Ben Lloyd-Hughes

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Ben Lloyd-Hughes
Born
Benedict Lloyd-Hughes

(1988-04-14) 14 April 1988 (age 36)
Westminster, London, England
Alma mater Guildhall School of Music and Drama
OccupationActor
Years active2002–present
Spouse
(m. 2019)
Parent(s)Lucy Appleby
Timothy Lloyd-Hughes
Relatives Henry Lloyd-Hughes (brother)
Flo Lloyd-Hughes (sister)
Basil Appleby (grandfather)
Anne Padwick (grandmother)

Benedict Lloyd-Hughes (born 14 April 1988) is a British actor.

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Early life

Lloyd-Hughes was born in 1988 in London, the son of Lucy Appleby and Timothy Lloyd-Hughes. He attended St. Paul's School, London. In 2011 he finished his acting training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

Career

He is known for portraying Josh Stock in the British series Skins (2007) and for his role as Will in the film Divergent (2014). He plays Tsar Alexander in the 2016 BBC television series War & Peace , and Greg in the 2020 series Industry . [1] Lloyd-Hughes joined the main cast of period drama Sanditon (based on Jane Austen's unfinished novel) in 2022. He played Mark Bolland in the fifth and sixth seasons of the historical drama television series The Crown. [2] [3]

Personal life

Lloyd-Hughes has an older brother, actor Henry Lloyd-Hughes, and a sister. Both brothers acted in Miliband of Brothers , a satirical docu-drama centered around the 2010 Labour leadership election.

Lloyd-Hughes is married to actress Emily Berrington. [4] They met at drama school. [5] Fred Macpherson, lead singer of the band Spector and formerly of Les Incompétents and Ox.Eagle.Lion.Man, is his cousin. [6]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 Tormented Jez
2009The First Days of SpringYoung Ethan
2010 Miliband of Brothers Ed MilibandTogether with Henry Lloyd-Hughes (brother)
2012 The Scapegoat Myerson
2012 Great Expectations Bentley Drummel
2013Tom & IssyEricShort film
2014 Divergent Will
2015 The Divergent Series: Insurgent Will
2016 Me Before You Rupert Collins
2017 Breathe Dr. Don McQueen
2018 Malevolent Jackson
2019 A Serial Killer's Guide to Life Chuck Knoah
2022 The King's Daughter Jean-Michel Lintillac
2022The Stranger in Our BedTom [7] [8]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Love Soup Teenage Boy
2006 Genie in the House Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2006 A Touch of Frost Student
2007 Casualty Colm Roach
2007 Skins Josh Stock2 episodes
2008 Roman Mysteries Gaius Valerius Flaccus4 episodes
2008 Personal Affairs Dominic Fitzwallace
2011 The Hour Ralph Sherwin2 episodes
2011 Young James Herriot Rob McAloon
2015 Life in Squares Bunny (younger)2 episodes
2015 The Eichmann Show Alan Rosenthal
2016 War & Peace Tsar Alexander 3 episodes
2016 National Treasure Freddie
2020 Industry Greg
2022 The Ipcress File JamesMini-Series
2022–2023 The Crown Mark Bolland 6 episodes
2022 This England Ben Gascoigne 5 episodes
2022–2023 Sanditon Alexander ColbourneSeason 2-3

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 GreedFall Constantin D'OrsayVoice

Theatre

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