Robby Benson
Biography
Robby Benson is an American actor, director, and musician who became a teen idol in the late 1970s. Born in Dallas and raised in New York City, he began using his mother's surname as a stage name at age 10. He made his film debut in Wait Until Dark (1967) and later starred in coming of age films such as Ode to Billy Joe (1976), One on One (1977), and Ice Castles (1978), learning to ice skate for the latter. He voiced the Beast in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (1991) and its sequels and spin-offs. Benson has directed many television episodes, including six of Friends, and he has appeared in a recurring role on Severance. He also co-wrote One on One, composed music for films, and won an RIAA Gold Records Award for a song on The Breakfast Club soundtrack. He has taught at several universities.
70years old
Turns 71 on January 21in 99 days
- Born Dallas
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Also credited as Robin David Segal
Movie Career
- Films
- 23
- Career span
- 56 years1967 to 2023
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A role that slipped away
That year, Benson tried out for the part of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars. The role ultimately went to Mark Hamill instead.
Getting ready for a role
In 1978, Benson co-starred in Ice Castles. He had never ice skated before, so he learned to skate for the movie, which included many skating scenes and ice hockey.
Getting ready for a role
While filming Running Brave, in which he played Olympic gold medalist Billy Mills, Benson trained for and completed the 1983 New York City Marathon in 3:05:15.
Beyond film
For the soundtrack of John Hughes's 1985 film The Breakfast Club, Benson wrote "We Are Not Alone," which Karla DeVito performed. That song earned him an RIAA Gold Records Award, and he has composed music for other films as well.
Early training
Benson went to the Lincoln Square Academy in Manhattan, and he graduated from there at age fourteen as the class valedictorian.
Robby Benson movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas1997 Animation, Family, Fantasy, Romanceas Beastvoice
IMDb rating 5.914K votes
Most often with
Six actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Jim Cummings's page
David Ogden Stiers's page
Jerry Orbach's page
Paige O'Hara's page
Box office
What Robby Benson's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$513 million
5 of the 23 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 23 films: 5 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 10 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 4Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 10Figure not found
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$425M82.9% of the total
- 2$45M8.8% of the total
- 3$27M5.3% of the total
- 4$11M2.1% of the total
- 5$4.9M0.9% of the total
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