Benjamin Salisbury

Actor

Birthday October 19, 1980

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.

Age 43 years old

Nationality United States

Height 1.7 m

#24103 Most Popular

1980

Benjamin David Salisbury (born October 19, 1980) is an American actor and dancer best known for playing the role of Brighton Sheffield on the CBS television sitcom The Nanny from 1993 to 1999.

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 19, 1980, to parents David Arthur Salisbury and Mindy Jo (née Schneidewind) Salisbury.

1992

Salisbury also played Martin Short's son in the 1992 film Captain Ron, and appeared in D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996) as the sports announcer.

1996

Benjamin played the voice of Tin Boy on The Oz Kids in 1996.

Salisbury was a contestant on Jeopardy!, where he competed in an episode of Teen Celebrity Jeopardy! against Kirsten Dunst and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Salisbury won with $1 but received $15,000 for his charity, while Dunst and Levitt each received $10,000 for theirs.

1998

In 1998, he graduated from Wayzata High School in Plymouth, Minnesota, and enrolled in American University in Washington, D.C., that fall.

An accomplished dancer, Salisbury would often treat The Nanny studio audiences to improvisational routines when the cameras were not rolling.

2004

He appeared in the 2004 reunion of the sitcom The Nanny titled The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember with Fran Drescher, Renée Taylor, Rachel Chagall and others from The Nanny cast.

2005

In 2005, he had a minor role as a train expert on the episode "Sabotage" of the series Numb3rs.

2006

In August 2006, Salisbury was featured in Domino's Pizza commercials featuring Fudge-ums, Domino's then-new mini-brownies.

Salisbury married his wife Kelly Murkey in 2006.

He has three children.

2013

It was announced in 2013 they had divorced.

2017

As of February 2017, Salisbury is working at Universal Studios Hollywood as the director of operations for the park.