Ben Fransham

Ben Fransham is a New Zealand actor known for his role as Petyr in the 2014 comedy What We Do in the Shadows. He graduated from the New Zealand School of Dance in Wellington with a third-year scholarship diploma in 1991. In 1992, Fransham began freelance work, performing in various dance companies. He made his dramatic role debut in Jacqueline Coats' stage production of Bent, which won a 1997 Chapmann Tripp Theatre Award. Fransham has since worked in musical theatre, dramatic plays, vaudeville, puppetry, and sketch comedy shows. He has also appeared in several episodes of Legend of the Seeker (2008–2010) as horrifying creatures.