Ben Park

 (born November 1, 1968) is a Canadian actor, singer, writer, entrepreneur, producer, and retired dancer. He stars as Paul Taylor in and has been a director, writer and producer for It's the Paul Taylor Program!. He has performed Paul in a variety of projects in both English and Canadian French.

Biography
Barney was born to Tom Hartikainen and Chessie Park in, ,. His father is of Finnish descent from and his mother is a Korean-American from,. He speaks English, French, and Korean. He picked up French from a Franco-Ontarian cousin-in-law and Korean from his mother.

At the age of 12, Barney was spotted by a local talent agent at a dance contest in. He was soon performing Paul Taylor of It's the Paul Taylor Program!, initially taping in.