Benz Antoine lived in Montréal until he was 4 when his family moved first to Toronto and then to California. When he was 9 his mother enrolled him in a performing arts school but before he could start classes the family moved again, back to Canada. He was 20 when serendipity intervened in his life. At an audition his girlfriend had gone to he was asked to read for a small role in a corporate video production and he got the part. Encouraged by the lucky break he thought he would try acting professionally and quickly landed a walk-on role in Sirens. Deciding there might be a future in acting, Benz, whose real name is Rubens Antoine, was accepted at the theatre school at Concordia University in his hometown of Montréal, but dropped out after just 18 months to go after work in the growing TV and film community in and around Vancouver, B.C. With 4 years of work behind him, Benz moved to Toronto where he landed the role of Detective Jimmy Weeks which he played for two seasons on the series, Blue Murder.
Features & TV Movies:
VR indicates Direct-to-Video Release
Dead Innocent (1996)
The Right Connections (TV-1997)
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County (TV-1998)
Sweet Deception (TV-1998)
Wes Craven's Don't Look Down (TV-1998)
Both Sides of the Law (1999)
Spooky House (2000)
Sanctimony (2000)
Romeo Must Die (2000)
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story (TV-2000)
Holiday Heart (TV-2000)
Murder at the Cannes Film Festival (TV-2000)
Life in the Balance (2001)
Aftermath (TV-2001)
The Killing Yard (TV-2001)
Heist (2001)
After Amy (TV-2001)
Twas the Night (TV-2001)
Redeemer (TV-2002)
A Season on the Brink (TV-2002)
Riders (2002)
Just a Walk in the Park (TV-2002)
Conviction (TV-2002)
Nightlite (TV-2003)
Ice Bound (TV-2003)
Gothika (2003)
Baby for Sale (TV-2004)
Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery (TV-2005) Guy X (2005)
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
King of Sorrow (2006)
Talk to Me (2007) Breakfast with Scot (2007)
My Daughter's Secret (TV-2007)
Late Fragment (2008)
A Near Death Experience (TV-2008)
Going Up (TV-2008)
Dead at 17 (TV-2008)
Death Race (2008)
Poker Night (2008)
The Two Mr. Kissels (TV-2008)
Silent But Deadly (2009)
TV Series - Cast: Dice (mini-series, 2001)
Blue Murder (2002-2003)
At the Hotel (2006)
Would Be Kings (mini-series, 2007)
TV Series - Guest Appearances: Nightman (1999)
The Crow (1999)
Cold Squad (1999)
Seven Days (2000)
Leap Years (2001)
Street Time (2002)
Playmakers (2003)
Doc (2003)
Train 48 (2004)
Wild Card (2004)
The 11th Hour (2005)
Tilt (2005)
Missing (2005)
Runaway (2006, 2008)
