Ben Cotton

Known for: Acting

Born: 1975-07-26 (age 50)

From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Ben Cotton (born July 26, 1975) is a Canadian film and television actor. His most notable roles are on the TV series Stargate Atlantis playing scientist Dr. Kavanagh, his portrayal of "Leon Bell" in the game Dead Rising 2, Shane Pierce, the local townie, on CBS's Harper's Island and Lt. Coker Fasjovik in Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome.

Filmography (133)

TV
Surf Bay, West Coast
2026
as Tom
TV★ 7.3
Sheriff Country
2025
as Sean Abbott
TV★ 6.0
Smoke
2025
as Scotty Bucyk
TV★ 6.9
Murder in a Small Town
2024
as Benjamin Strachan
MOVIE★ 6.0
Calamity Jane
2024
as Wade
TV★ 7.6
Sight Unseen
2024
as Agent Mitchell
TV★ 6.6
The Irrational
2023
as Wes Banning
TV★ 7.7
The Night Agent
2023
as Gordon Wick
TV★ 8.1
Fire Country
2022
as Sean Abbott
MOVIE★ 5.3
Disappearance in Yellowstone
2022
as Wally
MOVIE★ 7.0
Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Haunted By Murder
2022
as Reggie Harris
TV★ 7.1
Debris
2021
as Loeb
TV★ 7.8
Resident Alien
2021
as Jimmy
MOVIE
Fu*king Idiots
2020
as Mike
MOVIE★ 4.3
Welcome to the Circle
2020
as Grady
MOVIE★ 7.4
Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day
2020
as Ritchie Palmer
MOVIE★ 5.4
Hammer
2019
as Adams
MOVIE★ 5.9
Cold Pursuit
2019
as Timothy 'Windex' Denois
TV★ 8.2
The Dragon Prince
2018
as Rex Igneous (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Crown and Anchor
2018
as Charlie
MOVIE★ 7.1
O.I.
2018
as Barry
TV★ 6.8
The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco
2018
as Detective Bill Bryce
MOVIE★ 4.6
Gregoire
2017
as Steve
TV★ 8.5
The Good Doctor
2017
as Tom Cantrell
MOVIE★ 6.3
Garage Sale Mystery: The Beach Murder
2017
as Todd Winters
MOVIE★ 6.7
Concrete Evidence: A Fixer Upper Mystery
2017
as Cliff Hogarth
TV★ 8.4
Riverdale
2017
as Michael Matthews
MOVIE★ 5.7
Pretty Little Dead Girl
2017
as Garrett Miller
TV★ 7.1
Mars
2016
as Ben Sojer
TV★ 7.6
Travelers
2016
as Christopher Rockwell
MOVIE★ 7.2
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Lost Without You
2016
as Paul
MOVIE★ 6.6
Hello Destroyer
2016
as Bill Davis
MOVIE★ 5.0
On the Farm
2016
as The Farmer
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Unseen
2016
as Crisby
MOVIE★ 5.2
Dead Rising: Endgame
2016
as Rogers
TV★ 6.9
Colony
2016
as Jim
TV★ 6.8
Zoo
2015
as Analyst Knox
TV★ 7.8
iZombie
2015
TV★ 7.5
The Man in the High Castle
2015
as Earle
MOVIE
I Wanna Date U
2015
as Jeff from work
MOVIE★ 5.4
Christmas Icetastrophe
2014
as Mayor Gibbons
MOVIE★ 5.7
Songs She Wrote About People She Knows
2014
as Jason
MOVIE★ 3.8
Zodiac
2014
as Marty Fitzgerald
MOVIE★ 6.1
Kid Cannabis
2014
as Joe Loya
TV★ 7.9
The 100
2014
as Red
MOVIE★ 5.5
Mountain Men
2014
as Herschberger
TV★ 8.3
When Calls the Heart
2014
as Sonny Garrison
TV★ 6.8
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland
2013
as Tweedle #2
TV★ 6.9
The Tomorrow People
2013
as Rapist
MOVIE★ 5.0
Lawrence & Holloman
2013
as Lawrence
MOVIE★ 4.5
Cinemanovels
2013
as Ben
TV★ 6.8
Defiance
2013
as Daigo
TV★ 8.1
Bates Motel
2013
as Danny
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Marine 3: Homefront
2013
as Galen Jackson
TV★ 6.4
Motive
2013
as Dustin Hess
MOVIE★ 6.8
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome
2012
as Coker Fasjovik
TV★ 6.7
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome
2012
