<P> Upon graduation from RADA , Benz made his professional stage debut in the Shakespeare 's Globe touring production of The Winter 's Tale playing Paulina and the Young Shepherd . Also for Shakespeare 's Globe , Benz appeared in Love 's Labour 's Lost , As You Like It , and the world premiere production of A New World : A Life of Thomas Paine . In the summer of 2012 , Benz played the title role in the Globe 's production of Hamlet , directed by artistic director Dominic Dromgoole and Bill Buckhurst . During the fall of 2012 , the production toured the United States and Benz was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor at the Helen Hayes Awards in Washington , DC . Benz made his West End theatre debut in 2011 playing Horatio in Trevor Nunn 's production of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead at the Theatre Royal , Haymarket . Benz worked with Nunn again later that year , playing Ferdinand opposite Ralph Fiennes ' Prospero , in The Tempest also at Theatre Royal , Haymarket . Other stage appearances by Benz include Lee Baum in Arthur Miller 's rarely seen The American Clock and Christopher in the premiere of Oohrah ! by Bekah Brunstetter , both at the Finborough Theatre ; Simon Bliss in Noël Coward 's Hay Fever at the West Yorkshire Playhouse ; and Balthasar in Romeo & Juliet for the Royal Shakespeare Company ( RSC ) . Benz was a guest star in the season four Christmas Special of Downton Abbey that was broadcast on 25 December 2013 in the UK ( season 4 , episode 8 in the US ) . Benz played Ethan , the American valet to guest star Paul Giamatti 's character Harold Levinson . </P>
<P> Upon graduation from RADA , Benz made his professional stage debut in the Shakespeare 's Globe touring production of The Winter 's Tale playing Paulina and the Young Shepherd . Also for Shakespeare 's Globe , Benz appeared in Love 's Labour 's Lost , As You Like It , and the world premiere production of A New World : A Life of Thomas Paine . In the summer of 2012 , Benz played the title role in the Globe 's production of Hamlet , directed by artistic director Dominic Dromgoole and Bill Buckhurst . During the fall of 2012 , the production toured the United States and Benz was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor at the Helen Hayes Awards in Washington , DC . Benz made his West End theatre debut in 2011 playing Horatio in Trevor Nunn 's production of Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead at the Theatre Royal , Haymarket . Benz worked with Nunn again later that year , playing Ferdinand opposite Ralph Fiennes ' Prospero , in The Tempest also at Theatre Royal , Haymarket . Other stage appearances by Benz include Lee Baum in Arthur Miller 's rarely seen The American Clock and Christopher in the premiere of Oohrah ! by Bekah Brunstetter , both at the Finborough Theatre ; Simon Bliss in Noël Coward 's Hay Fever at the West Yorkshire Playhouse ; and Balthasar in Romeo & Juliet for the Royal Shakespeare Company ( RSC ) . Benz was a guest star in the season four Christmas Special of Downton Abbey that was broadcast on 25 December 2013 in the UK ( season 4 , episode 8 in the US ) . Benz played Ethan , the American valet to guest star Paul Giamatti 's character Harold Levinson . </P>
who plays harold levinson valet in downton abbey
who plays harold levinson valet in downton abbey
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