Ben Koldyke

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Benjamin Koldyke
Born (1971-03-27) March 27, 1971
Chicago, Illinois, US
Occupation Actor
Years active 2000–present

Benjamin "Ben" Koldyke (born March 27, 1971) is an American actor.

Life and career

Koldyke was born in Chicago, Illinois. Before acting career, Koldyke was a high school English teacher and football coach in Chicago.[1] He appeared in recurring roles as Dale Tomasson in the HBO series Big Love and as Don Frank in the CBS series How I Met Your Mother.[2]

Koldyke starred as lead character in short-lived ABC comedy series Work It in 2012.[3] He later guest-starred in HBO's The Newsroom, and in 2013 was cast in another ABC sitcom Back in the Game opposite Maggie Lawson and James Caan.[4][5][1]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2000 The Next Best Thing Kelly's Boyfriend
2000 Thirteen Days RF-8 Pilot
2001 Red Zone Dutch Van Roble Also writer and director
2002 Osama Bin Laden: Behind the Madness Writer and director
2003 Say I Do Ben
2003 Stuck on You Officer Tommy Johnson
2008 Jedi Gym Master Flynn Short film, also writer and director

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2002 24 LAPD Officer Episode: "Day 2: 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m."
2009 Boldly Going Nowhere TV pilot
2009 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Sean Episode: "The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis"
2009 The Big D Will Dupree TV pilot
2009 This Little Piggy TV pilot
2010 Big Love Dale Tomasson 5 episodes
2009-2010 How I Met Your Mother Don Frank 6 episodes
2012 Work It Lee Standish Series regular, 11 episodes
2013 The Newsroom Cyrus West Episode: "First Thing We Do, Let's Kill All the Lawyers"
2013 - Back in the Game Dick Slingbaugh Series regular

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "ABC Medianet". ABC Medianet. 2013-05-18. Retrieved 2013-08-14. 
  2. ↑ Waterman, Lauren (2001-01-30). "Ben Koldyke Talks Dale’s Twist on Big Love and Getting Naked in How I Met Your Mother". New York Magazine. Retrieved 2010-02-20. 
  3. ↑ Andriakos, Jacqueline (2012-01-14). "Work it is cancelled by ABC | Inside TV | EW.com". Insidetv.ew.com. Retrieved 2013-08-14. 
  4. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie. "John Requa & Glenn Ficarra To Direct ABC's Cullen Brothers Comedy Pilot". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2013-08-14. 
  5. ↑ Pehanick, Maggie (2012-03-13). "Back in the Game TV Show Review". Buzzsugar.com. Retrieved 2013-08-14. 

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