Biography
Ben Vereen is an American actor, dancer and singer. He graduated from the High School of Performing Arts in New York and made his New York stage debut in the 1960s.
Vereen appeared in the original Broadway productions of Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar (1971) and Pippin (1972), winning the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for the latter. He played Chicken George Moore in the 1977 miniseries Roots and appeared in the 1979 film All That Jazz.
