Ben Fransham is a New Zealand actor with a broad catalogue of energetic performances, albeit with a certain affinity for projects involving the undead. Unusually, he was a professionally trained ballet dancer before turning his focus to acting, and he has imbued his many character roles in theatre, musicals and film with unique physical versatility. Fransham is best known for his turn as the ancient and unnerving vampire Petyr in Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement's internationally renowned 5 Zimmer Küche Sarg (2014). As well as featuring in Ash vs Evil Dead (2015), Fransham's previous projects for Rob Tapert and Sam Raimi include the horror feature film 30 Days of Night (2007) and fantasy action series Legend of the Seeker - Das Schwert der Wahrheit (2008), in which he played a variety of roles. Fransham also has a continuing association with Peter Jackson's productions, dating back to Heavenly Creatures (1994), and his proficient motion-capture work can be found in most of Weta Digital's collaboration in Der Hobbit: Eine unerwartete Reise (2012) (and the remaining films in the trilogy), Die Abenteuer von Tim und Struppi - Das Geheimnis der Einhorn (2011), I, Robot (2004), District 9 (2009), King Kong (2005) and Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefährten (2001) (as well as the rest of the trilogy). - IMDb Mini Biography By: R Gumbley
