Samuell Benta

Who is Samuell Benta?

Samuell Alexander Benta is a British actor, writer, director, producer, rapper and author. His acting credits include portraying Will Aston, the Black Ranger in Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive. He has also appeared in advertisements for Coca-Cola and the hit BBC series Hotel Babylon and Silent Witness. He has appeared alongside Lara Goodison, Matt Kane and Connor Scarlett as Jay Kelso in Series 1 of the BBC teen soap opera The Cut. At the end of Series 1 he left the programme, and although he returned for four episodes at the end of Series 2, he did not resume his role in the third series. In 2011 he was cast as Donnie Lester in EastEnders online spin-off EastEnders: E20 and BBC's "Doctors" in late 2011.

Benta produced, wrote, directed and starred in his own family sitcom entitled "All About The McKenzies" due to the lack of diversity of Black British representation on British TV and challenging negative stereotypes. The show started off as a Youtube web series in 2012 and has now been acquired by the Evening Standard's new TV channel for the Capital London Live for 2014.