Benedict holds a BA (Hons) in Acting from Ireland’s Lir Academy at the National Academy of Dramatic Art at Trinity College Dublin.
As a teenager in Belgium, he was involved in productions of Annie, My Fair Lady, Peter Pan and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, playing Joseph.
Since beginning his acting career in 2021, Benedict has felt a renewed passion for Musical Theatre, inspiring him to pursue further training at the Royal Academy of Music. His recent credits include Sebastian in Twelfth Night at The Stafford Gatehouse, Oliver in The Pride by Alexi Kaye Campbell, Desmond Fitzgerald in Staging the Treaty by ANU Productions and Josh in The Pod Generation by Sophie Barthes.
He also holds a second-degree black belt in Taekwondo and plays the guitar.