40 Facts About Ben Urich

Benjamin "Ben" Urich is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

Ben Urich is a chain-smoking, tough-as-nails investigative journalist for the New York newspaper The Daily Bugle.

Ben Urich deduced the secret identity of Daredevil and has used him as a source of information and vice versa.

Ben Urich has used these connections to expose supervillains posing as businessmen including Kingpin and Green Goblin.

Ben Urich has been portrayed by Joe Pantoliano in the 2003 film Daredevil.

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Ben Urich was portrayed by Vondie Curtis-Hall in the first season of the Marvel Television streaming television series Daredevil, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe .

Ben Urich first appeared in Daredevil stories, where he investigated Wilson Fisk, a businessman who was secretly the Kingpin, the head of the New York criminal underworld.

Ben Urich plays a vital behind-the-scenes role in the Punisher limited series Circle of Blood .

Ben Urich learns the secret of Daredevil's identity but refuses to divulge it.

Ben Urich is drawn into the circle of revenge the Kingpin has planned for Daredevil.

Ben Urich tries to overcome the intimidation but the threats come closer to home.

Ben Urich's fingers are broken and he hears the death of a witness over the phone.

Ben Urich later takes on another criminal businessman, Norman Osborn, known as the villainous Green Goblin.

Ben Urich's research helps the trio go through the Goblin's history and eventually discover what had really gone on.

Ben Urich refuses to retract his expose on Osborn despite being threatened by him and risking his career, and investigates him further to prove that Osborn is a criminal.

Ben Urich turns out to be right when he originally exposed the Green Goblin, as Daily Bugle research would show, and conclusively when the Green Goblin is publicly unmasked by Luke Cage and Spider-Man and sent to jail.

Ben Urich is approached by the Kingpin to act as journalist covering the Kingpin brokering a deal with the FBI for release and reinstatement of his wealth, in exchange for proof that Daredevil is in fact Matt Murdock.

Matt Murdock is recovering at the Night Nurse's clinic, of which Ben Urich knows the location, and he is forced to give that information to the FBI, due to the manipulation of the Kingpin.

Ben Urich's neutrality is called into question after a confrontation with the Green Goblin, who was supposed to be in prison at the time but had been secretly released as part of one of Iron Man's plans.

Ben Urich survives, though a new-found nurse friend and all the others inside are killed by rampaging Skrulls.

Ben Urich finds out after the invasion ends, that his wife has died; the exact manner is left unclear.

Ben Urich is almost eaten by Venom during a press junket near the battle.

Ben Urich sees the heroes defeat the menace of the Sentry's alter-ego the Void.

Ben Urich manages to leave his notebook in Essex County Morgue.

Ben Urich becomes involved with the return of the Punisher, who literally fell into the care of Norah, one of his employees.

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Phil is able to get away when Ben Urich convinces Spider-Man to take Robbie to hospital, but Ben Urich makes it clear that he had no interest in protecting Phil and was simply trying to help Robbie while he could still be saved, accepting that Phil liked what he had become and was uninterested in redemption or help.

Ben Urich later becomes involved in the battle to eliminate Baron Mordo, who was magically rampaging through New York City.

Ben Urich is seen encouraging fellow reporter Kat Farrell to write what the people in charge want.

Ben Urich is a substance abusing reporter who is blackmailing Norman Osborn for money to feed his drug habit.

Ben Urich takes under his wing the social activist Peter Parker, whose youthful idealism contrasts his jaded cynicism.

In Ultimate Marvel continuity, Ben Urich is a somewhat younger top reporter at the Daily Bugle who befriends the newspaper's web page designer Peter Parker.

Ben Urich wrote a series of articles that took down Kingpin and received a book deal because of the project.

Ben Urich submitted incriminating evidence on the Kingpin to court, and Kingpin had to leave the country.

Ben Urich is later seen as part of a round-table Bugle employee discussion on the secret identity of the new Spider-Man.

Ben Urich is a series regular in the first season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe streaming television series Daredevil, portrayed by Vondie Curtis-Hall.

Ben Urich is a struggling journalist at the New York Bulletin, who is trying to take care of his Alzheimers-afflicted wife Doris, as he is unable to afford her medical payments or move her to a retirement home.

However, after Karen manipulates Ben Urich into visiting and interviewing Fisk's mother Marlene Vistain, he sees the need to take down the man once more.

Ben Urich appeared in the 2003 Daredevil feature film, played by Joe Pantoliano.

Ben Urich discovers Daredevil's secret identity during his investigations into the Kingpin.

Ben Urich appears in the scripted podcast Marvels, where he is voiced by Clifford "Method Man" Smith.