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Ben Willbond
Buckinghamshire, England, UK
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 (2009–201…
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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. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Ben Willbond, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2026
Ghosts: The Possession of Button House
Movie The Captain
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2024
The Wives
TV show Frankie Morgan
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2023
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Movie Additional Writing
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2023
Hijack
TV show Graham
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2023
A Kind of Spark
TV show Adam Quinn
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2023
We Are Not Alone
Movie Darrenth
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2022
We Are Not Alone
TV show Darrenth
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2021
Ghosts
TV show Executive Producer
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2021
The Cleaner
TV show Justin
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2020
Alma's Not Normal
TV show Phil
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2019
Good Omens
TV show Nigel Tomkins
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2019
Ghosts
TV show The Captain
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2019
Sequins
Movie Alan Bigsby
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2018
King of Thieves
Movie Building Society Branch Manager
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2016
Bridget Jones's Baby
Movie Giles
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2016
Power Monkeys
TV show Oleg
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2016
Tracey Ullman's Show
TV show Emmanuel Macron
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2015
Acoustic Kitty
Movie Agent Cooper
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2015
Danger Mouse
TV show Prof. Ham Hands (voice)
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2015
Bill
Movie King Phillip II of Spain / Earl of Southampton / Grubby Thief / Alexander Dimitrievitch / Head of Guards
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2014
Rest Stop
Movie Guardian Angel
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2014
Playing House
TV show Dr. Clive Ericson
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2014
Sardines
Movie Jeremy
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2014
Inside No. 9
TV show Jeremy
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2013
Yonderland
TV show Various
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2012
Meeting Daddy
Movie Daddy
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2011
Tooty's Wedding
Movie Peter
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2011
Death in Paradise
TV show Craig Pinnock
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2011
W.E.
Movie Equerry
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2011
Pointless Celebrities
TV show Self
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2011
Your Highness
Movie Ranger
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2010
Cemetery Junction
Movie Martin
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2010
The Persuasionists
TV show Carl
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2009
Horrible Histories
TV show
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2008
Trimming the Fat
Movie JT
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2008
Laura, Ben And Him
TV show
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2008
Exit Strategy
Movie Husband
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2007
St Trinian's
Movie Damaged Inspector
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2007
Angelo's
TV show Paul
