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Jay Benedict

Highest Rated: 92% RKO 281 (1999)

Lowest Rated: 11% Double Team (1997)

Birthday: Apr 11, 1951

Birthplace: Burbank, California, USA

Jay Benedict was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Early on in his acting career, Benedict landed roles in various films, including "Licensed to Love and Kill" (1978) starring Gareth Huntthe action movie "Hanover Street" (1979) with Harrison Ford and "The Mine and the Minotaur" (1980). He also appeared in the dramatic comedy "Victor/Victoria" (1982) with Julie Andrews, the Pia Zadora drama "The Lonely Lady" (1983) and the Tony Curtis comedy "Where Is Parsifal?" (1984). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the nineties and the early 2000s, appearing in the Jean-Claude van Damme action picture "Double Team" (1997), "RKO 281" (1999) with Liev Schreiber and the dramedy "Saving Grace" (2000) with Brenda Blethyn. He also appeared in the Gérard Depardieu dramatic adaptation "Vatel" (2000). Benedict worked on the comedy "American Hero" (2015) with Stephen Dorff. Jay Benedict died on April 4, 2020 in London at the age of 68.

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Highest rated movies

92% 75% RKO 281
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70% 40% Hanover Street
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60% 77% Hostile Watchlist 42% 43% Moonwalkers Watchlist 11% 25% Double Team Watchlist
89% Sharpe's Honour
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Earthquake: Nature Unleashed
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66% Carmen
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Come Back, Little Sheba
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The Petersburg-Cannes Express
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Filmography

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60% 77% Hostile Unknown (Character) - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hostile: Trailer Unknown (Character) - 2017
42% 43% Moonwalkers Colonel Dickford (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 29% Mansquito Dr. Aaron Michaels (Character) - 2005
No Score Yet 26% Secret Agents L'Américain (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Earthquake: Nature Unleashed Mr. Reed (Character) - 2004
No Score Yet 66% Carmen Merimee (Character) - 2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Petersburg-Cannes Express Unknown (Character) - 2003
92% 75% RKO 281 Darryl Zanuck (Character) - 1999
11% 25% Double Team Brandon (Character) $11.3M 1997
No Score Yet 89% Sharpe's Honour Verigny (Character) - 1994
70% 40% Hanover Street Corporal Daniel Giler (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet Come Back, Little Sheba Brice (Character) - 1977

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No Score Yet 96% Foyle's War Major John Kiefer (Character) 2007-2008
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bergerac Unknown (Character) 1990