Benjamin Asher

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Benjamin

, Asher 1773-1845.

American architect noted for his books, such as The American Builder's Companion (1806), which popularized Federal and Greek Revival designs throughout New England.

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Butler will be seen essaying the role of a Secret Service agent Mike Banning who will be falsely accused of plotting an assassination attempt of the US president Benjamin Asher played by Morgan Freeman.

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Now it's up to security officer Mike Banning to protect US President Benjamin Asher and stop the bad guys (2016) ***

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They include US president Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) and his bodyguard Mike Banning (Gerard Butler).

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Banning teams up with Eckhart's Benjamin Asher, who gets much more of a showing this time, and Vice President Allan Trumbull (Morgan Freeman) to stop the bad guys before they can enact their new world order.

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It is down to the president of the United States Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) and his secret service head Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) to save the world another time.

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Among the attendees are US President Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart), German Chancellor Agnes Bruckner (Nancy Baldwin), Canadian Prime Minister Robert Bowman (Nigel Whitmey), French PM Jacques Mainard (Philip Delancy) and Italian Prime Minister Antoni Gusto (Alex Giannini).