Jay Benedict (11-aprel, 1951 – 4-aprel, 2020) amerikalik aktyor bo'lib, hayoti va karerasining ko'p qismini Buyuk Britaniyada o'tkazgan. U britaniya filmlari va teleko'rsatuvlarida ko'pincha amerikalik qahramonlar rolida ijro etilgan. U "Emmerdale" teleserialida Doug Hamilton sifatida va "Foyle's War" detektiv dramasida Kapitan/Major Jon Kieffer sifatida tanilgan, "Invasion" va "All Clear" epizodlarida. Shuningdek, u "Aliens" filmidagi maxsus "Kengaytirilgan nashr"da Newtning otasi Russ Jorden rolini o'ynagan. Benedict Kaliforniyaning Burbank shahrida tug'ilgan. 1960-yillarda oilasi bilan Yevropaga ko'chib o'tgan va ko'p vaqtini Angliyada ishlagan. U yarim nemis naslidan edi. Uning teatrdagi ishlari orasida 1970-yillarning boshlarida Kings Road'dagi "The Rocky Horror Show", Harold Pinterning "Sweet Bird of Youth" spektakli, "The Foreigner"da Reverend Lee va Franco Zeffirelli tomonidan sahnalashtirilgan "Filumena"da Riccardo roli, bu spektaklda u Pierce Brosnan bilan birga o'ynagan, shuningdek, "One Day at a Time" sayohat spektaklida alkogolizmga qarshi kurashuvchi Bill Wilson rolini o'ynagan. 2013-yilda u Steven Berkoff va Andree Bernard bilan birga "An Actor's Lament" bir aktli pyesasining jahon premyerasida ishtirok etgan, bu pyesa Alton kollejidagi Berkoff Performing Arts Centre'da, keyin esa Kentning Tenterden shahridagi Homewood School'dagi Sinden teatrida, Berwick-upon-Tweed shahridagi Maltings teatrida va Edinburg Festivali Fringe doirasida Assembly Hall'da uch hafta davomida sahnalashtirilgan. 2014-yil may oyida u Margate'dagi Theatre Royal'da qisqa muddatli qayta sahnalashtirilgan va 2014-yil sentyabrda Dublinning Gaiety teatrida yana bir hafta davomida sahnalashtirilishi rejalashtirilgan. 2014-yil avgustda u Edinburg Festival Fringe'ga qaytib, Terry Jastrowning "The Trial of Jane Fonda" spektaklida Ikkinchi Jahon urushi faxriysi Archie Bellows rolini o'ynagan. U shuningdek, televideniyada keng ko'lamda ishtirok etgan, eng mashhurlari orasida 2003-yilda BBC tomonidan taqdim etilgan "Seven Wonders of the Industrial World" mini-seriyasida Frank Crowe, Nova'da "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial"da John E. Jones III, 2001-yilgi Jonathan Creekning Rojdestvo maxsus nashrida Alan Kalanak va Thames Televisionning Angus Wilsonning "Anglo-Saxon Attitudes" mini-seriyasida Yves Houdet rolida ko'rinadi. Boshqa teleko'rsatuvlardagi rollari orasida "Lilyhammer"da Agent Becker, "Queen Victoria's Men" (Lord Melbourne), "Sharpe's Honour" (General Verigny), "Bergerac" (Martin Colley), "Death Train" (Halloran), "Harnessing Peacocks" (Eli Drew) va "Only Love" (Roger) mavjud. U shuningdek, Yaponiyadan olingan X-Bomberning inglizcha moslashuvida Shiro Hagenning ovozini bergan. Uning birinchi film roli 11 yoshida 1963-yilda Tony Saytorning "La Bande à Bobo" filmida bo'lgan. 1977-yilda u "Star Wars" filmidagi Tosche Station sahnalarida Deak rolini o'ynagan, bu sahnalar film chiqarilishidan oldin o'chirilgan. Keyingi film rollari orasida "The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission" (Didier le Clair), "Icon" (Carey Jordan), "The White Knight" (Turkiya elchisi), "The Russia House" (Spikey), "Saving Grace" (MC), "Rewind" va "The Dark Knight Rises" (Rich Twit) mavjud. 2003-yilda u Vicente Aranda tomonidan sahnalashtirilgan "Carmen" filmida Don Prospero rolida uchinchi darajali rolni o'ynagan.
