Ben Willbond

Known for ActingBorn 1973-01-18 (age 53)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 (2009–2013), 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Sardines

Spinners and Losers

A Kind of Spark

Ghosts

Inside No. 9

Good Omens

Ghosts

The Thick of It

Horrible Histories

Hijack

Imagine Me & You

Death in Paradise

Carrie & Barry

Yonderland

Alma's Not Normal

Tracey Ullman's Show

The Wives

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

The Cleaner

We Are Not Alone

Angelo's

Ghosts: The Possession of Button House

Bill

The Catherine Tate Show

Playing House

Rest Stop

Sequins

Cemetery Junction

Bridget Jones's Baby

My Hero

Starter for 10

Danger Mouse

The Robinsons

W.E.

Pointless Celebrities

Power Monkeys

Acoustic Kitty

Exit Strategy

St Trinian's

King of Thieves

Your Highness

Tooty's Wedding

I Want Candy

The Persuasionists

The Gigolos

Mayo

We Are Not Alone

Meeting Daddy