Acting · Gainesville, Florida, USA · Born September 7, 1953
Benjamin Montmorency "Benmont" Tench III is a founding member of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers and one of contemporary music’s finest organ players, piano players, anything- with-keys players. In addition to all of the Heartbreakers recordings, Tench has played on records by Stevie Nicks, Willie Nelson, Green Day, Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, the Dixie Chicks, the Replacements, John Prine, Waylon Jennings, John Fogerty, Elvis Costello, the Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash, just to name a few.
MovieThe Session Man
2025
as Self
MovieHeartbreakers Beach Party
2024
as Self
MovieTom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free
2021
as Himself
MovieIt's Only Rock 'n' Roll: Rock 'n' Roll at the BBC
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Campbell: The Guitars
2012
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MovieClassic Albums: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes
2010
as Self
MovieTom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Live from Gatorville
2008
MovieTom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream
2007
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MovieTom Petty and The Heartbreakers: 30th Anniversary Concert
2006
MovieLive Aid
2004
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MovieTom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Live at the Olympic (The Last DJ)
2003
as Keyboards
MovieTom Petty And The Heartbreakers: Live in Concert
2003
as keyboards
MovieTom Petty & the Heartbreakers - High Grass Dogs - Live from the Fillmore
1999
as Himself
MovieTom Petty and the Heartbreakers: VH1 Storytellers
1999
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MovieTom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Live at the Docks, Hamburg
1999
as keyboards
TVBehind the Music
1997
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TVClassic Albums
1997
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MovieTom Petty and The Heartbreakers: Playback
1995
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MovieTom Petty and the Heartbreakers: 400 Days
1995
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Tom Petty: Going Home
1994
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MovieTom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Take the Highway Live
1992
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MovieTom Petty and The Heartbreakers - A Bunch Of Videos And Some Other Stuff
1989
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MovieHard to Handle: Bob Dylan in Concert
1986
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MovieTom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Pack Up the Plantation - Live!
1986
MovieLive Aid
1985
as Self
TVMTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self
MovieTom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Rock Goes to College
1980
as Performer
MovieTom Petty and the Heartbreakers - The Old Grey Whistle Test
1978
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Musical Guest
TVRockpalast
1974
TVThe Old Grey Whistle Test
1971
MovieDel Shannon: The Runaway
MovieLife Is a Carnival: A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson
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