When The A-Team ended its network TV run in 1987, "Faceman" seemed a likely candidate for another action series or even his own sitcom. His leading-man good looks (which earned his A-Team character his nickname) and self-deprecating sense of humor made such a follow-up a given. But there was no follow-up. And what's more, that suits Benedict just fine. He insists acting was never so important that it defined his existence. One reason is Benedict's brush with mortality two decades ago, when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He survived that battle-thanks in large part, he maintains, to a macrobiotic diet of whole grains, vegetables, soybeans, seaweed, nuts, seeds, and fruit. As a result, he has learned to savor simpler pleasures. "I have two boys who I'm raising in Montana. I also go out and speak about health, because I'm a cancer survivor who has written a book about it [Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy, Avery]. And I've written a number of plays. I'm trying to keep all of those balls in the air. It's not always easy." Benedict, 53, hasn't totally given up on acting. He co-starred with Charlton Heston in a 1996 feature film, Alaska, and with Lucie Arnaz in last season's TV movie, Abduction of Innocence. But overall, he says, he prefers his low-profile, low-tech life in Montana, where he cooks on a wood stove. Yes, he owns a TV-but doesn't get cable. © 1998, Biography Magazine.