Ben Best

Ben Best

CountryUnited States United States
GenderMale
BirthdaySep 11, 1974
Death2021-09-10
BiographyBenjamin Terrell Best (September 11, 1974 – September 10, 2021) was an American actor, writer, musician, and producer.

Best attended the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina with frequent collaborators Danny McBride, Jody Hill, and David Gordon Green. It was with McBride and Hill that Best co-created the comedy series Eastbound & Down, which ran on HBO for four seasons from 2009 to 2013. Best appeared in eight episodes of the series as Clegg, a local bartender and Kenny's longtime friend.

Best also co-wrote and co-starred with McBride and Hill in the cult indie movie The Foot Fist Way, directed by Hill. He also co-wrote the 2011 period fantasy comedy Your Highness, which starred McBride, James Franco and Natalie Portman, and was directed by Green. It was also Best's last collaboration with McBride and Green.

Best's acting credits also include Superbad, What Happens in Vegas, Observe and Report, and Land of the Lost.

Best died on September 10, 2021, a day before his 47th birthday.

Ben's partner was Carrie Saunders (m. 2011). Their daughter is Harper Courtney Best, born in 2014.

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