Ben Willbond

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1973-01-18 (51 years old)

Place of Birth Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Ben Willbond

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.

Known For

Actor

Womble

as Jim Labey

Exit Strategy

as Husband

2024
The Wives

as Frankie Morgan

2023
We Are Not Alone

as Darrenth

2023
A Kind of Spark

as Adam Quinn

2021
The Cleaner

as Justin

2019
Sequins

as Alan Bigsby

2019
Good Omens

as Nigel Tomkins

2019
Ghosts

as The Captain

2018
King of Thieves

as Building Society Branch Manager

2016
2016
Tracey Ullman's Show

as Emmanuel Macron

2015
Acoustic Kitty

as Agent Cooper

2015
Bill

as King Phillip II of Spain / Earl of Southampton / Grubby Thief / Alexander Dimitrievitch / Head of Guards

2015
Danger Mouse

as Prof. Ham Hands (voice)

2014
Rest Stop

as Guardian Angel

2014
Playing House

as Dr. Clive Ericson

2014
Inside No. 9

as Jeremy

2013
Yonderland

as Various

2012
Meeting Daddy

as Daddy

2011
2011
W.E.

as Equerry

2011
Your Highness

as Ranger

2010
2007
St. Trinian's

as Damaged Inspector

2007
Spinners and Losers

as Adam Kenyon

2007
I Want Candy

as Businessman

2007
Angelo's

as Paul

2006
Starter for 10

as University Challenge Coordinator

2006
2006
Imagine Me & You

as David Steele

2006
Mayo

as Simon Johnston

2005
Extras

as Film Director

2005
The Thick of It

as Adam Kenyon

2005
The Robinsons

as Lance

2000
My Hero

as Dexter Paget

Writer

2023
2019
Ghosts

as Writer

2015
Bill

as Writer

2013
Yonderland

as Writer

2011
Tooty's Wedding

as Writer

2009

Producer

2021
Ghosts

as Executive Producer

2019
Ghosts

as Executive Producer

2011
Tooty's Wedding

as Producer

Creator

2019
Ghosts

as Creator

2013
Yonderland

as Creator

Crew

2023
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

as Additional Writing