Ben Chaplin is a British actor. Known for the films Beauty in English, The Thin Red Line, The Truth about Cats and Dogs. The performer is independent and original.
Hollywood charming artist won his work in the comedy "The truth about cats and dogs." He undertakes to perform work only of high quality. He does not need a Hollywood gloss.
Way to destination
Benedict Greenwood was born into a large family of civil engineer Peter Greenwood and drama art teacher Cynthia Chaplin in 1968, July 31. Since childhood, the boy showed acting talent. He attended the Royal School of Princess Margaret, constantly participated in productions.
At seventeen, the future famous artist became a student at the School of Frame and Music in London. After completing the education course, the biography of the future celebrity was enriched with new records. He began work in the metropolitan administration of transport. The artist began acting in the late eighties.
His career started from the series. During this period, the young artist changed his name, taking the mother. The television debut took place in the film "Disaster." The drama narrated the daily work of the emergency department workers at Holby City Hospital. The next work was the show "Soldier, soldier."
It was followed by the 1991 science fiction movie "Borrowers." A year passed, and Chaplin was offered a job in the continuation of the popular project "Return of borrowers." By 1993, Ben was already part of the artistic composition of Ivory's melodrama "At the End of the Day."
Film works
1995 was marked by an invitation to participate in the filming of "Last Summer of Love" in the image of Con Wenwright. However, until 1995, the artist did not gain popularity. Fame came along with the comedy project "The Truth About Cats and Dogs." Uma Thurman, Jamie Foxx starred with the aspiring actor.
Posters decorated portrait of the artist. Finally, the recognition of the performer began. There were quite a role, and interesting suggestions. Criticism called the actor the new Hugh Grant. In 1997, the director of "Washington Square" invited the artist to reincarnate as a key character in the drama.
Chaplin's character is a young and very selfish person. He dreams of improving his own well-being at the expense of a well-to-do future spouse. The work partner for the performer was actress Jennifer Jason Lee. A year passed, and the artist starred as Private Ben in The Thin Red Line.
In 2000, Chaplin played the role of the main character in the thriller Lost Souls. His character was writer Peter Kensol. The main character of the picture was played by Winona Ryder.
Demand
A year later, the actor played with Nicole Kidman. Together, they starred with Batterhound in the criminal film "Girl for Birthday." According to the plot, Mount Chaplin is an ordinary unremarkable Englishman. He is trying to find a bride in Russia. The intermediary in his search is a dating agency.
In 2002, the result of the artist's work was the premiere of the adventure film project "The Talisman" directed by Peter Pow. The hero of the film went looking for a mysterious artifact along with several representatives of the monks of ancient Tibet. They were performed by Lun Shihun and Michelle Yeo.
At the same time, the criminal "Countdown of the killings" appeared on the screens. Together with Chaplin, Sandra Bullock participated in it. Next came three tapes. Two films were shot in the UK. The new film works were the adventure “New World”, the historical “Beauty in English” and the comedy series “The Graham Norton Show”.
The starring role was brought by the year 2005. Ben reincarnated as Trent for the dramatic story Chromophobia. A couple of years later, the artist took part in the work on the cute family film "My Home Dinosaur." He then became George for "Me and Orson Welles."
In 2009, Chaplin played in the thriller Dorian Gray. He got the character of the artist Basil Holloword. A year passed, and Ben reincarnated as Billy for The Bodyguard. Next was work on the horror film "Between Now and Sunrise." In it, Chaplin played an American writer, the "forefather" of the horror genre, Edgar Allan Poe.
In the historical Endless World, a talented performer was offered the main role. He became in the picture Thomas Langley, the owner of the backstage secrets of the English court, who lived in the fourteenth century.
