# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-lawson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:00:22.440Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-lawson"
name: "Ben Lawson"
slug: "ben-lawson"
description: "Ben Lawson is an Australian actor. From 2006 until 2008, he played Frazer Yeats in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. The role earned him a Logie Award nomination. Lawson has since appeared in several American television series, including The Deep End, Covert Affairs, and Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23. In 2011, he starred opposite Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher in the film No Strings Attached. From 2017 to 2018, he starred as Damien Rennett on the ABC political drama Designated Survivor. He also played baseball coach Rick Wlodimierzin in the second season of 13 Reasons Why, and Larry Hemsworth on The Good Place. Lawson portrays Lachlan Murdoch in the 2019 film Bombshell, alongside his brother Josh Lawson who played James Murdoch. He also starred in the Netflix series Firefly Lane (2021-2023)."
tagline: "Australian actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BL_Image.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1980-02-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.14765733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/imbenlawson"
    handle:    "imbenlawson"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/bennyvegas/"
    handle:    "bennyvegas"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493159/"
    handle:    "nm0493159"
sources:
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    title: "本·羅森"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ben Lawson"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بين لوسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Lawson"
    title: "Ben Lawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Lawson"
    title: "Ben Lawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Lawson"
    title: "Ben Lawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Lawson"
    title: "Ben Lawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بن لاسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Lawson"
    title: "Ben Lawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "בן לוסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Lawson"
    title: "Ben Lawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Lawson_(attore)"
    title: "Ben Lawson (attore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A4_%EB%A1%9C%EC%8A%A8"
    title: "벤 로슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Lawson"
    title: "Ben Lawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2033318"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1232323"
    title: "Ben Lawson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump