Ben Chaplin Biography | Wiki
Ben Chaplin, whose birth name is Benedict John Greenwood is a British actor and commentator. He was born on 31 July 1969 in Windsor, Berkshire, England.
Chaplin has been making a small yet significant impression on American audiences since his American film debut in 1996’s The Truth About Cats and Dogs.
Although not widely recognized by many Americans, the actor has enjoyed a steady career in British theatre and television, and with his role in Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line, gained the greater exposure that had previously been lacking in his career.
Ben Chaplin Age | Birthday
Chaplin was born on 31 July 1969, in England, UnitedKingdom. He turned 50 years old in 2019. Chaplin celebrates his birthday on July 31st every year.
Ben Chaplin Height
Chaplin stands at the height of 1.8metres. His hair is black in color.
Ben Chaplin Education
Chaplin became interested in acting as a teenager when he appeared in a school play. Chaplin attended the Princess Margaret Royal Free School and, at the age of 17, enrolled at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
He pursued his early acting career between odd jobs, working various clerical jobs and as a statistician for the London Transport Authority. Chaplin eventually began appearing in BBC dramas and various British films. He took his stage name from his mother’s maiden name.
He is also a graduate of Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he had his big break way back in 1992.
Ben Chaplin Actor | Career
In 1992, Chaplin appeared in his first major role, starring alongside James Purefoy and Jason Flemyng in “Bye Bye Baby” for Channel Four.
Chaplin received positive reviews as Tom Wingfield in Sam Mendes’ stage production of The Glass Menagerie in London and played the lead in the first series of the British sitcom, Game On. In the United States, Chaplin was cast by director Michael Lehmann as a photographer caught between two women in The Truth About Cats & Dogs, a retelling of “Cyrano de Bergerac”.
Chaplin appeared as a low-level bank clerk who purchases a Russian mail-order bride in Birthday Girl.
After co-starring opposite Michelle Yeoh in the Taiwan-made action film The Touch, Chaplin played George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham in the romantic drama, Stage Beauty, set in the world of British theatre in the 1660s.
Following a supporting role in the children’s fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, Chaplin portrayed prominent English stage and film actor, George Coulouris, in Me and Orson Welles, directed by indie filmmaker Richard Linklater.
Chaplin starred in the 2018 film The Children Act adapted from the Ian McEwan novel of the same name.
Chaplin is currently starring in the BBC series Press with Charlotte Riley.
Ben Chaplin Game On
Game On is a British sitcom which ran for three series and aired on BBC2 from 27 February 1995 to 6 February 1998.
The central characters are three childhood friends from Herne Bay in Kent; laddish agoraphobe Matthew Malone (Ben Chaplin in the first series and Neil Stuke in the second and third), man-eater Amanda “Mandy” Wilkins, and wimpish Martin Henson (Matthew Cottle). When into their twenties, the trio moves into and share a flat in Battersea, south-west London, which Matthew bought with his inheritance, and the series follows their lives as flatmates.
Created and written by Andrew Davies and Bernadette Davis, and produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC, Game On was aimed at twenty-somethings, the same age group as the principal cast of the show.
Ben Chaplin Family | Charlie Chaplin
He is the son of Cynthia (née Chaplin), a teacher, and Peter Greenwood, a civil engineer. He has two sisters, Sarah and Rachel, and one brother, Justin. The Chaplin Family is a multinational acting family.
Ben Chaplin Related To Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin Ben is the eldest son of Charlie Chaplin IV and final marriage.
Ben Chaplin Wife | Marriage | Ben Chaplin Rocio Oliver
Ben married Rocio Oliver in 2009. Oliver is an American writer and producer. Rocio is famous for being married to Chaplin.
Chaplin was rumoured to be secretly married to his long-time girlfriend Rocio Oliver. This rumour started when a tweet surfaced referring to Chaplin. A fan had tweeted “They certainly looked like a happy couple” on July 27, 2016. No official sources concerning either Ben or Rocio have confirmed (or denied) the alleged “private and intimate marriage ceremony”.
Chaplin has alluded to being a bit of a commitment-phobe, saying that “being an actor has an in-built flake effect, which means you can’t commit to things too far in advance.
” He earlier justified that with the nature of his work, his life was a bit unsettled which doesn’t necessarily lend itself to long term relationships. Settling down was not something he can really compute as he had lived out of a bag since he was 17. Being an actor is well paid but it’s a bit like being a circus traveller. There’s no base except for where your friends and family are, he confessed.
Ben Chaplin Net Worth
Chaplin, an English actor, he has managed to pull wealth net worth of $500 thousand dollars.
Ben Chaplin Movies
- The Thin Red Line
- Murder by Numbers
- Cinderella 2015
- Birthday Girl 2001
- The Water Horse
- The Truth About Cats and Dogs
- Dorian Gray 2009
- Stage Beauty
- The Remains of the Day
- Lost Souls 2000
- Two Weeks 2006
- Little Boy 2015
- Me and Orson Welles
- The Children Act
- London Boulevard
- Washington Square 1997
- Ways to Live Forever 2010
- Twixt 2011
- Feast of July
- The Legend of Tarzan
- The New World 2005
- Chromophobia 2005
- Snowden (film)
- The Touch 2002
- The Wipers Times 2013
- The Return of the Borrowers
Ben Chaplin TV Shows
- Press (TV series)
- Apple Tree Yard
- Urban Myths
- Mad Dogs
- The Book of Negroes
- Dates (TV series)
- World Without End (miniseries)
- Harry’s Law
- Resort to Murder
- Game On (UK TV series)
- The Return of the Borrowers
- Moonfleet
Ben Chaplin Controversy
The star of the UK’s hottest journalism based drama definitely keeps his cards close to his chest with regards to his personal life, but it appears he is currently unmarried. We contacted his representatives for comment, but in April 2018 he told the Evening Standard that rumours he had married girlfriend Rocio Oliver were untrue, adding that he was actually single.
The Windsor born actor has been linked to several women in the past, The Sun reports, including fellow actor and star of Mad Men, Embeth Davidtz, whom the Evening Standard reports he moved to LA for and remains friends with, as well as Bollywood favourite Rani Mukerji. He is believed to be gay.
Ben Chaplin and Charlie Chaplin
British actor Ben Chaplin, born in London in 1970, is not related to silent movie legend Charlie Chaplin. Ben Chaplin was born Benedict John Greenwood but used his mother’s maiden name when creating his stage persona.