Netflix dropped a new television series named Ratched on 18 September 2020. It features well-known artists to the actor who is kickstarting their career. Sarah Paulson stars as Nurse Mildred Ratched, Finn Wittrock as Edmund Tolleson, Cynthia Nixon as Gwendolyn Briggs, Judy Davis as Nurse Betsy Bucket, Sharon Stone as Lenore Osgood, and Michael Benjamin Washington as Trevor Briggs.
Besides, the well-acknowledged artists, Ratched has been a platform for aspiring actors like Michael Benjamin Washington, searching for fame. He stars as Trevor Briggs in Ratched. See more about Benjamin Washington below!!
Michael Benjamin Washington's Career Accolades And Net Worth
Michael Benjamin Washington is an American actor, who had his breakthrough role as Donald Jordan on Tina Fey and Robert Carlock's hit NBC comedy 30 Rock. He has been contributing to the entertainment industry for more than one and a half-decades. Washington landed his debut role in the 2004's television series named The Jury. The following year, he followed with Gnome and Hope & Faith in 2005.
Besides, he starred in several other movies and tv shows, including Law & Order (2009), Glee (2010), 100 Questions (2010), Wendell and Vinnie (2013), Save the Date (2014), Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2017), and Ratched (2020). Similarly, he is coming out as a cast of the forthcoming productions of The Boys in the Band, Until the Wedding, and American Auto.
Michael Benjamin Washington in Ratched alongside, Cynthia Nixon (©: Monsters and Critics)
Despite his long career in the entertainment industry, he has not mentioned any details of his earnings and net worth in public. But as an actor, he is entitled to the average salary of around $50,409 per annum, as per PayScale.
Who Is Michael Benjamin Washington?
Michael Benjamin Washington is an aspiring American actor. Born in 1979, in Dallas, Texas, in the United States, Washington celebrates his birthday on 7 June. He is a graduate of New York University - Tisch School of the Arts and has a degree in B.F.A. Similarly, he did a minor in journalism.
Before heading to the mainstream entertainment industry, he was involved in theatres and Broadway productions. He is a winner of honors, including the San Diego Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Leading Actor in a Play. Similarly, earned the Outstanding New American Play Award by the Edgerton Foundation.
Besides that, he is an activist and actively involved in the fight to end racism and LGBTQ rights and dignity. Related to the same thing, Washington wrote a play entitled 'Blueprints to Freedom: An Ode to Bayard Rustin.' The play surrounds the story of Civil Rights activist Bayard Rustin, who was gay.