| Benjamin Hendrickson has played Chief of Detectives Hal Munson since 1985 on the CBS daytime drama AS THE WORLD TURNS, a role for which he has received four Soap Opera Digest Award nominations and two Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor.
Hendrickson was a member of the first class of the drama division of the Juilliard School and was a founding member of The Acting Company, under the late John Houseman. Acting Company productions in repertory, on national tours and on Broadway in which Hendrickson performed include: The Three Sisters, The Time of Your Life, Next Time I'll Sing to You, The Hostage, The Robber Bridegroom, Measure for Measure, Edward II, The Taming of the Shrew, The Knack, The Lower Depths and Arms and the Man.
On Broadway, Hendrickson has appeared in Awake and Sing, Strider and in the title role of The Elephant Man. His Off-Broadway credits include The Lisbon Traviata, After the Fall, The Rear Column, The Philanthropist and Life and Limb.
His regional theater credits include: Terra Nova, Romeo and Juliet and Love's Labor's Lost at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, and Otherwise Engaged and Richard III at the Goodman Theater in Chicago.
Hendrickson has appeared in many feature films including Spanking the Monkey, Regarding Henry, Consenting Adults and Manhunter.
He has also appeared in the daytime dramas Guiding Light, Texas and Another World. His primetime television credits include Law & Order and Mann & Machine, several movies of the week and the PBS' Theater in America production of Time of Your Life.
Hendrickson was born in Huntington, NY and currently resides in Manhattan. His birth date is Aug. 26, and his favorite pastimes are scuba diving, fishing and golf. |
