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Ben Aldridge

ActorBorn November 12, 1985 (39 years)
Benjamin Aldridge (born November 12, 1985) is an English actor, born in Devon. After years with the National Youth Theatre, Ben graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art with a bursary from the Genesis Foundation for young actors. He left early to begin filming his television debut alongside Ray Winstone and Parminder Nagra in Compulsion. He is notable for his role as Harry Fanshawe, husband of the title character in the 2008'Channel 4's critically acclaimed Civil War epic The Devil's Whore. He was selected by Screen International's 2008 "Stars of Tomorrow". As well as roles in First Light, Lewis, Toast and Vera, Ben also appeared as Daniel Parish in the BBC's period drama Lark Rise to Candleford. In 2011 the American network The CW cast Ben as the lead in their Pilot "Heavenly". Later on he spent time in Belgrade shooting the partially improvised love story "In the night" for director Ivana Bobic and award winning cinematographer Rain Li, alongside supermodel Daniela Dimitrovska. In September 2014, he joined BBC Original British Drama Our Girl as Captain Charles James. Ben is a co-founder of "In the Corner Productions".

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Toast

Known For

  • Knock at the Cabin
  • Fleabag
  • Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler
  • Our Girl
  • Spoiler Alert
  • The Long Call
  • First Light

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2024
    Kite Man: Hell Yeah! (TV Series) · as Jeremy Karne (voice)
    2024
    Dear Paris · as Mike
    2024
    Tyger · as Sebastian
    2023
    Knock at the Cabin · as Andrew
    2022
    Spoiler Alert · as Kit Cowan
    2022
    2021
    The Long Call (TV Series) · as Di Matthew Venn
    2019
    Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler (TV Series) · as Thomas Wayne
    2019
    Thrive · as Alex
    2018
    Paris Song · as George Gershwin
    2018
    The Titan · as Lawrence
    2016
    Fleabag (TV Series) · as Arsehole Guy
    2016
    Stan Lee's Lucky Man (TV Series) · as Ds Ben Grady
    2013
    The Railway Man · as Baliff
    2013
    Reign (2013) (TV Series) · as Antoine De Bourbon
    2013
    Our Girl (TV Series) · as Captain James
    2013
    The Bible (TV Series) · as Luke
    2012
    Pramface (TV Series)
    2012
    The Cricklewood Greats · as Joe Hazelhurst
    2011
    Vera (TV Series) · as Ben & Ollie Barton
    2011
    Heavenly · as Dashiel Coffee
    2010
    Toast · as Stuart
    2010
    First Light · as Brian Kingcombe
    2008
    The Devil's Whore (TV Series) · as Harry Fanshawe
    2008
    Compulsion · as Alex
    2008
    Lark Rise to Candleford (TV Series) · as Daniel Parish
    2006
    Lewis (TV Series) · as Daniel Rattenbury

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