Ben Willbond

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Buckinghamshire, England, UK, 1973-01-18

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1		Womble	Jim Labey	0
2	2006	Imagine Me & You	David Steele	76
3	2006	The Gigolos	Ben	43
4	2006	Starter for 10	University Challenge Coordinator	64
5	2007	I Want Candy	Businessman	51
6	2007	Spinners and Losers	Adam Kenyon	80
7	2007	St. Trinian's	Damaged Inspector	59
8	2008	Exit Strategy	Husband	0
9	2008	Trimming the Fat	JT	0
10	2010	Cemetery Junction	Martin	65
11	2011	Your Highness	Ranger	53
12	2011	W.E.	Equerry	63
13	2011	Horrible Histories’ Big Prom Party		0
14	2011	Tooty's Wedding	Peter	57
15	2012	Meeting Daddy	Daddy	0
16	2014	Rest Stop	Guardian Angel	70
17	2015	Bill	King Phillip II of Spain / Earl of Southampton / Grubby Thief / Alexander Dimitrievitch / Head of Guards	68
18	2015	Acoustic Kitty	Agent Cooper	0
19	2016	Bridget Jones's Baby	Giles	64
20	2018	King of Thieves	Building Society Branch Manager	55
21	2019	Sequins	Alan Bigsby	60
22	2023	We Are Not Alone	Darrenth	69

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2000	My Hero	Dexter Paget	65
2	2004	The Catherine Tate Show		69
3	2005	The Robinsons	Lance	60
4	2005	The Thick of It	Adam Kenyon	80
5	2006	Mayo	Simon Johnston	42
6	2007	Angelo's	Paul	70
7	2008	Laura, Ben And Him		0
8	2009	Horrible Histories		80
9	2011	Pointless Celebrities	Self	64
10	2013	Yonderland	Various	76
11	2014	Inside No. 9	Jeremy	80
12	2014	Playing House	Dr. Clive Ericson	64
13	2015	Danger Mouse	Prof. Ham Hands (voice)	62
14	2016	Tracey Ullman's Show	Emmanuel Macron	72
15	2016	Power Monkeys	Oleg	61
16	2019	Ghosts	The Captain	79
17	2019	Good Omens	Nigel Tomkins	80
18	2021	The Cleaner	Justin	70
19	2022	We Are Not Alone	Darrenth	0
20	2023	A Kind of Spark	Adam Quinn	84
21	2024	The Wives	Frankie Morgan	74

Ben Willbond

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