Ken Baumann Biography
Ken Baumann (Kenneth Robert Tuff Baumann) is an American writer, actor, publisher, and book designer. He has been working in theater, film, and television for over 10 years now. He is best known for portraying Ben Boykewich on “The Secret Life of The American Teenager”. Ken is also known for writing the novels, Solip and Say, Cut, Map, the nonfiction book EarthBound, as well as various essays, short stories, and poems.
Ken was born on the 8th of August 1989 in Urbana, Illinois. He, however, grew up in Abilene, Texas in his family’s miniature horse ranch and wildlife rescue. He started his career back in 2003 with a role in the short film “Riding The 9” as Scott. Sometime after, he made his debut in Television in 2005 with an appearance in “Don’t Ask” as Calvin Collins. In these times, as well as most of his earlier years, he was referred to as Kenny Baumann.
After that, Ken started gaining more recognition as the years passed. He appeared in films such as Birdie & Bogey (2004), Whore (2008) The Cottage (2012), and We Speak (2012). Many of his film roles were in short films that never really were that much successful. He has also made appearances in several television productions such as Sixty Minute Man (2006), Eli Stone (2008), The Secret Life of The American Teenager (2008-13), Castle (2010-11), and many others.
Since 2012, after Ken was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, he has stopped performing regularly in film and television productions. However, of late, He has been actively looking for a publisher for his most recent novel, “A Task”. It is not known when the novel is set to be released.
Book Design
Besides his acting works, Ken has designed book covers for several notable books and authors. His most notable works were for fuckscapes by Sean Kilpatrick, each issue of No Colony, and each title published by Sator Press. He edits, designs, and publishes books through Sator Press and its imprint Satyr Press.
Other Work
Besides his writing, acting, editing, and designing, Ken also runs games of Dungeons & Dragons for a podcast called Murder Snackers. He also owns and operates Sator Press, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit publishing company. He co-founded the iOS app Sweetspot and is also an angel investor for the learning platform, Memrise. Of late, he has been working in St. John’s college located in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Ken Baumann Family
Ken was born to Vicki and Robert Baumann in Urbana, Illinois. As of 2019, he is 30 years old.
Wife
Ken is currently married to Aviva Baumann (maiden name Farber), an actress best known for her role as Nicola in “Superbad” and as the first wife of Leroy Jethro Gibbs in “NCIS”. The couple got married on the 16th of June 2012.
Ken Baumann Books
Novels
- Solip (New York: Tyrant Books 2013)
- Say, Cut, Map (2013)
Nonfiction
- EarthBound (2014)
Ken Baumann Films
- We Speak (2012)
- The Cottage (2012)
- Here’s Herbie (2009)
- Whore (2008)
- Wolves in the Woods (2006)
- Falling (2005)
- Birdie & Bogie (2004)
- Consideration (2004)
- Riding the 9 (2003)
Television
- Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
- Castle (2010-11)
- The Secret Life of An American Teenager (2008-13)
- Eli Stone (2008)
- The Other Mall (2006)
- Sixty Minute Man (2006)
- Don’t Ask (2005)