Ben Willbond
Acting
Born 1973-01-18
Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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Benjamin Thomas Willbond (born 18 January 1973) is an English actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his numerous roles in a children’s program Horrible Histories (2009–2013), as well as Yonderland (2013–2016), where he also played various different roles, and Ghosts (2019–) where he played The Captain. He is also known for appearing in movies such as St. Trinian's (2007), Bill (2015), and Bridget Jones's Baby (2016).
He was part of the comedy duo "Ben & Arn", for which he won Perrier Award for "Best Newcomer" in 1999, and formed the self-proclaimed "thinking man's French pop duo" Priorité à Gauche. He then went on to perform his solo character shows at several Edinburgh Fringe Festivals.
He is best known for his regular role in CBBC's Horrible Histories, in which he played a wide variety of historical figures, most memorably recurring roles as Henry VIII and Alexander the Great. He is also the co-creator, -writer and -star of Yonderland, a family fantasy comedy series that premiered on SkyOne on 10 November 2013. In addition, he is the co-writer of Bill, a BBC-produced comedy film based loosely around the early life of William Shakespeare. Other notable television work includes the recurring roles of Steve Warwick in the BBC comedy Rev, Adam Kenyon in BBC Four's The Thick of It and as a television director in the movie-length final episode of the Ricky Gervais comedy Extras (BBC Two). He has also appeared in Katy Brand's Big Ass Show for ITV2 and Mayo for BBC One.
His 2010 short film Tooty's Wedding, which he co-wrote with Solon, won numerous international comedy awards and was screened as part of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Other notable film work includes the movie Starter for 10 (2006). In 2007, and he had a short appearance in St Trinian's as a nervous school inspector.
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Filmography
Acting
46 credits
Death in Paradise
Good Omens
Inside No. 9
Hijack
Pointless Celebrities
Ghosts
Bridget Jones's Baby
Danger Mouse
The Thick of It
The Cleaner
My Hero
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
The Wives
Yonderland
Playing House
Your Highness
King of Thieves
Imagine Me & You
St Trinian's
A Kind of Spark
The Robinsons
Tracey Ullman's Show
Mayo
Carrie & Barry
Starter for 10
Power Monkeys
W.E.
The Persuasionists
Cemetery Junction
I Want Candy
Sardines
Angelo's
Bill
Rest Stop
We Are Not Alone
Meeting Daddy
Womble
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
Spinners and Losers
The Gigolos
We Are Not Alone
Tooty's Wedding
Sequins
Trimming the Fat
Acoustic Kitty
Exit Strategy
Writing
8 credits
Horrible Histories
Ghosts
Yonderland
Bill
We Are Not Alone
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
We Are Not Alone
Tooty's Wedding
Producing
4 credits
Other credits
3 credits
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