Ben Porter is a New Zealand screen and stage actor with dual New Zealand and British citizenship. He plays Rob Osborne in Robert Sarkies’ feature film Pike River, opposite Melanie Lynskey and Robyn Malcolm, which premiered at the Sydney Film Festival. On television, he is known to New Zealand audiences as Milo Cross on Shortland Street, and has played a guest lead in The Brokenwood Mysteries, Dre in the Sky and ZDF crime comedy Bust Up, and Julius in Kevin & Co’s Please Don’t Break Anything. In 2026 he made his professional theatre debut as Leon in Dave Armstrong’s The Surprise Party. Ben is currently filming a new television series, co-produced between New Zealand, Australia and Canada.
