Ben Mingay

Ben Mingay is an Australian actor and singer, perhaps best known for having played Buzz Graham in the series Packed to the Rafters and Rob Duffy in Wonderland. He played the role of Billy in Dirty Dancing in the West End and on Broadway as well as several other tours. It was announced on 6 April 2014 that Mingay together with Michael Falzon, Luke Kennedy, and Matt Lee will be appearing in the Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2014. He will also be appearing as Festival Ambassador for Slide Cabaret Festival in Sydney. It was announced in May, 2015, that we will join the cast of soap opera Home and Away as a new character named Trystan.

Biography

Mingay studied Opera Voice at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He plays both piano and acoustic guitar. He is also a fire breather and a stunt driver.

Career

In 2004 appeared as a guest on the police series Blue Heelers where he played Troy Baxter. That same year he starred as Jim Beatson on the medical series All Saints.

In 2013, Mingay scored his first major role on television when he joined the main cast of the sixth season of Australian series Packed to the Rafters. He played the young electrician Fergus "Buzz" Graham, father of Jackson Graham (Narek Arman) and employee of Dave Rafter (Erik Thomson). Mingay's Graham enters into a relationship with Emma Mackey (Zoe Cramond) until the series finale on 2 July of that year. That same year, Mingay joined the main cast of Wonderland in the role of Rob Duffy.

Mingay

Mingay is an islet in the Inner Hebrides off Skye and Isay.

Together with Isay and Loch Dunvegan, it is designated as a Special Area of Conservation owing to the breeding colonies of the common seal.

Geography and geology

The island's rock is basaltic lava with shale and quartzite.

Mingay is in eastern part of Loch Dunvegan. It is due south of Ardmore Point and west of Waternish, both on Skye. It also looks south to the Skye mountain Beinn Bhreac, and to the south east, Sgeir nam Biast.

History

The island's name is Old Norse in origin, which is in turn the origin of many of the placenames on nearby Skye, as well as the name of Isay, and the neighbouring Clett (Scottish Gaelic: Cleit from Old Norse klettr, meaning a rock.)

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Coordinates: 57°31′27″N 6°38′20″W / 57.52417°N 6.63889°W / 57.52417; -6.63889