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Cool Benson

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Cool Benson
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Cool Benson is known for Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022), Hostile Territory (2022) and The New Normal (2012).
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    Known for

    Ewan McGregor, James Earl Jones, Hayden Christensen, and Dmitrious Bistrevsky in Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
    Obi-Wan Kenobi
    7.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Makeup Department
    Hostile Territory (2022)
    Hostile Territory
    4.9
    • Makeup Department
    • 2022
    Ellen Barkin, Justin Bartha, Andrew Rannells, Georgia King, NeNe Leakes, and Bebe Wood in The New Normal (2012)
    The New Normal
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Makeup Department
    Kate Reinders, Adrian Lyles, Liamani Segura, Julia Lester, Larry Saperstein, Saylor Bell Curda, Matt Cornett, Mark St. Cyr, Frankie A. Rodriguez, Joshua Bassett, Sofia Wylie, Joe Serafini, and Dara Reneé in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019)
    High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Makeup Department(uncredited)

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    Makeup Department

    • Natalie Portman and Moses Ingram in Lady in the Lake (2024)
      Lady in the Lake
      6.0
      TV Mini Series
      • personal makeup artist: Moses Ingram
      • 2024
    • Danny DeVito, Annette Bening, Chris Pine, and DeWanda Wise in Poolman (2023)
      Poolman
      4.0
      • makeup artist
      • 2023
    • Kate Reinders, Adrian Lyles, Liamani Segura, Julia Lester, Larry Saperstein, Saylor Bell Curda, Matt Cornett, Mark St. Cyr, Frankie A. Rodriguez, Joshua Bassett, Sofia Wylie, Joe Serafini, and Dara Reneé in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019)
      High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
      7.1
      TV Series
      • makeup artist (uncredited)
      • 2022
    • Ewan McGregor, James Earl Jones, Hayden Christensen, and Dmitrious Bistrevsky in Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
      Obi-Wan Kenobi
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • makeup artist
      • 2022
    • Hostile Territory (2022)
      Hostile Territory
      4.9
      • makeup department head
      • 2022
    • Elizabeth Perkins, John Cho, Ken Jeong, Vivian Wu, Tiffany Haddish, Zach Woods, Jack Whitehall, Paul Walter Hauser, Zoë Chao, Sam Richardson, Anna Konkle, and Poppy Liu in The Afterparty (2022)
      The Afterparty
      7.3
      TV Series
      • makeup artist
      • 2022
    • LL Cool J and Chrissy Teigen in Lip Sync Battle (2015)
      Lip Sync Battle
      7.2
      TV Series
      • makeup artist
      • 2018
    • Make Up or Break Up (2017)
      Make Up or Break Up
      8.2
      TV Series
      • makeup artist
      • 2017
    • Texas Heart (2016)
      Texas Heart
      5.9
      • makeup department head (as James Cool Benson)
      • 2016
    • Garcelle Beauvais, Loni Love, Adrienne Houghton, and Jeannie Mai Jenkins in The Real (2013)
      The Real
      4.6
      TV Series
      • makeup department head
      • 2014–2015
    • Phil McGraw in Dr. Phil (2002)
      Dr. Phil
      3.8
      TV Series
      • makeup artist
      • 2015
    • Jonny's Sweet Revenge (2015)
      Jonny's Sweet Revenge
      5.6
      • makeup department head
      • 2015
    • Cooper Barnes and Jace Norman in Henry Danger (2014)
      Henry Danger
      6.1
      TV Series
      • key makeup artist (as Cool James Benson)
      • 2015
    • Arsenio Hall in The Arsenio Hall Show (2013)
      The Arsenio Hall Show
      4.9
      TV Series
      • key makeup artist
      • 2013–2014
    • I Am Victor
      4.1
      TV Movie
      • makeup department head
      • 2013

    Actor

    • Separate
      • Daddy Cool
      • Completed
      • Short
    • Dr. No Means No (2024)
      Dr. No Means No
      Short
      • Shark
      • 2024
    • Melanie Hutsell, Sam Littlefield, Kestrin Pantera, Milana Vayntrub, and Breeda Wool in Mother's Little Helpers (2019)
      Mother's Little Helpers
      5.3
      • Nurse Cool
      • 2019
    • Bad Parent Theater (2016)
      Bad Parent Theater
      TV Series
      • Storyteller
      • 2016
    • Texas Heart (2016)
      Texas Heart
      5.9
      • Brother Jones
      • 2016
    • Jonny's Sweet Revenge (2015)
      Jonny's Sweet Revenge
      5.6
      • Caleb
      • 2015
    • GayCare
      Short
      • Gay Teacher
      • Gay Toothbrusher
      • 2011
    • Low (2006)
      Low
      Short
      • Man #2
      • 2006
    • Xtreme Fakeovers
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Game Show Contestant
      • 2005

    Writer

    • Separate
      • Writer
      • Completed
      • Short

    Videos5

    Snickers Commercial
    Demo Reel 0:40
    Snickers Commercial
    Mother's Little Helpers Trailer
    Demo Reel 1:01
    Mother's Little Helpers Trailer
    Mother's Little Helpers Trailer
    Demo Reel 1:01
    Mother's Little Helpers Trailer
    Acting Clips
    Demo Reel 1:25
    Acting Clips
    Tik Toc with my kid
    Demo Reel 0:16
    Tik Toc with my kid
    "Mothers Little Helpers"
    Demo Reel 0:24
    "Mothers Little Helpers"

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