1. Benjamin Michael Lee was born on 11 September 1978 and is an Australian musician and actor.
23 Facts About Ben Lee
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Ben Lee appeared as the protagonist in the Australian film The Rage in Placid Lake.
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Ben Lee was briefly a member of the alternative act Gerling.
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In 2009, Ben Lee recorded a new Noise Addict album, It Was Never About the Audience, with a new lineup: Lou Barlow and Lara Meyerratken.
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Ben Lee began recording his first solo album, Grandpaw Would, in both Sydney and Chicago with producer Brad Wood.
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Ben Lee was then featured on the There's Something About Mary soundtrack, with the song "How to Survive a Broken Heart".
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In 2001, Ben Lee contributed a track to a Jeff Lynne tribute album Lynne Me Your Ears.
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In late 2004, Ben Lee left Steve Pavlovic's Modular Recordings and started his own record label, Ten Fingers.
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Awake Is the New Sleep received several nominations for the 2005 Australian Recording Industry Association awards, and Ben Lee won Best Male Artist, Best Independent Release, and Single of the Year for "Catch My Disease", which Ben Lee wrote with Mcgowan Southworth.
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On 26 March 2006, Ben Lee performed "We're All in This Together" from Awake Is the New Sleep at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
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Mandy Moore sang a light-hearted, 1950s-style duet with Ben Lee called "Birds and Bees".
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In February 2009, Ben Lee released his seventh studio album, The Rebirth of Venus, which received mixed reviews.
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Ben Lee featured as the mentor for Joel Madden's team on the 2013 season of The Voice Australia.
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In June 2015, Ben Lee released his 10th solo album, Love Is the Great Rebellion, his first on a major label, Warner Bros.
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Together with former How I Met Your Mother star Josh Radnor, Ben Lee formed an indie-folk duo called Radnor and Ben Lee, and they released their debut self-titled album in November 2017.
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Ben Lee released Quarter Century Classix in 2019, a collection of cover songs he was influenced by during his teenage years.
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In 2020, Radnor and Ben Lee released their second collaborative album, Golden State.
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In 2021, Ben Lee competed in the third season of the Australian version of The Masked Singer as "Professor".
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Ben Lee finished tenth after being eliminated in the third episode.
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Ben Lee was born in Sydney and was raised in a Jewish household but did not consider himself religious as a child.
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Ben Lee was educated at Moriah College, located in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
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Ben Lee dated Claire Danes for several years, but their relationship ended in 2003.
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Ben Lee married actress Ione Skye on 28 December 2008, in a Hindu wedding ceremony in India.