Ben Lamb (actor)

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Ben Lamb
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Born (1989-01-24) 24 January 1989 (age 35)
Exeter, Devon, England
OccupationActor
Years active2011–present

Ben Lamb (born 24 January 1989) is an English actor, best known for his portrayal of Anthony Rivers in The White Queen , Edward in Divergent , Owen Case in Now You See Me 2 , [1] and King Richard in A Christmas Prince , A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding and A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby . [2]

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Education

Born in Exeter, Devon, Lamb was educated at Dragon School [3] in Oxford, and Eton College [4] in Berkshire, where he was a music scholar.

Career

After graduating RADA in 2010, Lamb started his professional career in opera [5] [6] before joining the National Youth Theatre [7] and performed in 20 Cigarettes.

In 2012, Lamb appeared as Percy Bysshe Shelley in Helen Edmundson's play Mary Shelley. [8] In 2013, he appeared as John Willoughby in Edmundson's adaptation of Sense and Sensibility on BBC Radio 4. [9]

In 2013 he starred as Anthony in The White Queen [10] and, in 2014, as Edward in Divergent . [11]

Alongside his film career, he has performed in theatre, playing Lorenzo in The Merchant of Venice [12] at Shakespeare's Globe, alongside Jonathan Pryce, and Malcolm in the Young Vic's Macbeth . [13]

In 2017, he was cast as the title role in Netflix's A Christmas Prince [14] and in the upcoming Swords & Sceptres . [15] Ben reprised his role as King Richard in the sequels, A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding and A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby . [16]

In 2023 he was cast as the Duke of Buckingham in the Julian Fellowes drama The Gilded Age.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011Il maestroClarinetistShort
2014 Divergent Edward
2016 Blood Orange Lucas
2016 Now You See Me 2 Owen Case
2017 A Christmas Prince Prince RichardMain Role
2018 A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding King RichardMain Role
2019 A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby King RichardMain Role
2019 The Warrior Queen of Jhansi Major Robert Ellis
2020 The Princess Switch: Switched again King RichardCameo
2021End of TermScottCompleted
2022LedgeJoshua

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Silk Posh Male CandidateEpisode: "2.4"
2013 The White Queen Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers TV miniseries
2014If I Don't Come Home: Letters from D-DayAlastair BannermanTV film
2016 The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret Tim DempseyEpisode: "Todd Margaret Part 2"
2016 Midsomer Murders Aiden McCordellEpisode: "Breaking the Chain"
2017 Victoria Capt. ForbesEpisode: "Comfort and Joy"
2018 Knightfall Brother DominicEpisodes: "And Certainly Not the Cripple", "IV", "Fiat!"
2018 The Alienist Jack AstorEpisode: "Castle in the Sky"
2019 Endeavour Rupert CreswellEpisode: "Confection"
2020 Father Brown Harvey St. GardnerEpisode: "The Fall of the House of St. Gardner"
2023 The Gilded Age The Duke of Buckingham2 episodes

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