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Ben Willbond
Homepage
https://benwillbond.com/
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1973-01-18,Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Gender
Male
Biography
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.

Filmography

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Womble

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Meeting Daddy
2012-03-01

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Acoustic Kitty
2015-11-07

Trimming the Fat

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Trimming the Fat
2008-11-20

Horrible Histories’ Big Prom Party

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Horrible Histories’ Big Prom Party
2011-09-09

7

Rest Stop
2014-11-14

We Are Not Alone

6.9

We Are Not Alone
2023-01-27

5.329

Your Highness
2011-04-08

6.831

Bill
2015-03-27

5.171

I Want Candy
2007-03-23

Cemetery Junction

6.541

Cemetery Junction
2010-04-14

Bridget Jones's Baby

6.413

Bridget Jones's Baby
2016-09-14

6.401

Starter for 10
2006-09-13

King of Thieves

5.5

King of Thieves
2018-09-04

5.907

St Trinian's
2007-12-21

6.348

W.E.
2011-09-01

6

Sequins
2019-01-26

Imagine Me & You

7.578

Imagine Me & You
2006-01-27

Tooty's Wedding

5.7

Tooty's Wedding
2011-11-05

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Exit Strategy
2008-03-04

Spinners and Losers

8.333

Spinners and Losers
2007-07-03

4.3

The Gigolos
2006-04-26

8

Good Omens
2019-05-31

4.2

Mayo
2006-03-12

A Kind of Spark

8.4

A Kind of Spark
2023-04-17

Laura, Ben And Him

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Laura, Ben And Him
2008-03-11

6.382

Playing House
2014-04-29

Horrible Histories

8

Horrible Histories
2009-04-16

Pointless Celebrities

6.361

Pointless Celebrities
2011-07-04

8.024

Inside No. 9
2014-02-05

The Catherine Tate Show

6.853

The Catherine Tate Show
2004-02-16

7.478

Yonderland
2013-11-10

6.2

Danger Mouse
2015-09-28

6.125

Power Monkeys
2016-06-08

The Thick of It

8.029

The Thick of It
2005-05-19

Tracey Ullman's Show

7.2

Tracey Ullman's Show
2016-01-11

6.5

My Hero
2000-02-04

7.9

Ghosts
2019-04-15

7

Angelo's
2007-11-16

6

The Robinsons
2005-05-05

7.4

The Wives
2024-09-16

7.017

The Cleaner
2021-09-10

We Are Not Alone

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We Are Not Alone
2022-11-28