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BIOGRAPHY OF BEN CHAPLIN | Lifestyle

Ben Chaplin, whose birth name is Benedict John Greenwood is a British actor and commentator. He was born on July 31, 1969 in Windsor, Berkshire, England.

Chaplin has made a small but significant impression on American audiences since his American film debut in 1996’s The Truth About Cats and Dogs.

 

Although not widely recognized by many Americans, the actor enjoyed a steady career in British theater and television, and with his role in Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line, he gained the highest profile. which he had missed before.

BEN CHAPLIN AGE | BIRTHDAY

Chaplin was born on July 31, 1969, in England, United Kingdom. He turned 50 in 2019. Chaplin celebrates his birthday on July 31 every year.

BEN CHAPLIN HEIGHT

Chaplin stands at a height of 1.8 meters. Her hair is black in color.

 

BEN CHAPLIN EDUCATION

Chaplin became interested in acting as a teenager when he appeared in a school play. Chaplin attended the Princess Margaret Royal Free School and, at the age of 17, enrolled at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

He pursued his early acting career between odd jobs, various office jobs and as a statistician for the London Transport Authority. Chaplin eventually began appearing in BBC dramas and various British films. He took his stage name from his mother’s maiden name.

He also graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he had his big break in 1992.

 

ACTOR BEN CHAPLIN | CAREER

In 1992 Chaplin appeared in his first major role, alongside James Purefoy and Jason Flemyng in ‘Bye Bye Baby’ for Channel Four.

Chaplin received positive reviews as Tom Wingfield in Sam Mendes’ stage production of The Glass Menagerie in London and starred in the British sitcom’s first series, Game On. In the United States, Chaplin was cast by director Michael Lehmann as the photographer caught between two women in The Truth About Cats & Dogs, a tale by “Cyrano de Bergerac”.

Chaplin appeared as a low-level bank clerk who buys a Russian mail-order bride in Birthday Girl.

 

After starring alongside Michelle Yeoh in the Taiwanese action film The Touch, Chaplin played George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham in the romantic drama, Stage Beauty, set in the world of British theater in the 1660s.

After a supporting role in the children’s fantasy The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, Chaplin played acclaimed English stage and film actor George Coulouris, in Me and Orson Welles, directed by independent filmmaker Richard Linklater.

 

Chaplin starred in the 2018 film The Children Act adapted from the Ian McEwan novel of the same name.

Chaplin is currently starring in the BBC Press series with Charlotte Riley.

BEN CHAPLIN GAME ON

Game On is a British sitcom which ran for three series and aired on BBC2 from February 27, 1995 to February 6, 1998.

The main characters are three childhood friends from Herne Bay in Kent; laddish agoraphobic Matthew Malone (Ben Chaplin in series one and Neil Stuke in series two and three), man-eater Amanda “Mandy” Wilkins, and wimpish Martin Henson (Matthew Cottle). Once in their twenties, the trio move in and share a flat in Battersea, South West London, which Matthew bought with his inheritance, and the series follows their lives as housemates.

Created and written by Andrew Davies and Bernadette Davis, and produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC, Game On was aimed at 20-somethings, the same age group as the show’s main cast.

BEN CHAPLIN FAMILY | CHARLIE CHAPLIN

He is the son of Cynthia (née Chaplin), a teacher, and Peter Greenwood, a civil engineer. He has two sisters, Sarah and Rachel, and a brother, Justin. The Chaplin family is a multinational acting family.

Ben Chaplin linked to Charlie Chaplin

Ben Chaplin is the eldest son of Charlie Chaplin IV and final marriage.

BEN CHAPLIN MARRIES | MARRIAGE | BEN CHAPLIN ROCIO OLIVER

Ben married Rocio Oliver in 2009. Oliver is an American writer and producer. Rocio is famous for being married to Chaplin.

Chaplin is rumored to be secretly married to his longtime girlfriend, Rocio Oliver. This rumor started when a tweet surfaced referencing Chaplin. A fan had tweeted “They certainly looked like a happy couple” on July 27, 2016. No official source regarding Ben or Rocio has confirmed (or denied) the alleged “private and intimate wedding ceremony”.

Chaplin alluded to being a bit of a commitment phobe, saying that “being an actor has a built-in snowflake effect, which means you can’t commit too far in advance.

“He justified earlier that with the nature of his job, his life was a bit unstable, which doesn’t necessarily lend itself to long-term relationships. Settling down isn’t something he can really calculate because he’s lived in a sack since he was 17. Being an actor is well paid but it’s a bit like being a circus traveler. There is no base except where your friends and family are, he confessed.

BEN CHAPLIN NET WORTH

Chaplin, an English actor, he managed to derive a net worth of $500,000.

BEN CHAPLIN MOVIES

  • The thin red line
  • Murder in numbers
  • Cinderella 2015
  • birthday girl 2001
  • The water horse
  • The truth about cats and dogs
  • Dorian Gray 2009
  • beauty of the scene
  • The remnants of the day
  • Lost Souls 2000
  • Two weeks 2006
  • little boy 2015
  • Me and Orson Welles
  • The Children’s Act
  • London Boulevard
  • Washington Square 1997
  • Ways to Live Forever 2010
  • Twixt 2011
  • July party
  • The legend of Tarzan
  • The New World 2005
  • Chromophobia 2005
  • Snowden (movie)
  • The Touch 2002
  • The Wipers Times 2013
  • The return of borrowers

BEN CHAPLIN TV SHOWS

  • Press (TV series)
  • apple yard
  • Urban myths
  • rabid dogs
  • The Book of Negroes
  • Dates (TV series)
  • Endless World (miniseries)
  • harry’s law
  • Use of murder
  • Game On (British TV series)
  • The return of borrowers
  • Moonfleet

BEN CHAPLIN CONTROVERSY

The UK’s hottest journalistic drama star is definitely keeping his cards close to his chest when it comes to his personal life, but it looks like he’s not currently married. We’ve contacted his reps for comment, but in April 2018 he told the Evening Standard that rumors he had married girlfriend Rocio Oliver were untrue, adding that he was in fact single.

The Windsor-born actor has been linked to several women in the past, reports The Sun, including actor and Mad Men star Embeth Davidtz, who the Evening Standard reports has moved to Los Angeles and remains friends. starring, as well as Bollywood favorite Rani Mukerji. We think he’s gay.

BEN CHAPLIN AND CHARLIE CHAPLIN

British actor Ben Chaplin, born in London in 1970, is not related to silent film legend Charlie Chaplin. Ben Chaplin was born Benedict John Greenwood but used his mother’s maiden name when creating his stage persona.

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