He discovered his love of filmmaking at age 13, when he began making movies with his friends and an RCA camcorder.

He took an acting class on a dare while at the University of California, Berkeley and loved it so much that he went on to drama school at the American Conservatory Theater, graduating from their MFA Program.

He also appeared in the season three opening episode of 90210 as a professional tennis player who takes out Teddy Montgomery, as well as in the feature films Alien Abduction and I'll Believe You.

Ben starred in the dark comedy short film Time Capsule, which premiered at the Regards sur le Cinéma du Monde in Rouen, France, and he played a drug addicted thief in the heist short Blue Plate, an official selection of the Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles.

Sharples was the acting coach of streetball player Grayson "The Professor" Boucher on the basketball movie Ball Don't Lie.