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  • BIRTH 31/07/1970
  • Country United Kingdom
  • SHOWS 15
  • MOVIES 29

Ben Chaplin

Chaplin was born in Windsor, Berkshire, England, the son of Cynthia, a teacher, and Peter Greenwood CBE, a civil engineer. He has one sister, Rachel, and one brother, Justin. Chaplin became interested in acting as a teenager, after acting in a theatrical production in his school years at the Princess Margaret Royal Free School. At the age of seventeen, he enrolled at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He pursued his early acting career between odd jobs as an office worker, and for a while was employed as a statistician with the London Transport Authority.

Chaplin made his professional acting debut in the 1990 television film Bye Bye Baby. He went on to appear in a number of other television films and miniseries, including The Bill (1990), The Final Cut (1995), and The Lost World (1999).

Chaplin's breakthrough film role came in 1996, when he starred opposite Uma Thurman and Janeane Garofalo in the romantic comedy The Truth About Cats & Dogs. The film was a critical and commercial success, and it helped to establish Chaplin as a rising star.

Chaplin has since gone on to star in a number of other successful films, including Washington Square, The Thin Red Line, Birthday Girl, Murder by Numbers, Stage Beauty, The New World, The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, Dorian Gray, Cinderella, Snowden, The Legend of Tarzan, and The Dig.

Chaplin has also had a successful career on television. He starred in the BBC sitcom Game On (1995–1998), and he has also appeared in the television series Mad Dogs (2011–2013) and The Nevers (2021–present).

In addition to his acting career, Chaplin is also a musician. He plays the guitar and the piano, and he has written songs for a number of films.

Chaplin is married to the actress Amanda Abbington. They have two children together.

Ben Chaplin

Shows (15)

Mrs. Davis
Mrs. Davis
Arthur Schrödinger
The Nevers
The Nevers
Frank Mundi
World Without End
World Without End
Sir Thomas Langley
Mad Dogs
Mad Dogs
Alvo
The Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes
John Clarkson
Kiss Me First
Kiss Me First
Beam
Casualty
Casualty
Gareth Orell
Dates
Dates
Stephen
Apple Tree Yard
Apple Tree Yard
Mark Costley
Mad Dogs (US)
Mad Dogs (US)
Joel
Urban Myths
Urban Myths
Cary Grant
Game On
Game On
Matthew Norman Malone
Minder
Minder
Conway
Doll & Em
Doll & Em
Ben
Press
Press
Duncan Allen

Movies (29)

September 5
September 5
Marvin Bader
Cinderella
Cinderella
Cinderella's Father
Snowden
Snowden
Robert Tibbo
The Legend of Tarzan
The Legend of Tarzan
Captain Moulle
The Thin Red Line
The Thin Red Line
Pvt. Jack Bell
Murder by Numbers
Murder by Numbers
Sam Kennedy
Dorian Gray
Dorian Gray
Basil Hallward
The Dig
The Dig
Stuart Piggott
The New World
The New World
Robinson
London Boulevard
London Boulevard
Billy Norton
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day
Charlie, Head Footman
The Water Horse
The Water Horse
Lewis Mowbray
Twixt
Twixt
Edgar Allan Poe
The Children Act
The Children Act
Kevin Henry
Little Boy
Little Boy
Ben Eagle
Birthday Girl
Birthday Girl
John
Me and Orson Welles
Me and Orson Welles
George Coulouris
Lost Souls
Lost Souls
Peter Kelson
Roads
Roads
Paul
Feast of July
Feast of July
Con Wainwright
Stage Beauty
Stage Beauty
George Villiars, Duke of Buckingham
The Truth About Cats & Dogs
The Truth About Cats & Dogs
Brian
Washington Square
Washington Square
Morris Townsend
Ways to Live Forever
Ways to Live Forever
Daniel MacQueen
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick
Self
The Wipers Times
The Wipers Times
Roberts
The Touch
The Touch
Eric
Chromophobia
Chromophobia
Trent
Two Weeks
Two Weeks
Keith Bergman