Biography

Benjamin "Ben" Plessala started working in the entertainment industry at the age of five in television, film and animation and on national network commercials and ad campaigns. He has appeared on many network TV shows, including HBO's Big Little Lies, Showtime's Shameless and two of CBS's most iconic shows of all time, Criminal Minds and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Ben is thrilled to voice Jack Wylde on Nickelodeon's animated series Wylde Pak and Will Byers in Stranger Things: Tales from '85 for Netflix. He is also the young vampire hunter, Richter Belmont, on Netflix's Castlevania: Nocturne and the young Warhammer 40,000 warrior Titus in Amazon's Secret Level. He has worked on several Animated feature films, including the Academy Award® Winning Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio (Netflix), Academy Award® Nominated Turning Red (Pixar), Academy Award® nominated The Sea Beast (Netflix), SpongeBob Movie - Sponge on the Run (Paramount), Minions: The Rise of Gru (Universal), Orion and the Dark (Dreamworks) and many others.

He is an avid Gamer, so it is an honor for him to be part of the voice casts of two epic Sony Playstation video games, Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020) and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (2024) playing Oates, a young boy living in the Sector 5 Slums and The Last of Us Part II, that won the The Game Awards Game of the Year 2020 and racked up over 200 other Game of the Year Awards.

Ben has appeared in numerous national television commercials and ad Campaigns, including playing young Cal Naughton Jr. opposite Gary Cole as Reese Bobby, in Dodge's "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" National Ad Campaigns. He has also appeared in National Commercials for Pepsi/Frito Lay, Audi, Chevrolet, Star Wars Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, Embassy Suites Hotels, Home Depot, Xfinity, TrueGreen Lawn Care and Amica Insurance, just to name a few.

When not performing, Ben studies film and television at his University and plays flag football and baseball on the University intramural teams. Ben resides in Los Angeles, CA with his family, where both his parents are Attorneys. You can find Ben on his only Instagram account @benplessala

Benjamin Plessala is represented by The Osbrink Agency (Theatrical/Voiceover) and Coast to Coast Talent Group (Commercial). His manager is Frederick Levy of Management 101
- IMDb mini biography by: Benjamin Plessala's Representative