Celebrity Nooz: Benjamin Salisbury

Benjamin Salisbury (Actor) - The Nanny

Updated: 11/12/15

Name: Benjamin Salisbury

Born: October 19, 1980, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Claim To Fame: He is best known for playing the role of Brighton Sheffield on the CBS television sitcom The Nanny from 1993 to 1999.

Family Life: He has been married to Kelly Murkey since 2006.

Info: Aside from the Nanny, Salisbury also played Martin Short's son in the 1992 film Captain Ron, and appeared in D3: The Mighty Ducks (1996) as the sports announcer.

He was also the voice of Tin Boy on The Oz Kids (1996-1997). He appeared in the 2004 reunion of the sitcom The Nanny titled The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember.

Trivia: Attended Wayzata High School, Minnesota.

Completed a BA in Broadcast Journalism from American University. Graduated magna cum laude, having made the Dean's List six times.

Enjoys dancing. Would often treat The Nanny studio audiences to improvisational routines when the cameras were not rolling.

Was a contestant on the hit quiz show Jeopardy! where he competed in a very special Teen Celebrity Jeopardy! against Kirsten Dunst and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Salisbury won with $1 but received $15,000 for his charity while Dunst and Levitt each received $10,000 for theirs.

Where Are They Now: In 2005, he had a minor role as a train expert on the episode "Sabotage" of the series Numb3rs. In August 2006, Salisbury was featured in Domino's Pizza commercials featuring Fudge-ums, Domino's then-new mini- brownies. He last appeared in the 2006 short On the Brink.

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