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Benjamin Charles Aldridge (born 12 November 1985) is an English actor.[1] He is best known for his portrayals of Thomas Wayne in the crime drama series Pennyworth (2019–present), Arsehole Guy in the dramedy series Fleabag (2016–2019), and DI Matthew Venn in drama The Long Call (2021).

Ben Aldridge
Born	Benjamin Charles Aldridge (1985-11-12) 12 November 1985 (age 36) Exeter, Devon, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present

Early life and education

Having worked with the National Youth Theatre, Aldridge graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art[2] with a bursary from the Genesis Foundation for young actors.[3] He left early to begin filming the 2009 ITV film Compulsion alongside Ray Winstone and Parminder Nagra.

Career

Aldridge's first professional acting role was in a play The Master and Margarita at Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith in 2004. In 2008, Aldridge made his television debut in Channel 4's four-part miniseries The Devil's Whore, playing Harry Fanshawe, husband of the title character. That same year, he was featured on Screen International's "Stars of Tomorrow" list.[4] In addition to First Light, Lewis, Toast and Vera, Aldridge also appeared as Daniel Parish in the BBC One period drama Lark Rise to Candleford.[5] In 2011, the American network The CW cast Aldridge as the lead in the pilot Heavenly. Later on he spent time in Belgrade shooting the partially improvised romance short film In the Night for director Ivana Bobic and award-winning cinematographer Rain Li, alongside supermodel Danijela Dimitrovska.

Aldridge is a co-founder of "In the Corner Productions". He directed the comedy pilot Pet Shop Girls in late 2011, which he co-wrote and co-produced with actor-writers Luke Norris, Ed Hancock and Kirsty Woodward.[6]

In 2013, Aldridge starred in Almeida Theatre's production of American Psycho as Paul Owen, opposite Matt Smith, Susannah Fielding, Jonathan Bailey, and Lucie Jones. The musical thriller featured a book by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa based on Bret Easton Ellis's cult novel, with music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik. In September 2014, he joined BBC's original drama series Our Girl as Captain Charles James. He left the role after the third series in 2018.[7] In December 2014, Aldridge joined The CW's series Reign as King Antoine of Navarre.

Personal life

Aldridge was raised as an evangelical Christian.[8] Both his parents and grandparents were raised in the Plymouth Brethren church, although his parents both left the denomination at age 18.[8][9] Commenting on his current relationship with religion, Aldridge stated in a 2021 interview, "It feels very far away in some respects as there isn't a religious aspect to my life now."[10]

In 2020, Aldridge came out as a member of the LGBTQ+ community in a post on Instagram on the occasion of National Coming Out Day.[11][12][13] In a 2021 interview with Attitude magazine, he self-identified as gay.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2013	In the Night	Alex	Short film
2013	The Railway Man	Mike Moffat
2014	Synchronicity	Fred	Short film
2018	The Titan	Lawrence		[15]
2018	Paris Song	George Gershwin	Main role	[16]
2019	Thrive	Alex	Short film
2022	Spoiler Alert	Kit Cowan
2023	Knock at the Cabin	Eric	Filming	[17]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2008	The Devil's Whore	Harry Fanshawe	Miniseries; episode 1
2008	Compulsion	Alex	Television film
2009	Lewis	Daniel Rattenbury	Episode: "The Point of Vanishing"
2010	First Light	Brian Kingcome	Television film
2010	Toast	Stuart	Television film	[18]
2010–2011	Lark Rise to Candleford	Daniel Parish	Starring role; 16 episodes
2011	Heavenly	Dashiel Coffee	Television film
2012	The Cricklewood Greats	Joe Hazelhurst	Television film
2012	Vera	Ollie/Alex Barton	Episode: "Sandancers"
2013	Pramface	Marcus	Episode: "If You Cry, I'll Cry"
2013	The Bible	Luke	Miniseries; episode: "Courage"
2013–2014, 2016–2018	Our Girl	Captain Charles James	Main role
2014–2015	Reign	Antoine of Navarre	7 episodes
2015	DeTour	Michael Sturges	Television film	[19]
2016, 2019	Fleabag	Arsehole Guy	Recurring role; 6 episodes
2016	Stan Lee's Lucky Man	DS Ben Grady	2 episodes
2019–present	Pennyworth	Thomas Wayne	Main role
2021	The Long Call	DI Matthew Venn	Main role

Video game

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2012	The Secret World	Saïd (voice)
2022	Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga	(voice)

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Theatre / Producer	Ref.
2004	The Master and Margarita	Pinstripe / Doctor	Lyric Hammersmith
2005	Antigone at Hell's Mouth	Rothenkopf	Kneehigh Theatre
2006	Fish and Company	Tom	Soho Theatre
	Shelf Life	Dan	Old Red Lion
2009	Romeo and Juliet	Benvolio	Shakespeare's Globe
2013	The Lyons	Brian Hutchins	Menier Chocolate Factory
2013	American Psycho	Paul Owen[20]	Almeida Theatre
2017	Run The Beast Down	Titus Halder	The Marlowe Theatre

References

External links

• Ben Aldridge at IMDb

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[de] Ben Aldridge

Benjamin Charles Aldridge (* 12. November 1985 in Exeter, England) ist ein britischer Schauspieler in Film, Fernsehen und Theater. Internationale Bekanntheit erlangte er unter anderem durch seine Rollen in der Actiondramaserie Eine Frau an der Front als Captain James[1] sowie der DC-Serie Pennyworth in der Rolle des Thomas Wayne.[2]

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- [en] Ben Aldridge (actor)

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[es] Ben Aldridge

Benjamin Charles Aldridge, más conocido como Ben Aldridge, es un actor inglés conocido por haber interpretado a Daniel Parish en la serie Lark Rise to Candleford y actualmente por dar vida al capitán James en la serie Our Girl. Desde 2019 interpreta a Thomas Wayne en la serie de Epix, Pennyworth.

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