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Mark Benton(I)

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Mark Benton
Shakespeare And Hathaway Private Investigators
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Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators (2018– )
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Mark grew up in the Grange Town area of Middlesborough and was educated at the Sarah Metcalf School and Stockton/Billingham Technical College. The son of a long distance lorry driver he performed in Middlesborough Youth Theatre productions before attending RADA in 1986. His break came in Career Girls and he made his television debut in Boon (1991/2) and his film debut in There's No Business. He lives in Hastings with his wife and 3 children and rarely works in the North East.
BornNovember 16, 1965
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BornNovember 16, 1965
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Known for

    Ella Hunt in Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
    Anna and the Apocalypse
    6.1
    • Tony
    • 2017
    Early Doors (2003)
    Early Doors
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Eddie
    The Second Coming (2003)
    The Second Coming
    7.5
    TV Mini Series
    • Johnny Tyler
    Hugh Jackman and Taron Egerton in Eddie the Eagle (2015)
    Eddie the Eagle
    7.3
    • Richmond the BOA Official
    • 2015

    Credits

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    Actor



    • Bookish
      • Eddie Gash
      • In Production
      • TV Series
      • 2025
    • Infernal Creations
      • Brian
      • Completed
      • Short
    • Cross Talk
      • Marvin
      • Post-production
    • Elvis Vs Zombies
      • Malcolm Poulter
      • Pre-production
    • Kazzy
      • Colin 'Clipper' McCarthy
      • Pre-production
    • Served
      • Michael Palmer
      • Completed
      • Short
    • LittleBigPlanet 4
      • Sir Victor van Handschrift (voice)
      • In Production
      • Video Game
    • Penny drops
      • The Man
      • Completed
      • Short
    • Henry House
      • John Baker
      • In Production
      • TV Series



    • Laura Fraser and Ella Maisy Purvis in Patience (2025)
      Patience
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Calvin Baxter
      • 2025
    • Mark Benton, Phil Dunning, Elijah Young, Patsy Lowe, and Alexandra Mardell in Smoggie Queens (2024)
      Smoggie Queens
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Mam
      • 2024
    • Mark Benton and Charlotte Fenton in Please Come Home (2024)
      Please Come Home
      Short
      • Harry
      • 2024
    • Sai Ganesh Nadesan and Shiv Senthilkumar in Nikhil & Jay (2024)
      Nikhil & Jay
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Jim (voice)
      • 2024
    • Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith in Inside No. 9 (2014)
      Inside No. 9
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Party Guest
      • Les
      • 2015–2024
    • Spencer Brown, Dominic Coleman, James Lance, Michael Smiley, and Sophie Colquhoun in The Devil Went Down to Islington (2023)
      The Devil Went Down to Islington
      6.9
      • Barry Grossman
      • 2023
    • Grantchester (2014)
      Grantchester
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Sam 'Mac' MacKenzie
      • 2023
    • Brandon McCaffrey in Secrets of a Wallaby Boy (2023)
      Secrets of a Wallaby Boy
      5.5
      • Roland
      • 2023
    • Mark Benton in The Roast (2023)
      The Roast
      Short
      • Billy
      • 2023
    • I am Tree (2023)
      I am Tree
      Short
      • Ash (voice)
      • 2023
    • Olivia Williams, Eleanor Tomlinson, Laura Donnelly, Rochelle Neil, Zackary Momoh, and Ann Skelly in The Nevers (2021)
      The Nevers
      7.4
      TV Series
      • The Colonel
      • 2021–2023
    • Christopher Eccleston and Billy Jenkins in Dodger (2022)
      Dodger
      5.8
      TV Series
      • The Abbott
      • 2022
    • Ian Ashpitel, Jo Brand, Jonty Stephens, Suranne Jones, and Nish Kumar in Christmas Carole (2022)
      Christmas Carole
      6.3
      TV Movie
      • Leon
      • 2022
    • Danielle Vitalis in The Read (2022)
      The Read
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Narrator
      • 2022
    • Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon (2019)
      Rose Tyler: The Dimension Cannon
      7.9
      Podcast Series
      • Control Clive
      • Professor Finch
      • Clive Finch (voice)
      • 2019–2022

    Soundtrack



    • Ella Hunt in Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
      Anna and the Apocalypse
      6.1
      • performer: "Human Voice", "I Will Believe", "Which Side Are You On?"
      • 2017
    • Early Doors (2003)
      Early Doors
      8.5
      TV Series
      • performer: "Puppy Love"
      • performer: "Time flies by when I'm the driver of a train"
      • 2003

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    Videos9

    Barbara: The Complete First Season
    Clip 1:15
    Barbara: The Complete First Season
    Trailer
    Trailer 1:25
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    Trailer
    Trailer 1:25
    Trailer
    Official Trailer
    Trailer 0:31
    Official Trailer
    Three And Out
    Trailer 1:59
    Three And Out
    Career Girls
    Trailer 0:32
    Career Girls
    Shakespeare And Hathaway Private Investigators
    Trailer 0:24
    Shakespeare And Hathaway Private Investigators

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
    • Born
      • November 16, 1965
      • Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK
    • Spouse
      • Sarah Gardner2002 - present (3 children)
    • Relatives
      • Michael Gunn(Aunt or Uncle)
    • Other works
      TV commercials for Nationwide Building Society (2004-present) - as a salesman for a fictitious competitor whose mortgages and savings accounts are available to "brand new customers only".

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    • Trivia
      It was announced in the Daily Express newspaper dated 18th March 2007 that he and Robson Green were keen to play Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in a proposed film based on a script called 'Anything For Laughs'. Robson was quoted as saying 'Mark and I are a similar size to Laurel and Hardy and we're also great fans.

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