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Ben Koldyke Biography

Birth Name:
Benjamin Koldyke
Birth Place:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Profession
Actor, screenwriter, director

Fast Facts

  • Lettered in baseball (third baseman) and football (quarterback) in college
  • Taught high-school English and coached high-school football in Chicago before becoming an actor
  • Wrote and directed the shorts Jedi Gym and Osama bin Laden: Behind the Madness
  • Met It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia creator and star Rob McElhenney in a coffee shop and convinced him to screen some short films he'd written and directed
  • This led to a role in the pilot for a Fox comedy called Boldly Going Nowhere
  • His 2012 cross-dressing sitcom, Work It, was pulled by ABC after two episodes
  • Parents are both celebrated educators and education activists in Illinois
  • A line of t-shirts and tank tops celebrate his Dale character from the cable drama Big Love

Relationships

  • Carl Koldyke -- Brother
  • Laird Koldyke -- Brother
  • Martin Koldyke -- Father
  • Patricia Koldyke -- Mother
  • Elizabeth Koldyke -- Sister