He became most famous for his role as Dorian Gray in Oliver Parker’s 2009 film of the same name and for playing the role of Prince Caspian in one of the films of the saga of The Chronicles of Narnia: who is actor Ben Barnes.
Ben Barnes, who he is
Actor Ben Barnes was born in London on August 20, 1981, the son of a psychiatry teacher and a psychotherapist. After attending school and graduating, he enrolled in the course of study in Dramatic Arts and English Literature at the University of Kingston in London, indulging his passion for acting and the arts. His acting career began in the theater at a very early age, while it was only in the 2000s that he began acting on television and on the big screen, obtaining numerous successes including a nomination for Best Emerging Actor at the Teen Choice Awards for The Chronicles of Narnia – Prince Caspian and a nomination for the SAG Awards (the award organized by the SAG AFTRA actors’ union) for the best cast in a drama series for the TV series Westworld.
Who Ben Barnes is: Filmography
Ben Barnes made his film debut in 2007, when he played a supporting role in the film Stardust by Matthew Vaughn. He later starred in the film Bigga Than Ben, directed by Suzie Halewood in 2008 and became famous by joining the cast of the film The Chronicles of Narnia – Prince Caspian in 2008 in which he played the role of Prince Caspian.
Always the same they have starred in An English wedding by director Stephan Elliott. The following year is the turn of another great success that definitively consecrates the actor in the Olympus of cinema: Dorian Gray, directed by Oliver Parker. In the film, Ben Barnes played the lead role of Dorian Gray, the famous character from Oscar Wilde’s novel.
In 2010 he starred in the film Locked In and the same year he returns to take on the role of Prince Caspian in third chapter of the saga de The Chronicles of Narnia. His film career continues with great successes such as Killing Bono in 2011, The Words in 2012, Big Wedding the following year, in 2014 he was in the cast of By The Gun, Jackie & Ryan is The seventh son.
Meanwhile, Ben Barnes is also dedicated to TV series, starring in Sons of Liberty in the title role of Sam Adams; in the sci-fi series Westworld where he plays the character of Logan Delos; in the tv series The Punisher in which he plays Billy Russo and in the fantastic TV series Darkness and bones (new in the catalog of April 2021 on Netflix), where he plays the role of Commander Aleksander Kirigan.
Who is Ben Barnes: private life and curiosity
In addition to acting, Ben Barnes has a second passion: the I sing. On his Instagram profile you can find many videos that the actor shares with his followers in which he expresses his singing skills. As a young man he was also the lead singer of the boy band Hyrise.
As for his private life, it seems that the actor is currently single while in the past he dated the English actress Tamsin Egerton and fellow South African actress Meganne Young.