British actor and musician Ben Barnes is known to many for his role in the films The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and The Chronicles of Narnia: Patron of the Dawn. Popularity to the actor also brought the movie "Dorian Gray", where Barnes played the main role.
Benjamin (Ben) Thomas Barnes was born in London. Date of birth: August 20, 1981. Ben's family has another child - the youngest son named Jack. Thomas - the father of the family - was a professor of psychiatry and worked at King's College. Mother - Trishia is a family, relationship and marriage counselor. Thus, Benjamin's inner circle was not directly related to art. But Ben himself from an early age began to be interested in creativity: he was attracted by both the acting profession and music.
Ben Barnes Biography Facts
Even as a child, Ben began to study music. Over time, he professionally mastered the playing of percussion instruments and the piano. Wanting to develop in different creative directions, Benjamin gradually began to combine acting and music. This led to the fact that the talented young man participated in the selection for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004, and later recorded a number of musical compositions for some films. Ben managed to work in a musical group, and to a certain extent also developed his solo career.
Ben was educated in his childhood and adolescence in a closed elite school in Great Britain. When the certificate was received, the young man passed the exams and was enrolled in the ranks of students at Kingston University. He chose the literary faculty for himself, and also engaged in in-depth study of the English language. Ben chose this path under the influence of his parents.
For the first time, Benjamin became seriously interested in acting while getting higher education. His passion for acting and theater eventually became so strong that the young man went against his parents and transferred from the literary faculty to the faculty of drama and art. In 2004, the future famous artist graduated from the university with a bachelor's degree.
In 1997, Benjamin got a job at a youth theater. Ben's first production was Bugsy Malone. In the troupe of the youth theater, the artist stayed until 2003.
Another project of the talented artist was a series of advertising videos: for some time Ben was the official face of UOMO fragrances, produced by Salvatore Ferragamo.
Acting career and significant roles
During his acting career, Ben Barnes managed to appear in more than 15 films, including short films. He appeared in 7 television projects, including serials. He managed to work as a voice actor, doing a video game, and starred in several music videos.
Initially, Benjamin played only background and secondary roles in big movies. In 2007, two projects with Barnes were released at once: the independent film More Ben and the fantasy film Stardust.
Barnes became famous literally all over the world with his work in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. The young actor got the role of the prince himself. The movie was released in 2008. In the same year Ben Barnes appeared in Easy Behavior, a remake of A. Hitchcock's film.
The shooting in the next part of The Chronicles of Narnia helped to consolidate the success and fame of the actor. In 2010, the film The Chronicles of Narnia: Patron of the Dawn started at the box office. A year earlier, the already demanded artist played the leading role in the movie "Dorian Gray".
In subsequent years, several more full-length films were released with Ben Barnes, including: "Kill Bono" (2011), "Only God Knows" (2014), "The Seventh Son" (2014).
Simultaneously with the development of a career in big cinema, Benjamin Barnes managed to appear in a number of popular television series. For example, for his role in the TV show "Westworld" in 2017, the artist was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild of America award. And the first work of the artist on television was the role in the series "Doctors", it happened back in 2006. In addition to the aforementioned television series, Ben managed to star in projects such as Sons of Freedom (2015) and The Punisher (2017-2019).
Personal life, family and relationships
Ben tries not to disclose information about his personal life. Therefore, at the moment it is impossible to say for sure whether the actor has a chosen one.
In addition to his passionate development of his creative career, Ben is involved in charity work. Barnes is a member and representative of the Make a Wish Foundation, an English foundation that specializes in fulfilling the wishes of seriously ill children.
