Benjamin Bottani

Benjamin Bottani was born in Phoenix, AZ, and raised in Las Vegas, NV where he started his performance career as a stage actor at The Rainbow Company Youth Theatre.

In 2019, after landing the lead role of Luke in “The Witches” by Roald Dahl, directed by Michelle Patrick, he started learning screen acting for a month at 1 Media Productions (from Dan Hewitt).

In 2020, Ben signed with the Envy Model And Talent agency (Daniel Mahan) where Ben was cast in his first TV Series “The Chosen” (Season 2, Episode 4), where he portrayed 6-year-old Jesse as a Co-Star.

In 2021, Ben became a SAG-AFTRA member and also played a principal role in “Panda Express: Traditions Shared,” a Lunar New Year short film directed by Erica Eng, and appeared in a commercial for Lexus’s “Lexus Golden Opportunity Sales Event” directed by Dante Ariola, and a commercial for General Mills.

At the beginning of 2022, Ben starred as the Boy in “The Velveteen Rabbit” by Margery Williams, directed by Barbara Brennan at the Rainbow Youth Theatre then went on to co-star in a feature film titled “Bromates,” directed by Court Crandall, and made a guest appearance on the second season of “Puppy Place,” a TV series on Apple TV+ directed by Nick Wong.

In 2023, Ben recorded his first voiceover as Kabir in Netflix’s “Leo” alongside Adam Sandler, Bill Burr, and Cecily Strong.

In 2024, Ben stars in the film adaptation of the beloved children’s classic “Harold and the Purple Crayon” by Crockett Johnson, directed by Carlos Saldanha, alongside Zachary Levi, Lil Rel Howery, Zooey Deschanel, and Jemaine Clement.