Ben Chaplin

Ben Chaplin

1970-07-31 Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK 40 Credits

Biography

Benedict John Greenwood (born 31 July 1969), better known as Ben Chaplin, is a British actor. He is best known for his roles in films, including Feast of July (1995), The Thin Red Line (1998), Lost Souls (2000), Birthday Girl (2001), Murder by Numbers (2002), Stage Beauty (2004), The New World (2005), Me and Orson Welles (2008), London Boulevard (2010), Twixt (2011), War Book (2014), Little Boy(2015) Snowden (2016), and 5 September (2024). His TV roles include Soldier Soldier (1991), World Witho...

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September 5

September 5

2024

as Marvin Bader

7.1
Acting

During the 1972 Munich Olympics, an American sports broadcasting crew finds itself thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes.

Family

Family

2024

Acting

11-year-old Johanna’s world is falling apart. She’s just moved across the country for her father Harry’s medical treatment, and as her father declines...

The Dig

The Dig

2021

as Stuart Piggott

6.9
Acting

As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the ec...

Mood Music

Mood Music

2020

as Bernard

Acting

In a top London recording studio, Cat, a young songwriter, her producer Bernard, their lawyers and psychotherapists go to battle over who owns a hit s...

Roads

Roads

2019

as Paul

6.3
Acting

A young man from the Congo in search of his brother attempts to cross Europe's borders. In Morocco, he teams up with a sharp-witted British runaway wh...

The Children Act

The Children Act

2018

as Kevin Henry

6.6
Acting

In the midst of a marital crisis, a High Court judge must decide if she should order a life-saving blood transfusion for a teen with cancer despite hi...

National Theatre Live: Consent

National Theatre Live: Consent

2017

as Edward

Acting

Why is Justice blind? Is she impartial? Or is she blinkered? Friends take opposing briefs in a rape case. The key witness is a woman whose life seems ...

When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD

When Cary Grant Introduced Timothy Leary to LSD

2017

as Cary Grant

7.0
Acting

Cary Grant sits in his plush dressing room at Culver Studios, waiting to be called to set by his director, Alfred Hitchcock. Suddenly he gets a visito...

Snowden

Snowden

2016

as Robert Tibbo

7.1
Acting

CIA employee Edward Snowden leaks thousands of classified documents to the press.

The Legend of Tarzan

The Legend of Tarzan

2016

as Captain Moulle

5.9
Acting

Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.

War Book

War Book

2015

as Gary

5.1
Acting

Government officials practice their response and decisions in a simulated escalation of nuclear threat.

Little Boy

Little Boy

2015

as Ben Eagle

7.2
Acting

An eight-year-old boy is willing to do whatever it takes to end World War II so he can bring his father home. The story reveals the indescribable love...

Cinderella

Cinderella

2015

as Cinderella's Father

6.8
Acting

When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, ...

The Wipers Times

The Wipers Times

2013

as Roberts

6.3
Acting

When Captain Fred Roberts discovered a printing press in the ruins of Ypres, Belgium in 1916, he decided to publish a satirical magazine called The Wi...

Twixt

Twixt

2011

as Edgar Allan Poe

5.1
Acting

A struggling horror writer visiting a small town on a book tour gets caught up in a murder mystery involving a young girl. That night in a dream, he i...

London Boulevard

London Boulevard

2010

as Billy Norton

5.9
Acting

A parolee falls for a reclusive movie star while trying to evade a ruthless gangster.

Ways to Live Forever

Ways to Live Forever

2010

as Daniel MacQueen

7.2
Acting

Sam loves facts. He wants to know about UFOs and horror movies and airships and ghosts and scientists, and how it feels to kiss a girl. And because he...

Heavy Rain

Heavy Rain

2010

as Himself

2.0
Acting

A powerful short documentary inspired by the launch of the genre breaking PlayStation 3 title HEAVY RAIN. 

Directed by the acclaimed filmmaker Neil L...

Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray

2009

as Basil Hallward

6.0
Acting

Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton, handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance,...

