About Ben Hauck, Editor

Ben Hauck (Editor, Stand-In Central) has stood in on many productions shot in the NYC area. In addition to day-playing as a stand-in for countless actors and two dogs, he has stood in regularly on major projects for John Oliver (Last Week Tonight for over a decade), Seth Meyers (promos and commercials), Josh Dallas (Manifest), Peter Facinelli (Nurse Jackie and American Odyssey), Jason Bateman (four films), Jason Sudeikis, Patrick Schwarzenegger, and Seth Rogen (each 1 full film). For his contributions to the Emmy Award-winning series Last Week Tonight, Ben has been four times honored by the Television Academy (2016, 2017, 2018, and 2023). Ben is an actor and improviser, authoring the 2012 book Long-Form Improv (Allworth Press). He is also the host of The Acting Income Podcast. In addition to standing in, Ben works frequently as a voiceover artist and audiobook narrator. Website: http://benhauck.com

Part 1: SAG-AFTRA Members Ratified the 2019 Commercials Contract — How Good Were Stand-In Central’s Guesses?

By |2019-05-15T18:35:35-04:00May 15th, 2019|Concepts, Editorial, Multi-Part Post, Video|

Keith Kramer Shares His Experience as a Stand-In for Teller for Vegas’s “Penn & Teller” Show

By |2019-04-09T15:02:53-04:00May 1st, 2019|Concepts, In Culture, Interview Series, Lessons, Stories, Video|

Behind-The-Scenes Videos from The Hollywood Reporter Portfolio of “Stars & Stand-Ins”

By |2022-11-03T19:47:27-04:00February 27th, 2019|Concepts, Humor, In Culture, In the News, Interview Series, Lessons, Multi-Part Post, Photo Series, Stories, Video|

Stand-In Central Contributor Ben Hauck Mentioned in The Hollywood Reporter

By |2022-11-03T19:13:58-04:00February 20th, 2019|Concepts, Editorial, In Culture, In the News, Lessons, Multi-Part Post, Photo Series, Stories, Video|

Editorial: The Insulting Use of Celebrities as SAG-AFTRA Negotiates the 2019 Commercials Contract, and How Stand-Ins React to the “Feeding the Families” Argument

By |2019-02-06T22:32:45-05:00February 6th, 2019|Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In the News, Stories, Video|

Drew Barrymore Promotes Her Film “The Stand-In” on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Adding to the List of Screen Depictions of Stand-Ins

By |2019-01-23T16:44:41-05:00January 30th, 2019|Concepts, For Purchase, Humor, In Culture, In the News, Interview Series, Stories, Video|