Meet BEN TINSLEY

We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful BEN TINSLEY. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with BEN below.

Hi BEN, appreciate you sitting with us today to share your wisdom with our readers. So, let’s start with resilience – where do you get your resilience from?
I get my resilience from the unconditional love that my maternal grandfather, my PePa, and my maternal grandmother, my MeMa, had for me. (They are no longer with us.)

I try to show this same love to my two sons, Jake and Camden.

I had a difficult — ADHD riddled — childhood, but MeMa and PePa always made a point of letting me know how valuable and treasured a grandson and general human being they always considered me. Despite how much trouble I was in at the time.

Great, so let’s take a few minutes and cover your story. What should folks know about you and what you do?
This is me breaking down my professions:

1. FILM ACTOR:

I am a full-time film actor, working primarily in the state of Texas — although I am starting to branch outward logistically as my career progresses.

As areas in Texas such as Fort Worth attract more and more Hollywood-level industry development, I find myself increasingly fortunate to work in more prestigious productions.

Powerhouse Hollywood producer (“Yellowstone”) Taylor Sheridan, for example, has brought many of his incredible productions to the Fort Worth area. This opens more and more professional doors for ambitious Texas actors.

My 12-year-old son Camden (who lives in East Texas with his Mom) also is taking advantage of these amazing acting opportunities with me as his schedule permits.

Camden and I are both represented by Normita Joven of ICON UNIVERSAL.

2. COMIC BOOK WRITER:

My 29-year-old son JAKE and I are comic book writers for the TINSLEY BOYS umbrella of the California-based Scattered Comics.

We’ve been working with Scattered Comics Publisher (and Manga Artist) Jason Dube since Jake was 12.

Our comics include NIGHT OWL, THE BLONDE ASSASSIN, ALTERNATIVE NARRATIVES, DJINN STALKERS and more.

Jake’s comic book “Amber Hagerman Deserves Justice: A Night Owl Story” landed the two of us on The Today Show in 2009.

3. SINGING:

I started touring the country as a second soprano with the Texas Boys Choir at age 9.

Over the years I have moved from singing classical to singing modern music. I am the primary vocalist for BEN TINSLEY ORCHESTRA (Ben-Tee-Oh) and sing Bass at St. John’s, 2401 College Avenue in Fort Worth..

Many of my current choir and band colleagues also are alums of the Texas Boys Choir.

I performed at Carnegie Hall with TBC alumnus a few years back as a baritone with Gary Bryant McGrath and his TBC alum group Texas State Men & Boys Choir.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
1. My imagination. No one can SEE it, but it’s my very best friend.

2.. My BELIEF in my abilities.

3. My willingness to take a punch, because deep down I know everything will be all right in the end.

One of our goals is to help like-minded folks with similar goals connect and so before we go we want to ask if you are looking to partner or collab with others – and if so, what would make the ideal collaborator or partner?
I am always looking to collaborate with fellow creatives to put together films, and comic books and musicals (or all of the above — TOGETHER) and find new ways of doing things.

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