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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · September 5 as
- 2024 · Family as
- 2023 · Mrs. Davis as Arthur Schrödinger
- 2021 · The Nevers as Frank Mundi
- 2021 · The Dig as Stuart Piggott
- 2020 · Mood Music as Bernard
- 2019 · Roads as Paul
- 2018 · Press as Duncan Allen
- 2018 · The Children Act as Kevin Henry
- 2018 · Kiss Me First as Beam
- 2017 · National Theatre Live: Consent as Edward
- 2017 · When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD as Cary Grant
- 2017 · Apple Tree Yard as Mark Costley
- 2017 · Urban Myths as Cary Grant
- 2016 · Snowden as Robert Tibbo
- 2016 · The Legend of Tarzan as Captain Moulle
- 2015 · War Book as Gary
- 2015 · Little Boy as Ben Eagle
- 2015 · Cinderella as Cinderella's Father
- 2015 · Mad Dogs as Joel
- 2015 · The Book of Negroes as John Clarkson
- 2014 · Doll & Em as Ben
- 2013 · Moonfleet as
- 2013 · The Wipers Times as Roberts
- 2013 · Dates as Stephen
- 2012 · World Without End as Sir Thomas Langley
- 2011 · Twixt as Edgar Allan Poe
- 2011 · Mad Dogs as Alvo
- 2010 · London Boulevard as Billy Norton
- 2010 · Ways to Live Forever as Daniel MacQueen
- 2010 · Heavy Rain as
- 2009 · Dorian Gray as Basil Hallward
- 2008 · Me and Orson Welles as George Coulouris
- 2007 · The Water Horse as Lewis Mowbray
- 2006 · Two Weeks as Keith Bergman
- 2006 · Chromophobia as Trent
- 2005 · The New World as Robinson
- 2004 · Stage Beauty as George Villiars, Duke of Buckingham
- 2002 · Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick as Self
- 2002 · The Touch as Eric
- 2002 · V Graham Norton as Self
- 2002 · Murder by Numbers as Sam Kennedy
- 2001 · Birthday Girl as John
- 2000 · Lost Souls as Peter Kelson
- 1998 · The Thin Red Line as Pvt. Jack Bell
- 1997 · Washington Square as Morris Townsend
- 1996 · The Truth About Cats & Dogs as Brian
- 1995 · Feast of July as Con Wainwright
- 1995 · Resort to Murder as
- 1995 · Game On as Matthew Norman Malone
- 1994 · A Few Short Journeys of the Heart as Fierce Man/Tim Bone
- 1993 · The Return of the Borrowers as Ditchley
- 1993 · The Remains of the Day as Charlie, Head Footman
- 1992 · After the Dance as Cyril Carter
- 1992 · Bye Bye Baby as Leo Wiseman
- 1992 · Between the Lines as
- 1992 · A Fatal Inversion as Matthew
- 1991 · Soldier Soldier as Fusilier Jago
- 1991 · Performance as Cyril Carter
- 1986 · Casualty as Gareth Orell
- 1979 · Minder as Conway