Ben Chaplin facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Ben Chaplin
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Chaplin at the IFFR 2015
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Benedict John Greenwood
31 July 1969 |
| Alma mater | Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1990–present |
Ben Chaplin is a talented actor from Britain. His real name is Benedict John Greenwood, and he was born on July 31, 1969. He has starred in many popular movies and TV shows.
You might know him from films like Cinderella, Snowden, or The Legend of Tarzan. He has also been in TV series such as Game On, Mad Dogs, and The Nevers.
Early life
Ben Chaplin was born in Windsor, Berkshire, England, on July 31, 1969. His mother, Cynthia Chaplin, was a teacher. His father, Peter Greenwood, was a civil engineer. Ben has one sister, Rachel, and one brother, Justin.
He became interested in acting when he was a teenager. He acted in school plays at the Princess Margaret Royal Free School. At 17, he joined the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Before becoming a full-time actor, he worked different jobs, like an office worker. He even worked as a statistician for London Transport for a while.
Career
Ben Chaplin chose his mother's maiden name, Chaplin, as his stage name. He started his acting career in TV dramas for the BBC. He also had small roles in movies.
In 1992, he got his first big role in Bye Bye Baby. He also appeared in The Remains of the Day and Feast of July. Ben was praised for his role as Tom Wingfield in a play called The Glass Menagerie. He was even nominated for an Olivier award in 1995.
He also played the main character, Matthew, in the first season of the British TV comedy Game On in 1995.
Hollywood roles
Ben Chaplin then started acting in films in the United States. In 1996, he starred in the romantic comedy The Truth About Cats & Dogs. He played a photographer caught between two women.
He then played Morris Townsend in Washington Square in 1997. In 1998, he was Private Bell in The Thin Red Line.
In 2001, he acted alongside Nicole Kidman in Birthday Girl. He played a bank clerk who buys a mail-order bride. The next year, he was in Murder by Numbers with Sandra Bullock. He played her partner in a crime investigation.
He also played George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham in the drama Stage Beauty (2004). This film was about British theatre in the 1660s. He had a small role in The New World (2005). This film was about Pocahontas and Captain John Smith.
In 2007, he was in the children's fantasy movie The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep. He also played famous actor George Coulouris in Me and Orson Welles (2009).
Recent work
Ben Chaplin was nominated for an Olivier Award for his role in The Glass Menagerie. He also received a Tony Award nomination for The Retreat from Moscow. He has continued to act in plays in London.
In 2013, he appeared in the TV series Dates. In 2015, he played Ella's father in the live-action Cinderella movie.
In 2017, he starred in the TV series Apple Tree Yard with Emily Watson. He also appeared in the play Consent at the Royal National Theatre.
He starred in the film The Children Act (2017). He also played Duncan Allen, a newspaper editor, in the BBC series Press in 2018.
From 2021 to 2023, he was a main character, Detective Frank Mundi, in the TV series The Nevers.
Selected Film and TV Roles
Ben Chaplin has appeared in many films and television shows. Here are some of his notable roles:
- The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)
- The Thin Red Line (1998)
- Birthday Girl (2001)
- Murder by Numbers (2002)
- The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)
- Dorian Gray (2009)
- Cinderella (2015)
- Snowden (2016)
- The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
- The Dig (2021)
- Game On (1995)
- Mad Dogs (2011–2012)
- World Without End (2012)
- The Nevers (2021–2023)
See also
In Spanish: Ben Chaplin para niños
