries Halifax: Retribution as a truck driver.
Filmography
Television
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! Title
! Role
! Type
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| 1999 || Chuck Finn || Sam || TV series, episode: "Chuck Who"
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| 2004 || Good Morning Australia || Guest || TV series
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| 2004–2007 || Neighbours || Stingray Timmins || Series regular
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| 2005 || Scooter: Secret Agent || Vern || TV series, episode: "Operation: Mask-in-a-Can"
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| 2006 || Australia's Brainiest Kid || Self || TV series, 1 episode
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| 2007 || TMi || Guest || TV series, 1 episode
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| 2007 || Celebrity Scissorhands for Children in Need 2007 || Guest || TV special
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| 2013 || The Cheerleader Diaries || Zac || TV series, 1 episode
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| 2014 || Neighbours vs Zombies || Stingray Timmins || Webseries
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| 2015 || Make... or Break || Michael Daniels || TV series,
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| 2015 || Footballer Wants a Wife || Steven Papakonstantinou || Mockumentary web miniseries, 6 episodes
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| 2015 || Waste of Time || || TV series
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| 2017 || Neighbours vs Time Travel || Stingray Timmins || Webseries
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| 2018 || Flunk || Manager || TV series, 1 episode
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| 2019 || Utopia || Kostas || TV series, 1 episode
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| 2019 || Lucy and DiC || Matt || TV series, 8 episodes
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| 2020 || Halifax: Retribution || Truck driver || TV series, 1 episode
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Theatre
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! Type
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| 1999 || Les Misérables || Sam ||
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| 2000 || The Boy From Oz || Young Peter Allen ||
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| 2001 || The Sound of Music || Kurt von Trapp ||
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| 2002 || Singin' in the Rain || Young Cosmo & Don ||
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| 2002 || Oliver! || The Artful Dodger || Regent Theatre, Melbourne & Singapore with IMG
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| 2004 || Neighbours Rocky Horror Show || || Regent Theatre, Melbourne
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| 2005 || A Bunch of Ratbags || || Theatreworks, Melbourne
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| 2005 || 9 to 5 || || The Dragonfly Theatre & Cabaret Restaurant, Melbourne
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| 2006–07 || Jack and the Beanstalk || Jack Trott || Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, UK
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| 2007 || Oliver! || The Artful Dodger || Central Theatre, Chatham, UK
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| 2007–08 || Cinderella || Buttons || Gordon Craig Theatre, UK
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| 2008 || High School Musical: Live on Stage || Narrator / Jack Scott || Hammersmith Apollo, UK
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| 2008–09 || Jack and the Beanstalk || Jack Trott || Gordon Craig Theatre, UK
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| 2009–10 || Mamma Mia! || Pepper || Lyric Theatre, Sydney, Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Burswood Theatre, Perth, Lyric Theatre, Brisbane
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Awards and nominations
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! Award
! Category
! Work
! Result
! Ref.
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| rowspan="2"|2005
| Logie Awards
| Most Popular New Male Talent
| rowspan="2"| Neighbours
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| Inside Soap Awards
| Best Newcomer
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| 2006
| Ellerton Awards
| Best Male Stage Dancer (with Chris Heyes)
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| 2008
| Digital Spy Soap Awards
| Best Exit
| Neighbours
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