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Ben Batt (born 7 February 1986) is an English actor, best known for his role as the villainous Joe Pritchard in Channel 4's comedy drama Shameless. He has also appeared in Scott & Bailey as DC Kevin Lumb,[1] Alf Rutter in The Village and in Sirens as Craig Scruton, the fireman. He starred as Ted Burgess in the BBC production of The Go-Between broadcast on 20 September 2015.[2] In the 2011 film Weekender set within the late 1980s rave culture he played the main antagonist John Anderson.

Ben Batt
Born	(1986-02-07) 7 February 1986 (age 36) Wigan, Greater Manchester, England
Nationality	English
Occupation	Actor
Partner	Rebecca Atkinson

He has also had many smaller roles, such as in Captain America: The First Avenger as an Enlistment Office MP and in The Promise as Private Derek Toogood. Other minor parts include roles in Accused, Salvage, Wire in the Blood, Lewis, Casualty, The Edge of Love, Spooks: Code 9 and Death in Paradise. In season 3 of Jamestown (2019), Batt played Willmus Crabtree, a mysterious trader from England with his motives and intentions unknown. In 2016 he starred as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams at the Royal Exchange, Manchester which was directed by Sarah Frankcom.

Stage credits

Year	Title	Role	Location
2016	A Streetcar Named Desire	Stanley Kowalski	Royal Exchange
2018	The York Realist	George	Donmar

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	The Edge of Love	Sergeant
2009	Salvage	Trooper Jones
2011	Weekender	John Anderson
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	Enlistment Officer MP
2014	Electricity	Dave
2016	Despite The Falling Snow	Oleg
2016	The Windmill massacre	Jackson
2018	Dusty and Me	Little Eddie

Television

Year	Title	Role	Episodes	Channel
2008	Casualty	Ian Milton	1 episode	BBC1
2008	Lewis	Milo Hardy		ITV
2008	Spooks: Code 9	Leo Whitelaw		BBC3 TV
2008	Wire in the Blood	Matthew		ITV series
2009–10	Shameless	Joe Pritchard		Channel 4 TV series
2010	Accused	Peter MacShane		BBC 1 TV mini-series
2011	The Promise	Private Derek Toogood	4 episodes	Channel 4 TV mini-series
2011	Sirens	Craig Scruton		Channel 4 TV series
2011–13	Scott & Bailey	DC Kevin Lumb		ITV series
2012	A Running Jump	Footballer		Short
2013	Death in Paradise	Damon Ryan		BBC1 TV series
2013	Prisoners Wives	Danny		BBC1 TV series
2014	From There to Here	Newell		TV mini-series
2014	The Village	Alf Rutter		BBC2 TV series
2015	Coach	Ross		Short
2015	The Go-Between	Ted Burgess		BBC1
2015	From Darkness	Chris Templeton		TV mini-series
2015	Prey	Joseph Kijek		TV min-series
2016	Barbarians Rising	Spartacus		TV mini-series
2017	In The Dark	DI Paul Hopkins	4 episodes	TV mini-series
2017	W1A	Ryan Chelford	2 episodes	BBC2
2018	Vera	Tony Everitt	1 episode	ITV
2018–20	Our Girl	Blue	5 episodes	BBC
2020	The English Game	John Cartwright	6 episodes	Netflix
2021	Domina	Agrippa	6 episodes	TV series
2022	Rules Of The Game	Owen Jenkins	4 episodes	TV series[3]

Personal life

Batt was born in Wigan, to parents Alan and Holly, the only boy in a family of three, with an older sister, Sarah, and a younger sister, Holly. He played for Orrell and Lancashire rugby teams as a child. He attended Shevington High School. After sustaining an injury he began acting and enrolled at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He left when he was offered a small role in the film The Edge of Love in 2008.

His partner is Shameless co-star, Rebecca Atkinson, who played Karen Maguire. They met on the set in 2008 and shared numerous storylines together. In 2016, Atkinson gave birth to their son, Jack.

References

External links

• Ben Batt at IMDb
• http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a215521/shameless-ben-batt-stopped-by-volcano.html

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