Ben Willbond

Biography

Benjamin Thomas Willbond (born 18 January 1973) is an English actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his numerous roles in a children’s program Horrible Histories (2009–2013), as well as Yonderland (2013–2016), where he also played various different roles, and Ghosts (2019–) where he played The Captain. He is also known for appearing in movies such as St. Trinian's (2007), Bill (2015), and Bridget Jones's Baby (2016). He was part of the comedy duo "Ben & Arn", for which he won Perrier Award for "Best Newcomer" in 1999, and formed the self-proclaimed "thinking man's French pop duo" Priorité à Gauche. He then went on to perform his solo character shows at several Edinburgh Fringe Festivals. He is best known for his regular role in CBBC's Horrible Histories, in which he played a wide variety of historical figures, most memorably recurring roles as Henry VIII and Alexander the Great. He is also the co-creator, -writer and -star of Yonderland, a family fantasy comedy series that premiered on SkyOne on 10 November 2013. In addition, he is the co-writer of Bill, a BBC-produced comedy film based loosely around the early life of William Shakespeare. Other notable television work includes the recurring roles of Steve Warwick in the BBC comedy Rev, Adam Kenyon in BBC Four's The Thick of It and as a television director in the movie-length final episode of the Ricky Gervais comedy Extras (BBC Two). He has also appeared in Katy Brand's Big Ass Show for ITV2 and Mayo for BBC One. His 2010 short film Tooty's Wedding, which he co-wrote with Solon, won numerous international comedy awards and was screened as part of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Other notable film work includes the movie Starter for 10 (2006). In 2007, and he had a short appearance in St Trinian's as a nervous school inspector. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Ben Willbond, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
—	Exit Strategy	Husband
—	Womble	Jim Labey
2024	The Wives	Frankie Morgan
2023	A Kind of Spark	Adam Quinn
2023	We Are Not Alone	Darrenth
2021	The Cleaner	Justin
2019	Good Omens	Nigel Tomkins
2019	Ghosts	The Captain
2019	Sequins	Alan Bigsby
2018	King of Thieves	Building Society Branch Manager
2016	Bridget Jones's Baby	Giles
2016	Tracey Ullman's Show	Emmanuel Macron
2016	Power Monkeys	Oleg
2015	Bill	King Phillip II of Spain / Earl of Southampton / Grubby Thief / Alexander Dimitrievitch / Head of Guards
2015	Danger Mouse	Prof. Ham Hands (voice)
2015	Acoustic Kitty	Agent Cooper
2014	Inside No. 9	Jeremy
2014	Playing House	Dr. Clive Ericson
2014	Rest Stop	Guardian Angel
2013	Yonderland	Various
2012	Meeting Daddy	Daddy
2011	Your Highness	Ranger
2011	W.E.	Equerry
2011	Pointless Celebrities	Self
2011	Tooty's Wedding	Peter
2011	Horrible Histories’ Big Prom Party
2010	Cemetery Junction	Martin
2009	Horrible Histories
2008	Trimming the Fat	JT
2008	Laura, Ben And Him
2007	St. Trinian's	Damaged Inspector
2007	I Want Candy	Businessman
2007	Spinners and Losers	Adam Kenyon
2007	Angelo's	Paul
2006	Imagine Me & You	David Steele
2006	Starter for 10	University Challenge Coordinator
2006	Mayo	Simon Johnston
2006	The Gigolos	Ben
2005	Extras	Film Director
2005	The Thick of It	Adam Kenyon
2005	The Robinsons	Lance
2004	The Catherine Tate Show
2000	My Hero	Dexter Paget

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2023	Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget	Additional Writing
2023	We Are Not Alone	Writer
2021	Ghosts	Executive Producer
2019	Ghosts	Executive Producer
2019	Ghosts	Writer
2019	Ghosts	Creator
2015	Bill	Writer
2013	Yonderland	Writer
2013	Yonderland	Creator
2011	Tooty's Wedding	Writer
2011	Tooty's Wedding	Producer
2009	Horrible Histories	Writer