Ben Chaplin
Biography
Ben Chaplin is a British actor who grew up in Windsor, trained at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama and began in small parts on BBC television. His first major role came in 1992 in Bye Bye Baby, and James Ivory and Ismail Merchant gave him a part in The Remains of the Day. He earned an Olivier nomination for Tom Wingfield in Sam Mendes's staging of The Glass Menagerie and led the first series of the sitcom Game On. Michael Lehmann cast him as a photographer in The Truth About Cats & Dogs, and he went on to play a fortune hunter in Washington Square, a soldier in Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line and Sandra Bullock's partner in Murder by Numbers. Later credits include The New World, Stage Beauty, Cinderella, Snowden and September 5 (2024), plus television roles in World Without End and The Nevers. He received a Tony nomination for The Retreat from Moscow.
57years old
Turns 58 on July 31in 291 days
- Born Windsor
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Benedict John Greenwood (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 25
- Career span
- 31 years1993 to 2024
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A change of course
Chaplin balanced his early acting career with odd jobs as an office worker, and he also spent a while working as a statistician for the London Transport Authority.
Ben Chaplin movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Terrence Malick directed two of these films, Richard Eyre two. Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Terrence Malick
Richard EyreDirector, 2 films, 2004 to 2018
All films by Richard Eyre
Also two films together8 more actors
- David ThewlisLondon Boulevard (2010) and The New World (2005)
- Elias KoteasLost Souls (2000) and The Thin Red Line (1998)
- Emily WatsonLittle Boy (2015) and The Water Horse (2007)
- Rhys IfansSnowden (2016) and Chromophobia (2005)
- Claire DanesMe and Orson Welles (2008) and Stage Beauty (2004)
- Lily JamesThe Dig (2021) and Cinderella (2015)
- Rupert VansittartThe Children Act (2018) and The Remains of the Day (1993)
- Alex EtelWays to Live Forever (2010) and The Water Horse (2007)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Ben Chaplin's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$985 million
19 of the 25 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 25 films: 19 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 3 figure not found.
- 19Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 94% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$544M55.2% of the total
- 2$104M10.6% of the total
- 3$98M10.0% of the total
- 4$57M5.8% of the total
- 5$37M3.8% of the total
- 6$31M3.2% of the total
- 7$31M3.1% of the total
- 8$23M2.4% of the total
$59.8 millionfrom the other 11 films with a worldwide figure, 6% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.