as Coker Fasjovik
MOVIE★ 6.4
Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade
2012
as Brian
MOVIE★ 10.0
In No Particular Order
2012
as Ryan
TV★ 6.8
Arrow
2012
as Crewman
MOVIE
Doppelgänger Paul
2012
as Tony
MOVIE★ 5.6
Vengeance is Mine
2012
as Thomas
MOVIE★ 5.6
Dawn Rider
2012
as Ben McClure
TV★ 7.5
Continuum
2012
as Jaden
MOVIE
Late
2012
as He
TV★ 6.3
Alcatraz
2012
as Yapper
MOVIE
The Planting
2011
as The Man
MOVIE★ 6.5
Finding a Family
2011
as Brent Feldman
MOVIE★ 5.6
Seeds of Destruction
2011
as Datsun
TV★ 7.3
The Secret Circle
2011
as Wade Barnes
MOVIE★ 10.0
Sunflower Hour
2011
as Shamus O'Reilly / Jerry
TV★ 7.8
The Killing
2011
as Pastor Mike
TV★ 6.5
Fairly Legal
2011
as Dave Tildon
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf
2010
as Cab Driver
MOVIE★ 5.0
30 Days of Night: Dark Days
2010
as Dane
MOVIE★ 5.3
Messages Deleted
2010
as Ken 'Sarge' Rivers
TV★ 6.9
Caprica
2010
as Atreus
MOVIE★ 3.5
A Trace of Danger
2010
as Eric
MOVIE★ 6.1
Christmas in Canaan
2009
as Jake Hammer
TV★ 5.8
Riese: Kingdom Falling
2009
as Herrick
MOVIE★ 4.2
Stan Helsing
2009
as Fweddy
MOVIE★ 1.0
A Gun to the Head
2009
as Kurt
TV★ 6.9
Harper's Island
2009
as Shane Pierce
MOVIE★ 5.9
Playing for Keeps
2009
as Peter
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008
as Truck Driver
TV★ 8.1
Fringe
2008
as Impound Clerk
MOVIE★ 1.0
Mothers & Daughters
2008
as Dice
MOVIE★ 6.3
Edison & Leo
2008
as Faraday (voice)
MOVIE
That One Night
2008
as Craig
MOVIE★ 5.2
Mayerthorpe
2008
as Constable Leo Johnston
TV★ 7.2
jPod
2008
as Tim
MOVIE★ 7.2
Battlestar Galactica: Razor
2007
as Terrified Man
TV★ 6.4
Bionic Woman
2007
as Jamie
TV★ 5.5
Flash Gordon
2007
as Bounty Hunter
MOVIE★ 3.8
The Bad Son
2007
as John David Finn
MOVIE★ 4.3
Scar
2007
as Bishop
MOVIE★ 3.3
Time and Again
2007
as Charlie
TV★ 7.6
Blood Ties
2007
as Kelly
MOVIE★ 5.1
To Be Fat Like Me
2007
as Warren
TV★ 7.0
Dragon Boys
2007
as Corey Sternig
MOVIE★ 6.1
Fierce People
2006
as Boyfriend (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.4
The Tooth Fairy
2006
as Henry
MOVIE★ 5.0
Family in Hiding
2006
as Travis
TV★ 7.9
Psych
2006
as Barlow
TV★ 7.0
Kyle XY
2006
MOVIE★ 6.5
Slither
2006
as Charlie
MOVIE★ 3.4
The Cabin Movie
2005
as Jason
TV★ 8.3
Supernatural
2005
as Mr. Wheeler / Richard Beesom
TV★ 5.2
Robson Arms
2005
MOVIE★ 10.0
Johnny Tootall
2005
as Henry
MOVIE★ 5.6
A Simple Curve
2005
as Dave
MOVIE★ 5.1
Riding the Bullet
2004
as Rally Student #2
TV★ 8.0
Stargate Atlantis
2004
as Dr. Kavanagh
TV★ 7.2
The 4400
2004
as Dewey
MOVIE★ 6.6
The Chronicles of Riddick
2004
as Slam Guard
TV★ 5.8
The Collector
2004
MOVIE★ 6.3
Walking Tall
2004
as Drug Dealer
TV★ 7.3
Tru Calling
2003
as Carjacker
MOVIE★ 4.5
First to Die
2003
as James
TV★ 7.5
Taken
2002
as Denny
TV★ 7.3
John Doe
2002
as Activist
TV★ 7.3
The Dead Zone
2002
as Hank
MOVIE★ 3.0
Deadly Little Secrets
2002
as FBI Agent
TV★ 8.2
Smallville
2001
as Paul Hendrix
TV★ 6.6
Strange Frequency
2001
as Officer DJ
TV★ 7.3
Special Unit 2
2001
as Clay
MOVIE★ 4.9
Strange Frequency
2001
as Officer DJ (segment 'My Generation')
MOVIE★ 8.0
Silicon Follies
2001
as Barista
TV★ 7.5
Dark Angel
2000
as Biker at Gas Line-up
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Wonder Cabinet
1999
as Deputy Tucker
TV★ 7.1
First Wave
1998
as Gua Police
TV★ 7.2
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
as Danny (segment "Hubert's Curse")
TV★ 8.4
The X-Files
1993
as Mr. Paulsen