Thomas Lacey (born 22 September 1993[citation needed]) is an Australian actor, singer and dancer. He is best known for his role as Benjamin "Ben" Tickle, a dance student, on the ABC television series Dance Academy.

Thomas Lacey
Lacey in 2012
Born (1993-09-22) 22 September 1993 (age 31)
Australia
Occupations
  • Actor
  • dancer
  • singer
Years active2005–2017
TelevisionDance Academy

Personal life

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Lacey has been dancing since the age of two, first dancing at May Downs School of Dance. Lacey has training in ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, hiphop, ballroom and acrobatics. He was also believed to be doing international music styles at a young age such as Croatian, Japanese and other countries in the middle east.

Lacey started dating fellow May Downs School of Dance alumni, Georgia Hayden, in roughly 2017. The pair took over control of the dance school in late 2018 and became engaged in 2019. They married January 8, 2022

Career

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In 2011, Thomas landed the Role as Benjamin "Ben" Tickle in Dance Academy. In 2015, Lacey is playing the lead male role in the Musical theatre version of Strictly Ballroom.[1]

Filmography

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Film
Year Title Role Notes
2017 Dance Academy: The Comeback Benjamin Tickle Film
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2005 Blue Heelers Billy Smith Episode: "One for the Road"
2012 Winners & Losers Ollie Masters 6 episodes
2012–2013 Dance Academy Benjamin "Ben" Tickle 13 episodes in season 2, main cast in season 3

References

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  1. ^ Woodhead, Cameron (18 January 2015). "Baz Luhrmann's Strictly Ballroom loses something on stage". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 15 February 2015.