Me and Orson Welles

Me and Orson Welles

2008

as George Coulouris

6.4
Acting

New York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar becomes attracted to a career-driven production assistant.

The Water Horse

The Water Horse

2007

as Lewis Mowbray

6.5
Acting

A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.

Two Weeks

Two Weeks

2006

as Keith Bergman

6.0
Acting

In this bittersweet comedy, four adult siblings gather at their dying mother's house in North Carolina for what they expect to be a quick, last goodby...

Chromophobia

Chromophobia

2006

as Trent

5.2
Acting

Encouraged by his editor to seek 'sexy stories that sell', a reporter preys upon the private life of an erstwhile friend, with disastrous results.

The New World

The New World

2005

as Robinson

6.5
Acting

A drama about explorer John Smith and the clash between Native Americans and English settlers in the 17th century.

Stage Beauty

Stage Beauty

2004

as George Villiars, Duke of Buckingham

6.7
Acting

Humble Maria, who outfits top London theater star Ned Kynaston, takes none of the credit for the male actor's success at playing women. And because th...

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Film on Terrence Malick

2002

as Self

6.7
Acting

Rosy-Fingered Dawn is a film on Terrence Malick. It is about the making of BADLANDS, DAYS OF HEAVEN, THE THIN RED LINE and the personal involvement of...

The Touch

The Touch

2002

as Eric

5.0
Acting

A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sect to retrieve an artifact that their ancestors hav...

Murder by Numbers

Murder by Numbers

2002

as Sam Kennedy

6.1
Acting

Tenacious homicide detective Cassie Mayweather and her still-green partner are working a murder case, attempting to profile two malevolently brilliant...

Birthday Girl

Birthday Girl

2001

as John

5.9
Acting

John is a mild-mannered banker who has never been lucky in love. Fed up with waiting for the right girl to come along, John takes a chance on a Russia...

Lost Souls

Lost Souls

2000

as Peter Kelson

5.0
Acting

A young woman becomes aware of a conspiracy to enable the Devil to walk the Earth in human form. To defeat the prophesy, she must convince a respected...

The Thin Red Line

The Thin Red Line

1998

as Pvt. Jack Bell

7.4
Acting

The story of a group of men, an Army Rifle company called C-for-Charlie, who change, suffer, and ultimately make essential discoveries about themselve...

Washington Square

Washington Square

1997

as Morris Townsend

6.2
Acting

Set in 1870's New York, a spinster heiress is courted by a much younger, penniless man, much to the chagrin of her over-protective father, and must de...

The Truth About Cats & Dogs

The Truth About Cats & Dogs

1996

as Brian

6.1
Acting

A successful veterinarian and radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.

Feast of July

Feast of July

1995

as Con Wainwright

5.9
Acting

After an abandoned young woman in late 19th Century England is taken in by a rural couple with three handsome sons, tragic consequences result.

A Few Short Journeys of the Heart

A Few Short Journeys of the Heart

1994

as Fierce Man/Tim Bone

2.0
Acting

A surreal and nightmarish selection of short stories derived from the cult collection Dirty Faxes, refracted through the neurosis of a middle-aged wri...

The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day

1993

as Charlie, Head Footman

7.4
Acting

A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with...

After the Dance

After the Dance

1992

as Cyril Carter

Acting

David and Joan's life has been one continuous party, but their marriage is loveless. Suddenly a young girl appears in their world and announces that s...

Bye Bye Baby

1992

as Leo Wiseman

1.0
Acting

Exploring the often hilarious world of a young Jewish lad conscript and how he survives the Russians, the Royal Navy and the relationship with his gir...

A Fatal Inversion

A Fatal Inversion

1992

as Matthew

5.4
Acting

Adaptation of the Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell) novel. After Adam inherits a country house from his great uncle, he and his friend Rufus decide to s...

Panic Carefully

N/A

Acting

Described as a paranoid thriller about a hunt for a cyber-terrorist in the vein of Mr. Robot and The Silence of the Lambs.