Cast: Ben Vereen

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Ben Vereen. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


All That Jazz

1979 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction Bob Fosse

Cast Roy Scheider · Jessica Lange · Leland Palmer · Ann Reinking

Synopsis All That Jazz (1979) follows Joe Gideon, a brilliant but self-destructive Broadway director and choreographer, as he balances his chaotic professional and personal life. While pushing himself to finish a major stage production and edit a film, his relentless work...

7.5

10K votes

7.5

10K votes

Roots (TV Miniseries)

1977 · Series · 573 min. · United States

Direction Marvin J. Chomsky · John Erman · David Greene · Gilbert Moses

Cast Todd Bridges · Robert Reed · John Amos · Madge Sinclair

Synopsis From the moment the young Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) is stolen from his life and ancestral home in 18th-century Africa and brought under inhumane conditions to be auctioned as a slave in America, a line is begun that leads from...

7.3

3K votes

7.3

3K votes

Funny Lady

1975 · Movie · 136 min. · United States

Direction Herbert Ross

Cast Barbra Streisand · James Caan · Omar Sharif · Roddy McDowall

Synopsis When Barbra Streisand played Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, she brought to life a sympathetic yet strong-headed performer of stage and radio. In the sequel, Funny Lady, Brice comes off as a harsher woman, slightly bitchy, without the tremendous charm...

5.6

450 votes

5.6

450 votes

Direction Robert Iscove

Cast Ben Vereen · Alfre Woodard · Gregory Hines · Brock Peters

Synopsis Puss (All That Jazz's/Roots' Ben Vereen proves to be one clever cat in this retelling of the Brothers Grimm tale Puss In Boots. In return for some finery and boots, Puss tells his Lowly Master (Will And Grace's/Waiting To Exhale's...

5.6

142 votes

5.6

142 votes

Idlewild

2006 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Bryan Barber

Cast André Benjamin · Antwan A. Patton · Terrence Howard · Paula Patton

Synopsis The story of the loves and ambitions of two struggling performers is told through intricate musical numbers and vibrantly choreographed dance sequences in Idlewild, an original musical starring multi-platinum and multi-Grammy winning OutKast members Andre Benjamin (Andre 3000) and Antwan...

5.1

329 votes

5.1

329 votes

Intruders (TV)

1992 · Movie · 163 min. · United States

Direction Dan Curtis

Cast Richard Crenna · Mare Winningham · Susan Blakely · Daphne Ashbrook

Synopsis All over the world, people report they've been visited by aliens, taken aboard spaceships and medically examined. The authorities appear to know all about these visits but won't acknowledge it publicly. This film focuses on two 'victims' who struggle to...

5.0

120 votes

5.0

120 votes

Time Out of Mind

2014 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Oren Moverman

Cast Richard Gere · Ben Vereen · Jena Malone · Kyra Sedgwick

Synopsis George (Richard Gere), a man on the decline, enters the New York City homeless shelter system when he runs out of options. George struggles to navigate his way through this new world with the help of Dixon, a shelter veteran...

4.9

1K votes

4.9

1K votes

Gas-s-s-s

1970 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction Roger Corman

Cast Bob Corff · Elaine Giftos · Bud Cort · Talia Shire

Synopsis Anarchy goes airborne in the farce about vaporizing the generation gap. When a deadly gas kills everyone over 25, the world devolves into a chaotic, and zany struggle for power. As a band of peace-loving hippies go cross-country to find...

4.7

108 votes

4.7

108 votes

Direction Kenny Ortega

Cast Laverne Cox · Victoria Justice · Tim Curry · Christina Milian

Synopsis A straitlaced, square couple, seeking shelter from a storm, find themselves in the castle of a transgender alien mad scientist intent on creating a buff bodybuilder.

4.4

205 votes

4.4

205 votes

Webster (TV Series)

1983 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Stu Silver · Lee Bernhardi · Joel Zwick · Art Dielhenn

Cast Emmanuel Lewis · Alex Karras · Susan Clark · Cathryn Damon

Synopsis TV Series (1983-1989). 6 Season. 150 Episodes. In Chicago, Webster Long (Emmanuel Lewis) a seven-year-old African-American orphan whose biological parents were recently killed in a car accident. He is then taken in by retired football star George Papadopolous (Alex Karras),...

4.3

3K votes

4.3

3K votes

Silk Stalkings (TV Series)

1991 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Stephen J. Cannell · John Paragon · Ralph Hemecker · Carl Weathers

Cast Mitzi Kapture · Rob Estes · Charlie Brill · Janet Gunn

Synopsis TV Series (1991-1999). Cassandra "Cassy" St. John and Tom Ryan are the new duo in town. It is now their job to catch the killers of Palm Beach. They are ex-partners, who got married, and then divorced. Now they are...

3.6

308 votes

3.6

308 votes

Promised Land (TV Series)

1996 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Martha Williamson · Victor Lobl · Stuart Margolin · Burt Brinckerhoff

Cast Gerald McRaney · Wendy Phillips · Austin O'Brien · Sarah Schaub

Synopsis When Russell Greene loses his job, he decides to go on the road with his family. So he gathers his wife, Claire, his son, Josh, his daughter, Dinah, his mother, Hattie, and his nephew, Nathaniel and hits the road. With...

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Zoobilee Zoo

1986 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Dennis Rosenblatt · Terry Kyne · David Grossman · Steve Binder

Cast Ben Vereen · Michael B. Moynahan · Gary Schwartz · Karen Hartman

Synopsis TV Series (1986 - 1988). 65 Episodes. The adventures of various anthropomorphic animals as they face the challenges of life together.

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J.J. Starbuck (TV Series)

1987 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Bob Bralver · Kim Manners · Corey Allen · Zale Dalen

Cast Dale Robertson · Shawn Weatherly · Jimmy Dean · Ben Vereen

Synopsis Texas billionaire J.J. Starbuck drives around the country in a 1961 Lincoln convertible, with horns on the hood, acting as a private detective solving crimes. He charms the police and anyone else in his way and never charges the victims...

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The Gray House

2024 · Series · United States

Direction Roland Joffé

Cast Daisy Head · Paul Anderson · Robert Knepper · Ben Vereen

Synopsis It centers on the three women who General Ulysses S. Grant credited as helping the North win the Civil War.

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Feast of All Saints (TV)

2001 · Movie · 255 min. · United States

Direction Peter Medak

Cast Robert Ri'chard · Peter Gallagher · Gloria Reuben · Jennifer Beals

Synopsis Magloire Dazincourt, the owner of Bontemps, the largest sugar plantation of the entire South, asks his favorite cousin, Philippe Ferronaire, to marry his daughter Aglae Dazincourt and take over most of its management and family, including his colored mistress Cecile...

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Donny and Marie (TV Series)

1975 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Art Fisher · Perry Rosemond · Walter C. Miller

Cast Donny Osmond · Marie Osmond · Kris Kristofferson · Robert Young

Synopsis TV Series (1975–1979). 4 Seasons. A variety show, featuring the brother-sister singing duo of Donny and Marie Osmond. The first season also featured all of the Osmond families, but Donny and Marie were obviously the most popular of the bunch...

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