NySocBoy's Beefcake and Buddy-Bonding: Joey Beni: Bodybuilder appears in five gay tv shows with multiple n*de scenes, so he's obviously gay, right?

Jul 28, 2026

Joey Beni: Bodybuilder appears in five gay tv shows with multiple n*de scenes, so he's obviously gay, right?

Link to the n*de photos

I don't usually have good luck with the guys depicted on the celebrity c*ck subreddit. It seems like they either appeared in one movie 15 years ago and have no social media presence, or they are very famous in Lithuania but have no movies or tv shows available to stream in the U.S. But I'll give Joey Beni a try because he has an Instagram page, 22 acting credits, and a 2025 interview in VoyageLA, which features "LA's most inspiring stories."

Joey was born in San Diego in 1994. His first acting gig was playing Aladdin in the San Diego Children's Theater. Later he moved to Florida and then to Virginia Beach, where he attended Tidewater Community College. In 2006 he decided to become an actor, which means moving to L.A., so he saved up his money for two years and drove out: "I had no friends, no family, and no job in LA. I was able to lock in an apartment over the phone so all I had was an address, my life savings, and a dream."

He studied comedy with the Groundlings and acting at the Archibald Studio, and started auditioninng.

Joey wonders why his friends are getting acting roles so easily, and he is so often left behind. Maybe you need more n*de photos? He got one job because the guy they cast had to drop out, so they asked him to substitute at the last minute. He complains that acting is 90% luck, 10% talent.

Not too inspiring, buddy. Actually, you sound a little bitter.

After 18 years in the business, Joey has some industrial videos (The Benefits of Sunscreen, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace), some tv commercials, a drug prevention PSA, and a dating show, The Hook-Up.

That last show sounds promising, but it was actually heterosexual only. Joey's episode features contestant Ray using social media to choose from between "four lovely ladies."

Those 22 acting credits listed on the IMDB are mostly small roles, often unnamed characters:

Contestant #1 in Youthful Days (2014), starring Bryan James as a guy with two personalities.

Hot Guy #1 in an episode of Go-Go Boy Interrupted (2016): Jimmy Fowlie stars as a "go-go boy" who is approaching 30 and aging out of the business, with no other marketable skills. Being big won't get you a job staring at a computer screen in a cubicle. Gay actor Brian Jordan Alvarez, Scott Evans, and Nick Adams appeared, and Lynne Marie Stewart of Pee-Wee's Playhouse, who I thought was a drag queen until recently, plays Go-Go's Mom.

The Other Cowboy in Country Thunder (2017).

In M.F.A. (2017), an art student turned vigilante, targeting rapists got away with it, like former teen idol Michael Welch, Kyle Pettis (left), and Joey.

Wedding Photographer in a 2022 episode of Days of Our Lives.

S*xy Man in a 2022 episode of DemonHuntr, featuring two gay guys whose side hustle is paranormal investigation. Apparently they don't investigate many n*de ghosts; only Joey and Jason Caceres (on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends) show their stuff.

Man in B*ndage #1 in Babylon (2023), which I found too disgusting to get through.

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Joey wrote, produced, directed, and starred in the short Killer Date (2019), which won six awards on the horror film festival circuit. He plays a serial killer who decides to stir things up by inviting his target (Brandon Shypkowski, left) out on a date first. Things don't go the way he intended.

His only starring role to date is the airheaded blond Tab in Sugar Highs (2022-23), which is not about high school: Three guys don't want to do manual labor, and drug dealing isn't profitable enough, so they decide to find sugar daddies to help pay the bills.

Well, Tab actually wants a sugar mama, but he'll do the "gay for pay" thing if necessary. Bud (Adam Fox) wants a sugar daddy, but he'll do the "straight for a date" thing if necessary. Mickey (Samuel Davidson) doesn't have a preference. Most of Joey's roles seem to be about guys needing money, so they do something s*xual.

Sugar Highs got him the cover of Fugues, a Montreal magazine, and an interview entitled Beni des deux (Beni of the Gods). He talks about growing up in Virginia Beach, reading a book on great comedians, and going on The Hook-Up as a favor to a friend. He's never been to Montreal, just Halifax and Toronto. Asked if the world needs more sugar daddies and sugar babies, he responds "Yes! That's the question of today and tomorrow!"

Strangely, Joey notes that he doesn't speak French, so he can't read the article. It must have been translated.

Most recently Joey appeared in three episodes of Cam Boy, Season 2 (2025): Needing money to pay his bills while his boyfriend is away Aston (Callum Dunphy) turns to cams, showing his stuff to subscribers. Joey plays Cousin Billy, a college student who comes "under suspicion" at his frat house.

The plot synopsis doesn't say suspicion of what, being gay or going on cams, but we get a n*de scnee, so maybe the cam thing.

Joey has done so much gay-themed work, I assumed that he is gay in real life, too. But check out his social media: other guys only in groups of friends, no pairs. He's paired with women a lot -- in revealing poses. It was hard to find one where their body parts weren't on display. And no mention of Pride, no rainbow flags, no gay themed anything. Dude is straight. Or maybe bi.