Ben Starr (actor)

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Ben Starr
Born (1988-04-01) April 1, 1988 (age 36)
Bristol, England
Alma mater Durham University (BA)
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (MFA)
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present

Ben Starr is an English actor. After a string of minor roles, mainly on television, he had his breakthrough as a voice actor after starring as Clive Rosfield in Final Fantasy XVI , for which he received a Golden Joystick Award for Best Lead Performer, [1] and has subsequently gone on to do voice work in multiple other video games.

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Biography

Starr was born in Bristol. He attended Queen Elizabeth's Hospital School and was Captain of School 2005/6. While at school he was a member of Great Western Youth Theatre, Bristol Old Vic Youth Theatre and HTV Television Workshop. He studied History at the University of Durham and was President of Castle Theatre Company, a member of DULOG, as well as a founding member of DIM. On graduating from Durham he completed a 2 year postgraduate acting course at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

Career

His first role was in Father Brown in 2013, followed by Doctors in 2013, and The Musketeers in 2015. He played Captain James Hawdon in the BBC series Dickensian . [2] In 2016, he had roles in Casualty as Nathan Mason and he starred in the role of Donatello in Medici: Masters of Florence . In 2022, he appeared as Friar Tuck in “Robin Hood, on the run” at the Solihull Fringe Festival. In 2017 he landed a recurring role as the Apothecary, Dr Christopher Priestley, in the Sky1 series Jamestown . [3]

Starr voiced Clive Rosfield in the 2023 video game Final Fantasy XVI , which enriched his stardom in the video game industry. He also hosted the Golden Joystick Awards in 2024, where he previously won the award for Best Lead Performer as the titular character. [4] He returned to voice Clive as the final character in Tekken 8's first season pass.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015 Survivor Sniper
Meet Pursuit Delange: The MoviePursuit Delange
2016A Great Personality is Just Skin DeepDanShort film
2017 Eat Locals Private Crown
20187 Miracles Judas
2021SinkingHusbandShort film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Father Brown Adam Watkins1 episode
Doctors Paul Stammers1 episode
2015 The Musketeers Francesco1 episode
2015–2016 Dickensian Captain James Hawdon 17 episodes
2016 Casualty Nathan Mason1 episode
Medici Donatello 1 episode
2017–2019 Jamestown Dr. Christopher Priestley24 episodes
2019 Knightfall Philippe2 episodes
Midsomer Murders Noah Moon1 episode
2021 Trying Elliot2 episodes
2022 Death in Paradise Chad Burinsky1 episode
London Kills Josh Hart1 episode
The Other HalfOscar1 episode
2023 You & Me Harry3 episodes
You Niko Leandros1 episode

Theatre

YearTitleRoleVenue
2013 Yellow Face Marcus G. Dahlman Royal National Theatre, Park Theatre
Stop the play!Camp gay directorTrafalgar Studios

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013 Company of Heroes 2 Additional voices
2016 Quantum Break Additional voices
2018 A Way Out Additional voices
2023 Final Fantasy XVI Clive Rosfield Also provided voice work for paid DLC released from 2023 to 2024
Arknights Sharp
2024 Atlas Fallen Gauntlet Bearer (male)Reign of Sand update
Warframe Arthur Nightingale1999 expansion
Tekken 8 Clive RosfieldDLC guest character
2025Date Everything!Dorian the Door [5]
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Verso [6]
The First Berserker: KhazanKhazan [7]
TBD Hades II Prometheus [8]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2023 Golden Joystick Awards Best Lead Performer Final Fantasy XVI Won [9]
The Game Awards 2023 Best PerformanceNominated [10]
2024 New York Game Awards Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a GameNominated [11]
20th British Academy Games Awards Performer in a Leading Role Longlisted [12]

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References

  1. ↑ Sam Loveridge (10 November 2023). "Here are all the Golden Joystick Awards 2023 winners". gamesradar. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Ben Starr interview: Dickensian, Pursuit Delange and being a massive nerd". Bad Cantina. 25 December 2015. Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Dr. Christopher Priestley". IMDb .
  4. ↑ Leane, Rob (20 November 2024). "Final Fantasy's Ben Starr on saying goodbye to Clive, and his hopes for The Golden Joysticks". Radio Times . Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  5. ↑ Castania, Gabriella (9 August 2024). "Everything About Date Everything!: An Interview With Ray Chase And Robbie Daymond Of Sassy Chap Games". The Gamer . Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  6. ↑ Nightingale, Ed (16 October 2024). "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 trailer reveals Andy Serkis, Ben Starr, Charlie Cox, and more". Eurogamer . Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  7. ↑ Si Jia (21 August 2024). "Gamescom 2024 Opening Night Live Recap — Borderlands 4, Dying Light: The Beast, Mafia: The Old Country & More". Geek Culture. Retrieved 27 August 2024. Ben (Starr), the voice of Clive in Final Fantasy XVI, breathes life into the trailer...
  8. ↑ Starr, Ben [@The_Ben_Starr] (16 October 2024). "It's time to get fired up. Again. Meet PROMETHEUS in Hades II. He's sexy and sounds suspiciously like me" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ↑ Loveridge, Sam (10 November 2023). "Here are all the Golden Joystick Awards 2023 winners". GamesRadar+ . Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  10. ↑ Romano, Sal (7 December 2023). "The Game Awards 2023 winners announced". GameSpot . Archived from the original on 8 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  11. ↑ Kerr, Chris (4 January 2024). "Alan Wake II and Baldur's Gate 3 lead 2024 New York Game Awards nominees". Game Developer . Archived from the original on 4 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "The 60 Best Video Games of 2023". BAFTA. 14 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
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