Benton Cockerell

Benton Ford Cockerell was born in Irving, Texas on July 9th 1992. Battling cancer when he was a toddler, he had an unusual introduction to the spot light. His bubbly personality in the midst of adversity, drew many people towards him. This led to him acting, singing, and playing the piano at age 7. From there, Ben went on to star in many community theatre and school productions. In college, he continued to do both musical theatre and professional theatre spending 2 years in the cast of "The Promise in Glen Rose." For the past 3 years, he has studied with character actor Glenn Morshower in The Extra Mile Workshop. He also is an award winning director winning "Best Romantic Comedy" in the Indie Short Fest, for the Los Angeles International Film Fest, in which he played the lead. Benton is also in his 5th year as an Elementary Music Teacher.