Ben Whitehead
Biography
Ben Whitehead is an English actor, born in Cheshire, who began working with Aardman Animations in 2003 and became the second performer to voice Wallace in the Wallace & Gromit franchise, taking over from Peter Sallis. He first played the character in 2009 alongside Sallis in the episodic game Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, a four-part series from Telltale Games, and after Sallis's final turn as Wallace in 2010 he became the official voice, starting with Wallace & Gromit's Musical Marvels at the 2012 BBC Proms. He was also Aardman's read-in artist on A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008), and he voiced Wallace in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024) and played Keir Starmer and Howard Lutnick in the BBC radio play Churchill's Bust in 2025. On stage he has appeared in Gonzo Moose's Great Scott! and voiced the title role in 1927's Golem.
49years old
Turns 50 on May 15in 185 days
- Born London
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Also credited as Benjamin Whitehead
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 19 years2005 to 2024
Every film, newest first
- 2024Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most FowlIMDb rating 7.5
- 2012The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!IMDb rating 6.7
- 2008A Matter of Loaf and DeathIMDb rating 7.6
- 2005Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-RabbitIMDb rating 7.5
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Big break
Whitehead became the second person to voice Wallace, starting in 2009 with the Telltale Games episodic series Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, playing the role beside Peter Sallis.
A first
After Peter Sallis last played Wallace in 2010, Whitehead became the character's official voice. His first job was Wallace & Gromit's Musical Marvels, Prom 20 of the 2012 BBC Proms season.
Beyond film
Whitehead voiced the title role in Golem, a production by the theater company 1927 directed by Suzanne Andrade and Paul Barritt that played at the Young Vic and on tour.
Ben Whitehead movies on Netflix
Most often with
Nick Park directed three of these films. Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Peter Sallis's page
Geraldine McEwan's page
Lenny Henry's page
Peter Kay's page
All films by Nick Park
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.