Ben Cumings

Known for

Acting

Birthplace

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Ben Cumings is an LA-based actor, improviser and writer from Chicago, Illinois. He began improvising while attending Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and threatens to continue. In LA, he can be seen with UCB sketch team Lasers and as a frequent guest on the award-winning Twitch improv channel Everything Now Show. In Chicago, he performed with the Second City, where he was a Bob Curry Fellow and understudy for the Mainstage Revue, improvised with the Harold Team Crocodile Nasties at the iO Theater, and starred in numerous productions at the Annoyance Theatre including Splatter Theatre, Steamworks: The Musical, and the house improv team Fire & Beer. He was also a part of the nation's oldest all-Asian American comedy troupe, Stir-Friday Night.