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Benjamin Nicholas (born December 10, 1987, in Adelaide, Australia) is an Australian actor. He is best known for playing Scott "Stingray" Timmins in the Australian soap opera Neighbours . Raised in Adelaide, South Australia, he currently resides in London, England. According to former Neighbours co-star Matthew Werkmeister (Zeke), some of Stingray's more individual expressions such as "hufter" and "Belgium" (as an expression of dismay or irritation) were coined by Ben himself. It was rumoured that Ben had planned on leaving Neighbours for some time due to wanting to further his career in movies. His final performance as 'Stingray' aired on March 23, 2007. Nicholas travelled from Australia to the UK to perform Pantomime over the Christmas period. In December 2006, he performed at the Marlowe Theatre, in Canterbury, Kent, as Prince Charming. In December 2007 Ben will be performing in Cinderella in the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage in the UK from 1st December 2007 until 27th January 2008. He is also currently involved with The Rayz, a London based band. Ben toured during September-October 2007 with the band 'Lucas', playing over 40 dates. On September 10th 2007 Ben appeared on the Donny Osmond presented show identity where the contestant correctly identified Ben from 12 possible characters that he was the soap opera star Nicholas currently appears on BBC's Celebrity Scissorhands for Children in Need 2007.
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