Ben Ashenden is a British-Irish actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is half of the duo The Pin, with Alexander Owen. Together they co-wrote and starred in Deep Cover to critical acclaim.[2][3] As an actor, he is best known for his appearances in Black Mirror, Stath Lets Flats and Jurassic World Dominion.
Ashenden met his double-act colleague, Alexander Owen, at the University of Cambridge. They co-wrote/performed (with Joey Batey, Joe Bannister, Mark Fiddaman and Simon Haines) the sketch show ‘Good Clean Men’.[6][7] Ashenden and Owen then performed with the Cambridge Footlights, as part of the first troupe to tour America, in a show directed by Liam Williams and Daran Johnson.[8]
Upon graduation the pair took their sketch act, The Pin, to the Edinburgh Fringe. Their most recent[when?] show, The Pin: Backstage, was described by The Guardian as “one of Edinburgh’s most dazzling comedy shows”,[9] and is now in development with Sonia Friedman Productions.
In early 2025, he featured in Black Mirror, episode 2, season 7: Bête Noire.
In 2025 it was announced by the BBC that he and Alexander Owen had been commissioned to write Bill's Included, a BBC1 sitcom series starring Rob Brydon, with Babycow productions producing. [15]
In September 2025, it was announced that Ashenden would portray DC Ethan Cole in the second series of BBC detective series Ludwig.[16]
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