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Portrays:	George "Catman" Birch
Date of Birth:	January 19, 1977
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Age:	48
Nationality:	CAN
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Ben Ayres is the actor who plays George "Catman" Birch in the Battlestar Galactica episode, "Home, Part I".

He also appeared as Muirios in the Stargate SG-1 episode, "Space Race".

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Portrays:	Terrified Man (TRS) Atreus (Caprica) Coker Fasjovik (Blood & Chrome)
Date of Birth:	July 26, 1975
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Age:	50
Nationality:	CAN
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Ben Cotton (born July 26, 1975) is a Canadian actor who portrayed the terrified man whom William Adama meets on the ice planet in "Razor". Cotton's other Re-imagined Series-continuity credits include Caprica as Atreus, and as Coker Fasjovik, William Adama's ECO, in Blood and Chrome.

Career

Ben Cotton was born on July 26, 1975, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Cotton has built a successful career in Canadian film and television, establishing himself as a recognizable character actor in the science fiction and drama genres.

Cotton's breakthrough role came as the prickly scientist Dr. Kavanagh in Stargate Atlantis (2004-2009), appearing in six episodes over five seasons. His other notable television work includes playing Shane Pierce on CBS's Harper's Island, Pastor Mike on AMC's The Killing, and Tweedledum on ABC's Once Upon a Time in Wonderland.

Cotton has had extensive roles in Canadian-filmed science fiction and fantasy series, including Riese: Kingdom Falling as Herrick, as well as appearances in Dark Angel, Kyle XY, Smallville, Supernatural, and The X-Files. His film credits include The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) and Stan Helsing (2009).

Voice Acting

Cotton has performed significant voice work in video games, most notably as Leon Bell in the zombie survival horror game Dead Rising 2 (2010) and its related expansions Dead Rising 2: Case West and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record. He also provided voice work as Faraday in the 2008 film Edison and Leo.

Blood & Chrome Production

Cotton was cast as Coker Fasjovik after a series of auditions and callbacks, culminating in a screen test in Los Angeles where he met his co-star Luke Pasqualino. The screen test proved particularly memorable, as Cotton and Pasqualino read opposite each other with multiple potential co-stars. Cotton recalled the chemistry was immediate: "Right from the get-go, we just had a great time... we could throw the proverbial ball back and forth to each other in any way, performance-wise." The production shot for 15 days with three weeks of rehearsal beforehand, a significantly longer commitment than his brief one-day appearance as the terrified man in "Razor."

The cast underwent extensive military training before filming, including weapons handling, tactical maneuvers, and combat techniques. Cotton described the preparation: "We learned how to do tactical things, like coming in and sweeping a room, how you would work in a group of three, just a lot of technical things, the way that you walk, the positions you take, and when you change positions."

Working extensively with green screen technology presented unique challenges for Cotton. The entire production was filmed against green screen, with Cotton noting: "I don't think there was a single wall in that set. Anything that we touched was real. We actually got into the ship, but, otherwise, everything around us, was green screen." He compared the experience to black box theater: "You just imagine everything, so it's a fun exercise, but you really have to do your homework and know what you're looking at." Director Jonas Pate allowed Cotton and Pasqualino significant creative freedom to develop their characters' relationship, with Cotton noting there was "real freedom on the set, to just sort of let it go and play with each other."

To prepare for his role, Cotton deliberately avoided extensive viewing of previous Battlestar Galactica episodes, explaining: "I started watching the series, and then I had to decide to sort of pull the plug on that. There's so much to watch, and it's so rich. In my case, I wasn't playing a character who had existed in that world. There wasn't much I needed to be familiar with." He did acknowledge drawing some parallels between Coker and Colonel Tigh from the original series, though noted he "wasn't playing Colonel Tigh."

Cotton expressed interest in exploring more of Coker's backstory, particularly his relationship with his wife and his drinking habits: "I probably would have liked to know more about him and his wife, because I thought a lot about that relationship that I made up in my mind. That relationship intrigued me... I was also curious about his vices. I wanted to hear Coker defend himself about his drinking."

Notable Television Roles

Cotton gained critical recognition for his portrayal of Pastor Mike in season three of AMC's The Killing (2013). His character served as a red herring in the series' investigation of the "Pied Piper" serial killer. Cotton described the role as "a really fun exercise in trust," noting that he had to prepare for the possibility that his character might be revealed as the antagonist while ultimately playing someone with a guilty past but innocent of the suspected crimes.

