Ben Wright (born September 3, 1969)[1] is an American actor and singer, best known for originating the role of "Jack" in the Tony Award-winning musical Into the Woods.
Wright's professional acting career started with George C. Wolfe's Off-Broadway production of Paradise at Playwrights Horizons.
Wright's feature film credits include the Academy Award winning Born on the Fourth of July with Tom Cruise as well as Penny Marshall's Renaissance Man with Danny DeVito.
Wright's television credits include starring opposite Judd Nelson in NBC's Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes and the ABC drama series Capital News with Lloyd Bridges and Helen Slater.
[5] He left Dye Creek in 2020 to found the Cafe Restaurant chain Bitty and Beau's Coffee, a business focused on employing persons with disabilities, based in Wilmington North Carolina in 2020.