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.

Filmography

• 2026Ghosts: The Possession of Button House — The Captain, Writer, Executive Producer
• The Wives — Frankie Morgan
• A Kind of Spark — Adam Quinn
• 2023Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget — Additional Writing
• Hijack — Graham
• 2023We Are Not Alone — Darrenth, Writer
• We Are Not Alone — Darrenth, Writer, Creator
• Ghosts — Executive Producer
• The Cleaner — Justin
• Alma's Not Normal — Phil
• Ghosts — The Captain, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
• Good Omens — Nigel Tomkins
• 2019Sequins — Alan Bigsby
• 2018King of Thieves — Building Society Branch Manager
• 2016Bridget Jones's Baby — Giles
• Power Monkeys — Oleg
• Tracey Ullman's Show — Emmanuel Macron
• 2015Acoustic Kitty — Agent Cooper
• 2015Bill — King Phillip II of Spain / Earl of Southampton / Grubby Thief / Alexander Dimitrievitch / Head of Guards, Writer
• Danger Mouse — Prof. Ham Hands (voice)
• Inside No. 9 — Jeremy
• Playing House — Dr. Clive Ericson
• 2014Rest Stop — Guardian Angel
• 2014Sardines — Jeremy
• Yonderland — Various, Writer, Creator
• 2012Meeting Daddy — Daddy
• Death in Paradise — Craig Pinnock
• 2011Horrible Histories’ Big Prom Party
• 2011Tooty's Wedding — Peter, Producer, Writer
• 2011W.E. — Equerry
• 2011Your Highness — Ranger
• 2010Cemetery Junction — Martin
• The Persuasionists — Carl
• Horrible Histories — Writer
• 2008Exit Strategy — Husband
• Laura, Ben And Him
• 2008Trimming the Fat — JT
• Angelo's — Paul
• 2007I Want Candy — Businessman
• 2007Spinners and Losers — Adam Kenyon
• 2007St Trinian's — Damaged Inspector
• 2006Imagine Me & You — David Steele
• Mayo — Simon Johnston
• 2006Starter for 10 — University Challenge Coordinator
• 2006The Gigolos — Ben
• The Robinsons — Lance
• The Thick of It — Adam Kenyon
• Carrie & Barry — Man in Street
• The Catherine Tate Show
• My Hero — Dexter Paget
• Womble — Jim Labey

Appearances as themselves (1)

• Pointless Celebrities — Self