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 1982 -- present
lawrence monoson

lawrence monoson -lrb- born august 11 , 1964 -rrb- is an american film and television actor .
his first film was the 1982 comedy `` the last american virgin '' , in which he starred as gary .
his other well-known film roles are in the 1984 horror movie '' '' as ted , and the 1985 hit drama movie `` mask '' as ben .
his most recent film is 2009 's `` his name was jason : 30 years of friday the 13th '' .
he was nominated for a cable ace award along with richard gere and ian mckellen for his one-scene performance in hbo 's `` and the band played on '' based on randy shilts ' acclaimed book on the epidemiology of the aids epidemic .
monoson starred in the short lived 1990s tv series `` prince street '' .
he also has made guest appearances on a number of tv shows , including `` diff ` rent strokes '' , `` beverly hills , 90210 '' , `` er '' , `` ncis '' , ' , `` 24 '' , `` without a trace '' , `` seven days '' , the ' episode '' '' , and the '' '' episode '' '' .
