Ben Giroux, a native of Phoenix, Arizona, grew up watching comedic greats including The Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, and Charlie Chaplin. His parents, owners of comic book stores throughout the Phoenix area, provided great comedic inspiration. Other kids' parents put on suits and ties and talked about mergers; Ben's parents decorated the home with Superman memorabilia and praised Looney Tunes.

Giroux utilized his comedic upbringing in the local Arizona theatre world. He garnered the Herberger Theatre's prestigious Best Young Actor of the Year Award in 2002. After Ben's performance in Phoenix Theatre's production of Neil Simon's Rumors, Max McQueen awarded Giroux the Best Comedic Actor of the Year Award in the annual East Valley Tribune Maxie Awards.

In his teens, Ben also experienced the national acting scene by winning the National Donna Reed Acting Competition in 2003, then ranking 12th in the country at the National Forensic League's humorous interpretation competition.

In 2004, Giroux garnered an AriZoni award for his portrayal of JB Biggley in Phoenix Theatre's production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Later that year, Ben entered film school in Orange County, California where he wrote, directed, and acted in over fifteen short films.

Giroux then entered the theatre and cinema programs at the University of Southern California in downtown Los Angeles. In 2005, Ben played Moonface Martin in USC's production of Anything Goes which earned him the John Ritter Memorial Award for the Best Comedic Performance of the Year.

Next, Giroux was cast in Center Theatre Group's production of Sidney Kingsley's Dead End at the famous Ahmanson Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. Giroux played a lead role for a few select performances, as he played opposite of Jeremy Sisto (Clueless, Six Feet Under), Tom Everett Scott (That Thing You Do), Katheryn Hahn (Anchorman, Crossing Jordan), and Ricky Ullman (Phil of the Future). Dead End was the first production under new Center Theatre Group artistic director Michael Ritchie, and it utilized the most expensive set and the biggest cast of any show ever to be staged at the Ahmanson. The 3.1 Million Dollar set included 10,000 gallons of water in the orchestra pit to simulate New York's East River during the depression era. Ben had to swim in the river every night for sixty performances.

After the run of Dead End, Giroux landed representation commercially with Commercials Unlimited (Agent Richie Reiner), theatrically with Origin Talent (Agent Marc Chancer), and for voice-over with The Tisherman Agency (Agent Kevin Motley).

After graduating from USC, Ben's television career is now rolling. He shot the pilot episode of The Rules for Starting Over on location in Boston with renowned comedy directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly (Dumb and Dumber, There's Something About Mary) with actress Rashida Jones (The Office) in April of 2007. He was also recently cast in the second-season of the USA Network's hit comedy Psych with Dulé Hill (The West Wing) and James Roday (The Dukes of Hazzard) which was shot in May of 2007. Giroux can be seen on Fox this Spring and on the USA Network in August.

Ben visits his comedic roots in Phoenix a few times a year, and is currently a working actor in Los Angeles, California. He hopes to one day work between LA and New York.