Ben Willbond

DOB: 1973-01-18

DOD: -

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.

Starred In

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Movie

Womble

2012
Movie

Meeting Daddy

2015
Movie

Acoustic Kitty

2008
Movie

Trimming the Fat

2014
Movie

Rest Stop

2023
Movie

We Are Not Alone

2011
Movie

Your Highness

2007
Movie

I Want Candy

2015
Movie

Bill

2010
Movie

Cemetery Junction

2006
Movie

Starter for 10

2018
Movie

King of Thieves

2007
Movie

St. Trinian's

2011
Movie

W.E.

2019
Movie

Sequins

2006
Movie

Imagine Me & You

2011
Movie

Tooty's Wedding

2008
Movie

Exit Strategy

2006
Movie

The Gigolos

2019
Tv

Good Omens

2006
Tv

Mayo

2014
Tv

Playing House

2014
Tv

Inside No. 9

2013
Tv

Yonderland

2015
Tv

Danger Mouse

2016
Tv

Power Monkeys

2000
Tv

My Hero

2019
Tv

Ghosts

2007
Tv

Angelo's

2005
Tv

The Robinsons

2024
Tv

The Wives

2021
Tv

The Cleaner