To prepare for the role, Cotton conducted extensive research, including reading the Bible and watching documentary footage about heroin addiction and runaway teens on YouTube. He noted that while his character wasn't guilty of what the detectives suspected, "he DID have guilt" from his past experiences.

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Commentary and Interviews

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Portrays:	Chella
Date of Birth:	September 2, 1934
Date of Death:	September 11, 1990
Age at Death:	56
Nationality:	USA
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Ben Frank (born September 2, 1934 in New York City, New York, died September 11, 1990 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor and producer.

Frank's filmography lists many minor and supporting roles in predominantly police action and intrigue TV shows, including notable programs such as I Spy, It Takes a Thief, The Mod Squad, The F.B.I., Baretta, Adam-12, S.W.A.T., Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco, The Rockford Files, and CHiPs.

In his latter years, Frank lent his hands at other genres such as comedy in guest roles in Head of the Class, Growing Pains, and Who's The Boss?.

Frank portrayed the pyramid dealer Chella in the Original Series episode, "Murder on the Rising Star". Following this, Frank guest-starred in other Glen A. Larson productions, such as The Fall Guy and Quincy, M.E..

Frank produced and starred in the film Hollywood Zap in 1986.

Four years later, Frank died of a heart attack at the age of 56.

Ben Kadish

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BSG Universe:	Galactica 1980
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Ben Kadish was a producer on Galactica 1980 and is credited in the Experiment in Terra telemovie for producing the 1980 episode, "The Return of Starbuck".

Ben Stark

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Last Known Appearance	Reins of a Waterfall
Death	Suicide bombing, 42YR (58 BCH) (Caprica pilot)
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Ben Stark is a student at the Athena Academy on Caprica, a private religious school. He and a number of other bright students, including Lacy Rand and Ben's girlfriend, Zoe Graystone, are introduced by the school headmistress, Sister Clarice Willow, to the illegal Soldiers of the One monotheistic cult. He is the best friend of Keon Gatwick, who is likewise a member of the STO.

Ben becomes a fanatical monotheist and ostensibly goes with Zoe to leave Caprica and live on Gemenon. Without Zoe's prior knowledge of his intent, Ben blows up the train they are riding with a bomb strapped to his torso ^{(CAP: "Pilot")}.

During a public ceremony held on Junius 7th, 42YR (58 BCH) denoting the one month marking of the tragedy, Natalie Stark, Ben's mother, gives Amanda Graystone various objects belonging to her daughter Zoe that were found in Ben's room, including a large, foldable gold STO infinity symbol. Amanda had been completely unaware of Ben or of the STO in Zoe's life, and in her grief and shock at the revelation, she falsely tells the assembled victims' families that her daughter was the bomber of Maglev 23 ^{(CAP: "Rebirth")}.

Ben's involvement with the STO almost came to the attention of the Global Defense Department a year before the bombing, but was missed due to procedural errors. On Aprilus 9th, 41YR (59 BCH), Ben was picked up for a post-curfew violation by the GDD and was found with what turned out to be bomb making materials, which were explained away by Ben to his interrogator, Agent Youngblood, as model rocketry components. He was let go on a warning due to lack of probable cause and the plausibility of his explanation. A videotape recording of the interrogation would go unnoticed for over a month after the bombing because Agent Youngblood spelled his surname "Starke" with an "e" and consequently misfiled it. Youngblood herself had totally forgotten about Ben. Fearing departmental embarrassment and to protect his partner, the tape is destroyed by Agent Jordan Duram, following a broad hint by the director of the GDD ^{(CAP: "Reins of a Waterfall")}.

Notes

Ben-A stares outward during his embrace with Clarice Willow ^{(CAP: "Pilot" deleted scene)}.

• In early drafts of the pilot script, the story began more directly with Ben, Zoe, and Lacy heading to the train. The V-Club sequence was added later in the writing process to create a more provocative opening for the series.
• A previous report regarding the pilot noted that he uploaded his memories into an online holographic avatar named Ben-A, who has contact only with Sister Clarice Willow. This plotline exists solely as a deleted scene viewable on the DVD.

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