Benjamin Ayres
Benjamin James Ayres (born January 19, 1977) is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Dr. Zach Miller of the CTV series Saving Hope. He also recurred on the Gemini Award–winning HBO Canada series Less Than Kind for which he was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award. His first series regular role was Casper Jesperson (a.k.a. "Cancer Cowboy"), the chain-smoking sex addict who is morbidly obsessed with death, in the critically acclaimed cult hit CBC Television series jPod, based on the Douglas Coupland novel of the same title.
He is a distant relative of character actor Boris Karloff.
Acted in
The Santa Class
2024
as Dan
Happy Holidays From Cherry Lane
2024
Santa Tell Me
2024
as Nick A.
Love & Jane
2024
as Trevor Fitzsimmons
Paging Mr. Darcy
2024
as Golfer Bro
True Justice: Family Ties
2024
as D.A. Quinn
Miracle in Bethlehem, PA
2023
as Joe
Our Christmas Mural
2023
as Hayden
Field Day
2023
as Dan Aldridge
Long Lost Christmas
2022
as Jake Pierce
The Bad Seed Returns
2022
as Robert Costa
Color My World with Love
2022
as Nic
Don't Hang Up
2022
as Officer Halton
You, Me and the Christmas Trees
2021
as Jack Connor
Chronicle Mysteries: Helped to Death
2021
as Andrew "Drew" Godfrey
Cranberry Christmas
2020
as Gabe Powell
Lie Exposed
2020
as Gregg
Canadian Strain
2019
as Luke
A Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas
2019
as David Lyndon
Chronicle Mysteries: The Deep End
2019
as Drew Godfrey
Chronicle Mysteries: Vines that Bind
2019
as Drew Godfrey
Chronicle Mysteries: The Wrong Man
2019
as Drew Godfrey
Chronicle Mysteries: Recovered
2019
as Drew Godfrey
Birdland
2018
as Calvin
Frankie Drake Mysteries
2017
as Ben Sellers
The Good Doctor
2017
as Wyatt Moore
Falling for Vermont
2017
as Dr. Jeff Callan
Site Unseen: An Emma Fielding Mystery
2017
as Will
Yellow
2017
as Husband
Unless
2016
as Arthur Springer
Private Eyes
2016
as Professor Dan Bryan
Love by Chance
2016
as Eric Carlton
A Sunday Kind of Love
2016
as Mark
What An Idiot
2016
as Zane
Schitt's Creek
2015
as Grant Byers
Death Do Us Part
2014
as Derrick Harris
Cottage Country
2013
as Don Rosenberg
Dead Before Dawn
2012
as Griffith Galloway
Saving Hope
2012
as Dr. Zachary Miller
12 Dates of Christmas
2011
as Jack Evans
Reel Love
2011
as Bobby Calgrove
Suits
2011
as Gavin Andrews
Lullaby for Pi
2010
as Sonny
Lost Girl
2010
as Endymion / Eddy
Rookie Blue
2010
as Geno Jones
Dan for Mayor
2010
as Mike
A Gun to the Head
2009
as Dwayne
The Vampire Diaries
2009
as William Tanner
Diamonds
2009
Impact
2009
as Bob Pierce
jPod
2008
as Casper Jesperson
Termination Point
2007
as Officer Dunbar
Holiday in Handcuffs
2007
as Nick
Good Luck Chuck
2007
as Groomsman
Numb
2007
as Brad
Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke
2007
as Hugh
Psych
2006
as Howie Tolkin
Whistler
2006
Supernatural
2005
as Homeland Security Man #1
Battlestar Galactica
2004
as Lt. George 'Catman' Birch
The Collector
2004
Smallville
2001
as Jason Bartlett
Da Vinci's Inquest
1998
Stargate SG-1
1997
as Muirios
Vox
as Cal Hollister