Benjamin Nicholas was born on the 10th of December 1987 in Adelaide, Australia. His parents names are Mich and Jodie and he has a 16 year-old sister named Natasha. He has 2 pets- a cat called Coco and a dog called Lassie. His first acting role was in a commercial back in 1991 when he was 3 years old. He has been in Scooter: Secret Agent, Chuck Finn as Sam and he currently plays Stingray on neighbours. Some of the stage productions he's been in are singin' in the rain, the sound of music, The boy from Oz, Les Miserable's, oliver, A bunch of ratbags and The Neighbours Rocky Horror show. He has studied singing for over 10 years. He has also studied Drama, Jazz, Classical Dance, Break Dancing and Funk Tap. He started performing at the Mighty Good Talent School in Adelaide. Ben and Natasha auditioned for the roles of the hunter twins on Home and Away but were turned down because they looked to old. In 2002, ben, his mum and his sister moved to melbourne to see if he or his sister could get any work. When he was doing Oliver, the casting director of Neighbours was in the audience, when they seen how much energy Ben had, they asked him to play the hyperactive Stingray on Neighbours.