Ben Willbond
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
57
Gender
Male
Birthday
1973-01-18 (52 years old)
Place of Birth
Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Acting

2024

The Wives as Frankie Morgan

2023

A Kind of Spark as Adam Quinn

2023

We Are Not Alone as Darrenth

2022

We Are Not Alone as Darrenth

2021

The Cleaner as Justin

2019

Good Omens as Nigel Tomkins

2019

Ghosts as The Captain

2019

Sequins as Alan Bigsby

2018

King of Thieves as Building Society Branch Manager

2016

Tracey Ullman's Show as Emmanuel Macron

2016

Bridget Jones's Baby as Giles

2016

Power Monkeys as Oleg

2015

Danger Mouse as Prof. Ham Hands (voice)

2015

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

2015

Acoustic Kitty as Agent Cooper

2014

Inside No. 9 as Jeremy

2014

Playing House as Dr. Clive Ericson

2014

Rest Stop as Guardian Angel

2013

Yonderland as Various

2012

Meeting Daddy as Daddy

2011

Your Highness as Ranger

2011

W.E. as Equerry

2011

Tooty's Wedding as Peter

2010

Cemetery Junction as Martin

2009

Horrible Histories as Not available

2008

Laura, Ben And Him as Not available

2008

Trimming the Fat as JT

2008

Exit Strategy as Husband

2007

Angelo's as Paul

2007

St Trinian's as Damaged Inspector

2007

I Want Candy as Businessman

2007

Spinners and Losers as Adam Kenyon

2006

Mayo as Simon Johnston

2006

Imagine Me & You as David Steele

2006

Starter for 10 as University Challenge Coordinator

2006

The Gigolos as Ben

2005

The Thick of It as Adam Kenyon

2005

The Robinsons as Lance

2004

The Catherine Tate Show as Not available

2000

My Hero as Dexter Paget

NaN

Womble as Jim Labey
Crew

2023

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Additional Writing

2023

We Are Not Alone Writer

2022

We Are Not Alone Writer

2022

We Are Not Alone Creator

2021

Ghosts Executive Producer

2019

Ghosts Executive Producer

2019

Ghosts Writer

2019

Ghosts Creator

2015

Bill Writer

2013

Yonderland Writer

2013

Yonderland Creator

2011

Tooty's Wedding Producer

2011

Tooty's Wedding Writer

2009

Horrible Histories Writer