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Ben Chaplin(I)

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Ben Chaplin
Victorian London is rocked to its foundations by a supernatural event that gives certain people — mostly women — abnormal abilities, from the wondrous to the disturbing. But no matter their particular "turns," all who belong to this new underclass are in grave danger. It falls to mysterious, quick-fisted widow Amalia True (Laura Donnelly) and brilliant young inventor Penance Adair (Ann Skelly) to protect and shelter these gifted "orphans." To do so, they will have to face the brutal forces determined to annihilate their kind.
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With charm to spare and dark, unassumingly handsome looks, British actor Ben Chaplin arrived on the Hollywood scene in smart and sexy fashion with the comedy The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996). While his habit for avoiding mainstream artificiality in favor of small, intense, independent vehicles is quite intact, in retrospect it looks as if he has purposely avoided glossy Hollywood stardom in search of quality work.

Chaplin was born Benedict John Greenwood in Windsor, England, where he was raised, the youngest of four children of Cynthia (Chaplin), a drama teacher, and Peter Greenwood, a civil engineer. He first developed an interest in acting while appearing in a school play. He attended London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama, but did not conform well to the school's program layout and left after his first year to scout out the local theatre scene. A one-time statistician for the London Transport Authority during his fledgling years as a young actor, he made his TV debut in 1990. His first role of note occurred with a co-starring role in the TV-movie Bye Bye Baby (2001). This led to an introduction to film-making with a small part as a footman in the Merchant Ivory period drama The Remains of the Day (1993) starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson. After a breakthrough playing a social misfit in the film Feast of July (1995) and a show-stopping, offbeat role in the BBC TV series Game-On (1995), Hollywood quickly took notice and he was offered the role of the photographer who gets caught between two women in The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996) co-starring Uma Thurman and Janeane Garofalo.

Just as in acting school, he was unwilling to conform to the Hollywood system and immediately sought out work on the London stage. Following theatre roles in "The Neighbour" (1993) and "Peaches" (1994), he earned winning reviews and an Olivier Award nomination for his compelling portrayal of Tom Wingfield opposite theatre legend Zoë Wanamaker in "The Glass Menagerie" on the London stage.

Quite in demand by this time for films he appeared alongside Jennifer Jason Leigh and Albert Finney in Washington Square (1997), Agnieszka Holland version of the Henry James novel that had previously appeared on screen as The Heiress (1949) starring Montgomery Clift and winning Olivia de Havilland the Academy Award for Best Actress of 1949. This period piece failed to achieve its predecessor's financial success or critical praise, but Ben did receive kudos for his touching performance in the role of Private Bell in Terrence Malick much-admired remake of The Thin Red Line (1998).

Since then Ben has concentrated on risk-taking and quality rather than on mainstream filming. In the exorcist-themed Lost Souls (2000) he played an atheistic crime writer deemed to become Satan himself; played a modest bank clerk who tangles with a Russian mail-order bride (Nicole Kidman) in Birthday Girl (2001); portrayed Sandra Bullock's rookie partner in the crimer Murder by Numbers (2002); and melded beautifully into a number of period pieces such as The Touch (2002), Stage Beauty (2004), The New World (2005) and Me and Orson Welles (2008).

The dark-eyed, thick-browed, soulful-eyed actor also showed off his transatlantic appeal on stage after making his 2003 Broadway debut in "The Retreat from Moscow" and earning a Tony nomination in the process. Recent filming has included a prime role in yet another portrait of Dorian Gray (2009).
BornJuly 31, 1970
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Ben Chaplin in The Thin Red Line (1998)
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Ben Chaplin and Charlotte Riley in Press (2018)
Ben Chaplin and David Suchet in Press (2018)
Ben Chaplin in Dates (2013)
Ben Chaplin, Hayley Atwell, and Eloise Webb in Cinderella (2015)
Ben Chaplin, Steve Zahn, Michael Imperioli, and Romany Malco in Mad Dogs (2015)
Ben Chaplin in The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)
Val Kilmer and Ben Chaplin in Twixt (2011)
Ben Chaplin and Christoph Waltz in The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
Ben Chaplin in Mad Dogs (2015)

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The Thin Red Line (1998)
The Thin Red Line
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  • Pvt. Bell
  • 1998
Uma Thurman, Janeane Garofalo, and Ben Chaplin in The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996)
The Truth About Cats & Dogs
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  • Brian
  • 1996
Sandra Bullock in Murder by Numbers (2002)
Murder by Numbers
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  • Sam Kennedy
  • 2002
Nicole Kidman and Ben Chaplin in Birthday Girl (2001)
Birthday Girl
6.0
  • John
  • 2001

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Actor

  • Mrs. Davis (2023)
    Mrs. Davis
    • Arthur Schroedinger
    • Arthur Schrodinger
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Olivia Williams, Anna Devlin, Eleanor Tomlinson, Laura Donnelly, Rochelle Neil, Zackary Momoh, and Ann Skelly in The Nevers (2021)
    The Nevers
    • Frank Mundi
    • TV Series
    • 2021–2022
  • Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan in The Dig (2021)
    The Dig
    • Stuart Piggott
    • 2021
  • Thaddea Graham and Amir Wilson in The Letter for the King (2020)
    The Letter for the King
    • The Black Knight
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Stéphane Bak and Fionn Whitehead in Roads (2019)
    Roads
    • Paul
    • 2019
  • Ben Chaplin, Priyanga Burford, and Charlotte Riley in Press (2018)
    Press
    • Duncan Allen
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018
  • Simona Brown and Tallulah Haddon in Kiss Me First (2018)
    Kiss Me First
    • Beam
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018
  • Emma Thompson in The Children Act (2017)
    The Children Act
    • Kevin Henry
    • 2017
  • National Theatre Live: Consent (2017)
    National Theatre Live: Consent
    • Edward
    • 2017
  • Urban Myths (2017)
    Urban Myths
    • Cary Grant
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Emily Watson in Apple Tree Yard (2017)
    Apple Tree Yard
    • Mark Costley
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2017
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt in Snowden (2016)
    Snowden
    • Robert Tibbo
    • 2016
  • Alexander Skarsgård and Margot Robbie in The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
    The Legend of Tarzan
    • Captain Moulle
    • 2016
  • Mark Povinelli in Mad Dogs (2015)
    Mad Dogs
    • Joel
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2016
  • Jakob Salvati in Little Boy (2015)
    Little Boy
    • Ben Eagle
    • 2015

Soundtrack

  • The Wipers Times (2013)
    The Wipers Times
    • performer: "If You're Waking Call Me Early, Call Me Early, Sergeant Dear"
    • TV Movie
    • 2013
  • Game-On (1995)
    Game-On
    • performer: "Bread and Butter"
    • TV Series
    • 1995

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Dorian Gray
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World Without End: The Complete Series
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  • Height
    • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
  • Born
    • July 31, 1970
    • London, England, UK
  • Parents
      Peter Greenwood
  • Relatives
      Sarah Greenwood(Sibling)
  • Other works
    His National Theatre credits include: "The Neighbour" by Meredith Oakes(1993) and James Mossman in "The Reporter" (2007).
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    • 1 Interview
    • 4 Articles

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    Was nominated for Broadway's 2004 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play) for "The Retreat from Moscow."
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    When you arrive in L.A. as an Englishman you might as well be on the moon. People just don't understand you if you speak too fast and most people there think you're Australian. Ordering was incredibly complicated. I was speechless.

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