Ben Aldridge (actor)

Ben Aldridge
Born	Benjamin Charles Aldridge (1985-11-12) 12 November 1985 Devon, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present

Benjamin Charles "Ben" Aldridge (born 12 November 1985) is an English actor, born in Devon. After years with the National Youth Theatre, Aldridge graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art with a bursary from the Genesis Foundation for young actors. He left early to begin filming the 2009 ITV film Compulsion alongside Ray Winstone and Parminder Nagra.

In 2008, Aldridge made his television debut in Channel 4's four-part miniseries The Devil's Whore, playing Harry Fanshawe, husband of the title character. That same year, he was featured on Screen International's "Stars of Tomorrow" list. In addition to First Light, Lewis, Toast and Vera, Aldridge also appeared as Daniel Parish in the BBC One period drama Lark Rise to Candleford. In 2011, the American network The CW cast Aldridge as the lead in the pilot Heavenly. Later on he spent time in Belgrade shooting the partially improvised romance short film In the Night for director Ivana Bobic and award-winning cinematographer Rain Li, alongside supermodel Danijela Dimitrovska.

In 2013, Aldridge starred in Almeida Theatre's production of American Psycho as Paul Owen, opposite Matt Smith as Patrick Bateman, Susannah Fielding as Evelyn Williams, Jonathan Bailey as Tim Price and Lucie Jones as Victoria. The musical thriller featured a book by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa based on Bret Easton Ellis's cult novel, with music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik. The show was directed by Rupert Goold, and run at the Almeida Theatre from 3 December 2013 to 1 February 2014.

In September 2014, he joined BBC's original drama series Our Girl as Captain Charles James.

In December 2014, Aldridge joined The CW's series Reign as King Antoine of Navarre.

Aldridge is a co-founder of "In the Corner Productions". He directed the comedy pilot Pet Shop Girls in late 2011, which he co-wrote and co-produced with actor-writers Luke Norris, Ed Hancock and Kirsty Woodward.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Compulsion	Alex	Television film
2010	First Light	Brian Kingcome	Television film
2010	Toast	Stuart	Television film
2012	The Cricklewood Greats	Joe Hazelhurst	Television film
2013	In the Night	Alex	Short film
2013	The Railway Man	Mike Moffat
2014	Synchronicity	Fred	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	The Devil's Whore	Harry Fanshawe	Miniseries; episode 1
2009	Lewis	Daniel Rattenbury	Episode: "The Point of Vanishing"
2010–11	Lark Rise to Candleford	Daniel Parish	16 episodes
2012	Vera	Ollie/Alex Barton	Episode: "Sandancers"
2013	Pramface	Marcus	Episode: "If You Cry, I'll Cry"
2013	The Bible	Luke	Miniseries; episode: "Courage"
2014	Our Girl	Captain Charles James	5 episodes Main Character
2014–15	Reign	Antoine of Navarre	7 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	The Secret World	Saïd	Voice

Stage

Title	Role	Theatre / Producer
The White Devil	Flamineo	LAMDA
Electra	Orestes	LAMDA
The Country Wife	Mr Horner	LAMDA
Uncle Vanya	Vanya	LAMDA
Blue Remembered Hills	John	LAMDA
The Master and Margarita	Pinstripe / Doctor	Lyric Hammersmith (2004)
Antigone at Hell's Mouth	Rothenkopf	Kneehigh Theatre (2005)
Fish and Company	Tom	Soho Theatre (2006)
Shelf Life	Dan	Old Red Lion
Romeo and Juliet	Benvolio	Shakespeare's Globe (2009)
Pride and Prejudice (workshop)	Charles Bingley	Sonia Friedman Productions
Bend It Like Beckham (workshop)	Various	Sonia Friedman Productions
The Kinks (workshop)	Pete
The Lyons	Brian Hutchins	Menier Chocolate Factory (2013)
American Psycho	Paul Owen	Almeida Theatre (2013)

External links

• Ben Aldridge at the Internet Movie Database