Ben Bailey Smith
- Actor
- Music Department
- Writer
Ben has a host of notable television performances under his belt including a starring role in BBC One's The Split, Silent Witness, ITV's Law & Order, Cleaning Up, Brief Encounters, Midwinter of the Spirit and Des, Channel 4's The Inbetweeners and Derek, BBC thriller Hunted, BBC comedies Rev, Miranda, Fleabag, Russell Howard's Good News, Live at the Apollo, and Brittania for Sky Atlantic. He also stars in the Amazon movie Cinderella and forthcoming releases include The Light, a drama series for Channel 4, the AppleTV thriller Suspicion and Jane Austen feature Persuasion (Netflix).
He is highly regarded for his work with Ricky Gervais, touring, writing and acting alongside him since 2012. Smith starred in the 2016 Gervais movie David Brent: Life on the Road, as well as working on the C4 series Derek and a number of comic songs and sketches. Ben also boasts a wide following amongst children, creating and co-writing the BAFTA winning Four o'Clock Club and starring in and writing for the cult animation Strange Hill High, both for CBBC. He read a number of different books for CBeebies Bedtime Stories and appeared in the film adaptation of the bestselling book Ratburger, for Sky One.
Ben has written music for the screen since 2010 including CBBC's Four o'Clock Club and Strange Hill High, as well as for the movies Attack The Block and Quartet. He has also penned a number of mainstream advertising campaigns including Sainsbury's and the wildly successful Snoop Dogg series for Just Eat. He still makes Rap music for himself and his fans under the name Doc Brown.
He is highly regarded for his work with Ricky Gervais, touring, writing and acting alongside him since 2012. Smith starred in the 2016 Gervais movie David Brent: Life on the Road, as well as working on the C4 series Derek and a number of comic songs and sketches. Ben also boasts a wide following amongst children, creating and co-writing the BAFTA winning Four o'Clock Club and starring in and writing for the cult animation Strange Hill High, both for CBBC. He read a number of different books for CBeebies Bedtime Stories and appeared in the film adaptation of the bestselling book Ratburger, for Sky One.
Ben has written music for the screen since 2010 including CBBC's Four o'Clock Club and Strange Hill High, as well as for the movies Attack The Block and Quartet. He has also penned a number of mainstream advertising campaigns including Sainsbury's and the wildly successful Snoop Dogg series for Just Eat. He still makes Rap music for himself and his fans under the name Doc Brown.
