1. Timing is everything in life, it could be the difference between life or death or in our newest
McDreamy’s case, it was almost a missed opportunity. While Ben Hollingsworth is famed for
playing the dashing Doctor Mario Savetti on CBS critically acclaimed drama Code Black, he was
a green card away from passing up his breakthrough role. Fortunately for the actor, his green
card papers arrived on the morning the network was supposed to make a decision regarding his
hiring.
Hailing from Brockville, a small town in Ontario, Hollingsworth got his first taste of acting by
starring in a High School play where he took on the challenge of playing a mentally challenged
youth living in Toronto. It was then that he discovered his passion for acting. Instead of making
a rash decision to move down to Hollywood, the actor wanted to learn the craft therefore
enrolled at National Theatre School of Canada. Graduating in 2006, the actor became
roommates with teen star Nina Dobrev in Toronto. While the brunette beauty shot to
superstardom with the teen show “Vampire Diaries,” Hollingsworth broke into Hollywood by
starring alongside Demi Moore and David Duchovny in “The Joneses.”
Long forgotten for his role as Mike Jones, he now plays Doctor Mario Savetti a first-year
resident struggling to stay afloat in a busy emergency room on CBS “Code Black.” While
audiences can anticipate the show’s return on 28th September, Hollingsworth reveals that his
character’s dad played by Eric Roberts will show up at Angels Memorial Hospital. It turns his
world upside down as the doctor has been trying to escape his past. The actor lets on that one
of his fellow cast mate’s life will be in jeopardy in the first episode.
The actor is grateful for the opportunity not simply in terms of achieving nation-wide fame but it
has offered a glimpse into the lives of ER doctors. In order to finesse his craft, the actor takes
time travel down to hospitals to shadow ER doctors. As the Hollingsworths have a doctor in the
family, the actor hopes he can put his medical knowledge to good use in his next life. The 32
year old actor reveals that the show’s success is attributed to the culture built on set. While the
show is fictional, “there is always a real ER doctor on set with a couple other actors from
different background and 10 to 15 registered nurses that come onto set for about three to four
days a week.”
An avid hockey fan, the actor’s newest film project centers on Conn Smythe, a war veteran and
the former owner, General Manager, and coach of Hollingsworth’s favorite hockey team,
Toronto Maple Leafs. While the movie has yet to be casted, he plans on filming in New York
and Toronto. “Smythe” set in the 1930s after the first World War will feature Americans
struggling to stay afloat in the aftermath of the great depression but found hope in sports.
Hollingsworth claims that this is his love letter to the speed and agility of hockey as no other film
has truly captured the speed and physicality of the sports. While he currently resides in Los
Angeles with his family, the multi-talent actor states that he did writing for the New York section
of the film when he lived in the city for seven to eight months back in 2009.
The Code Black actor married Nila Myers, a lingerie designer and Bar Method teacher back in
2012, after two years of dating. The couple recently welcomed son Hemingway Nash
Hollingsworth back in July. Claiming that he can’t stop sharing pictures of his son, the new
father states that fatherhood has completely changed him. “Life just stops when he smiles and I
don’t want to be anywhere else than with him.” While changing diapers and feeding a newborn
child in the early hours of the day may be a hassle, Hollingsworth says there is a certain sense
of pride, identity and fulfillment to being a father. While his career has taken flight, things at

2. home seem to be blissful as the actor reveals that he and his wife are planning for a second
child.
Despite finding success in Los Angeles, the actor says that he will always identify with being
from Toronto. The Code Black actor credits Toronto for grounding him and allowing him to
connect with his roots.
With a budding career and a loving family by his side, the actor can only look back and laugh
when looking back on how different his life would be had his green card papers hadn’t arrived
on time.