Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Benjamin James Ayres (born January 19, 1977) is an actor, director, photographer best known for his role as Casper Jesperson (aka "Cancer Cowboy"), the chain-smoking sex addict who is morbidly obsessed with death, in the critically acclaimed cult hit CBC Television series jPod, based on the Douglas Coupland novel of the same name. He is currently a series regular on the CTV series Dan for Mayor and also recurs on the HBO Canada series Less Than Kind. Film: 2002-Jeremiah-Guard-1 episode, 2003-Stargate SG-1-Muirios-1 episode, 2004-Still Life-Remy-1 episode, 2004-The Collector-The Devil-1 episode, 2005-Battlestar Galactica-Lt. George (Catman) Birch-1 episode.