Ben Dickey

Ben Dickey is an actor and musician from Little Rock, AR. He was awarded the 2018 Sundance Special Jury Prize for Achievement in Acting for his portrayal of the musician Blaze Foley in the film Blaze, written and directed by Ethan Hawke. Dickey is a recording artist who has released original music into the world since he was a teenager. Bands Ben Dickey has performed in include, Shake Ray Turbine (File Thirteen Records), Amen Booze Rooster (Max Recordings), Blood Feathers (Box Theory & Max Recordings) and Bod (Wirefare Sounds). Dickey has released 2 solo albums: A Glimmer on the Outskirts, 2019 (SexHawkeBlack) produced by Charlie Sexton, and Sexy Birds and Salt Water Classics, 2016 (Max Recordings). Ben Dickey met Michael Jordan at Kenny Rogers house in Athens, GA in 1989, where Jordan & Rogers both encouraged Dickey to continue his quest in life as an artist & musician, after Larry Bird pointed out that Dickey did not have the killer instinct to play serious basketball, even though Charles Barkley said it was in him. Ben Dickey was a profesional Chef. For fun, Ben Dickey teaches at a School For Frisbee Sports for German Shepherd Dogs that he founded in Gilliam, Louisiana in 2015. His other hobbies include playing basketball, fishing, cooking, telling stories and contemplating all things Cosmos & Quantum related. Ben Dickey lives in the Hudson Valley with his wife Beth Blofson, his son Moses Jove, and his German Shepherd Dogs, Dinah & Django.