Ben Chaplin

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Ben Chaplin (born Benedict John Greenwood; 31 July 1969) is an English actor, producer, and writer.

Early life

Chaplin was born in Windsor, England, on July 31, 1969, the son of Cynthia (née Chaplin), a tutor) and Peter Greenwood CBE, a civil engineer. Rachel is his sister, and Justin has one brother.

After appearing in a dramatic performance in his school years at the Princess Margaret Royal Free School, Chaplin became interested in acting as a teenager. He enrolled at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London at the age of seventeen. He started his acting career in odd jobs as an office employee and then spent a while as a statistician with the London Transport Authority.

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Career

Chaplin began his professional career in BBC television dramas in bit parts and occasional cinema films, borrowing his stage name from his mother's maiden name. He appeared in his first major role in 1992, costarring Jason Flemyng in Bye Byee Baby for Channel Four. In The Remains of the Day, James Ivory and Ismail Merchant portrayed him as a servant; he appeared in Between the Lines, episode 1 in 1992; and as the socially inept Con Wainwright in the Feast of July (1995). Chaplin was nominated for an Olivier award (1995) in London and played Matthew in the first series of the British sitcom Game On (BBC Two, 1995), but was eventually dropped after one series. For the final two series, Neil Stuke appeared in the same role.

In the romantic comedy In the United States, director Michael Lehmann played him as a photographer caught between two women (Uma Thurman and Janeane Garofalo) of Two Women (Uma Thurman and Janeane Garofalo) and a photographer caught between two women (Uma Thurman and Janeane Garofalo) in a retelling of Cyrano de Bergerac. Morris Townsend came next, co-starring Jennifer Jason Leigh. The film received rave reviews, but it was not a box office flop. In Terrence Malick's 1999 version of The Thin Red Line, Chaplin appeared next. Meanwhile, the apocalyptical horror film Lost Souls (2000), which was shot in 1998, was finally released after multiple delays.

In Birthday Girl (2001), he appeared as a low-level bank clerk purchasing a Russian mail-order bride (Nicole Kidman). Sandra Bullock was his only inexperienced companion in an investigation into a string of murders in Murder by Numbers (2002). Chaplin played George Villiers, the 2nd Duke of Buckingham, in the romantic drama set in the world of British theatre in the 1660s, after co-starring Michelle Yeoh in the Taiwan-made action film The Touch (2002). Chaplin's next film role in Chromophobia (2005), a dark mystery about a wealthy family falling apart at the seams, starring Penélope Cruz, Ralph Fiennes, and Ian Holm. He appeared in Terrence Malick's film about Pocahontas (Q'Orianka Kilcher) and Captain John Smith (Colin Farrell), which was a small part of The New World (2005). Chaplin was one of four siblings in Two Weeks (2006) to say their goodbyes to their dying mother (Sally Field). Chaplin portrayed prominent English stage and film actor George Coulouris in Me and Orson Welles (2009), directed by indie filmmaker Richard Linklater, following a supporting role in the children's fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007). He also appeared in the television miniseries World Without End (2012), where he portrayed Thomas Langley, who was based on the Welsh author Ken Follett's book of the same name.

In The Retreat from Moscow, he received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in The Glass Menagerie and a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor. This Is How It Goes at the Donmar Warehouse in 2005, The Reporter at the National Theatre in 2007, and Farewell to the Theatre at the Hampstead Theatre in 2012. He appeared in Dates on Channel 4 in 2013, and the role of Cinderella's father in Cinderella (2015) was included in the film. In 2017, He appeared in Apple Tree Yard with Emily Watson.

He appeared in the first performance of Consent at the Royal National Theatre in London in 2017. In the Joe Penhall play Mood Music at The Old Vic Theatre, Chaplin appeared. In 2017, he appeared in The Children Act, which was based on the Ian McEwan book of the same name. Duncan Allen, an unethical tabloid editor, appeared in the BBC series Press with Charlotte Riley as an unethical tabloid editor, a role that earned him a number of praises.

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