Ben Chaplin
Ben Chaplin | |
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Born | Benedict John Greenwood 31 July 1969 |
Alma mater | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1990–present |
Benedict John Greenwood (born 31 July 1969),[1][2] better known as Ben Chaplin, is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in films, including The Truth About Cats & Dogs, Washington Square, The Thin Red Line, Birthday Girl, Murder by Numbers, Stage Beauty, The New World, The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, Dorian Gray, Cinderella, Snowden, The Legend of Tarzan, and The Dig. His TV roles include Game On, Mad Dogs and The Nevers.
Early life
Chaplin was born on 31 July 1969 in Windsor, in the county of Berkshire, England, the son of Cynthia (née Chaplin), a teacher, and Peter Greenwood CBE, a civil engineer. He has one sister, Rachel, and one brother, Justin.[3][4]
Chaplin became interested in acting as a teenager, after acting in a theatrical production in his school years at the Princess Margaret Royal Free School. At the age of seventeen, he enrolled at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He pursued his early acting career between odd jobs as an office worker, and for a while was employed as a statistician with the London Transport Authority.
Career
Taking his
In the United States, he was cast by director Michael Lehmann as a photographer caught between two women (Uma Thurman and Janeane Garofalo) in the romantic comedy The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996), a retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac. He next played fortune-hunting Morris Townsend in a retelling of Washington Square (1997), co-starring Jennifer Jason Leigh. The film received positive reviews, but was a box office failure. Chaplin next played Private Bell in Terrence Malick's remake of The Thin Red Line (1998). Meanwhile, after numerous delays, the apocalyptical horror film Lost Souls (2000), which was filmed in 1998, was finally released.
He appeared as a low-level bank clerk who purchases a
He received an
In 2017, he appeared in the premiere production of
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | The Remains of the Day | Charlie, Head Footman | |
1995 | Feast of July | Con Wainwright | |
1996 | The Truth About Cats & Dogs | Brian | |
1997 | Washington Square | Morris Townsend | |
1998 | The Thin Red Line | Private Bell | |
2000 | Lost Souls | Peter Kelson | |
2001 | Birthday Girl | John | |
2002 | Murder by Numbers | Sam Kennedy | |
2002 | The Touch | Eric | |
2004 | Stage Beauty | George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham | |
2005 | Chromophobia | Trent | |
2005 | The New World | Robinson | |
2006 | Two Weeks | Keith Bergman | |
2007 | The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep | Lewis Mowbray | |
2008 | Me and Orson Welles | George Coulouris | |
2009 | Dorian Gray | Basil Hallward | |
2010 | London Boulevard | Billy Norton | |
2010 | Ways to Live Forever | Daniel MacQueen | |
2011 | Twixt | Poe | |
2014 | War Book
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Gary | |
2015 | Cinderella | Ella's Father | |
2015 | Little Boy | Ben Eagle | |
2016 | Snowden | Robert Tibbo | |
2016 | The Legend of Tarzan | Captain Moulle | |
2017 | The Children Act | Kevin Henry | |
2019 | Roads | Paul | |
2021 | The Dig | Stuart Piggott |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1990 | Casualty | Gareth Orell | Episode: "A Reasonable Man" |
1991 | Soldier Soldier | Fusilier Jago | 2 episodes |
1992 | A Fatal Inversion | Matthew | Episode: "Episode One" |
1992 | Between the Lines | Andy Spence | Episode: "Private Enterprise" |
1992 | Performance
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Cyril Carter | Episode: "After the Dance" |
1993 | Minder | Conway | Episode: "Uneasy Rider" |
1993 | The Return of the Borrowers | Ditchley | 4 episodes |
1994 | Class Act | Carlos | Episode: "Episode 4" |
1995 | Game On | Matthew | 6 episodes |
1995 | Resort to Murder | Joshua Penny | Miniseries |
2011–2012 | Mad Dogs (British) | Alvo | 5 episodes |
2012 | World Without End | Sir Thomas Langley | Miniseries |
2013 | Dates | Stephen | 3 episodes |
2013 | The Wipers Times | Captain Frederick John Roberts | Television film |
2013 | Doll & Em | Ben | Episode: "Six" |
2013 | Moonfleet | Magistrate Mohune | Miniseries |
2014 | The Secrets | Philip | Episode: "The Lie" |
2015 | The Book of Negroes | Captain John Clarkson | Miniseries |
2015–2016 | Mad Dogs (American) | Joel | 10 episodes |
2017 | Apple Tree Yard | Mr X / Mark Costley | 4 episodes |
2017 | Urban Myths | Cary Grant | Episode: "Cary Grant and Timothy Leary" |
2018 | Press | Duncan Allen | Miniseries |
2020 | The Letter for the King | Black Knight | 2 episodes |
2021–2023 | The Nevers | Detective Frank Mundi | Main cast |
2023 | Mrs. Davis | Arthur Schrödinger | 3 episodes |
References
- ^ "Today in History". San Diego Union. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
- ^ Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916–2005.; at ancestry.com
- ^ "Ben Chaplin Biography (1970–)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ Wallace, Debra L (3 March 2002). "Question Time: Interview – Ben Chaplin: Britain's sexiest export". Sunday Mirror.
- ^ "From Los Angeles To Sutton Hoo — 10 Facts About Ben Chaplin From "Press"". Org. 6 July 2020.
- ^ a b "The truth about Ben: Unleashing charm on and off screen, Chaplin ponders big-time film fame". Thefreelibrary.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ Gilbey, Ryan (14 January 2021). "Ben Chaplin: 'The last thing I wanted to be was the new Hugh Grant'". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ^ "Ben Chaplin Biography". starpulse.com. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015.
- ^ "Consent". National Theatre. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
External links
- Ben Chaplin at IMDb
- Ben Chaplin at the Internet Broadway Database