Ben Green | |
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Born | Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom |
Nationality | British |
Genres | Sketch comedy |
Notable works and roles | "Punch Me I Won't Sue" – YOBI Laugh Winner |
Website | www |
Ben Rufus Green is an actor and comedian from Canterbury, Kent, England, known for playing David in The Cockfields , and his own sketch comedy videos. His work can be seen on YOBI.tv, Funny or Die, YouTube, and MySpace. His alias on these websites is greensville.
Green has been writing and acting in sketches since 2006. [1] He has also appeared in a number of television programmes including regular or recurring roles on EastEnders , Small World and Deaf Funny.
Green received his Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Media Drama in 1998 with Honours from the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales). He served in the British Territorial Army for one year. [2]
In 2009, Green won the YOBI Laugh contest from YOBI.tv's first season for his entry "Punch Me I Won't Sue". [3] He won $10,000 USD and tickets for two to the premiere of The Informant! starring Matt Damon as well as access to an after party and VIP tickets to the taping of the Late Show with David Letterman . [4] Green is the co-star with Michael Sorrentino (of the Jersey Shore series) of the YOBI.tv New Stage webseries.
In early 2019 Green appeared in 2 episodes of EastEnders as Rory, the facilitator at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting attended by Rainie Branning (Tanya Franks) and Stuart Highway (Ricky Champ). Later that year here appeared in an episode of GameFace as a dog walker who becomes involved in an awkward exchange with Marcella (played by Roisin Conaty) on a park bench. [5] In November of that year he also appeared as series regular David, son of Bobby Ball's character Ray and step-brother to Joe Wilkinson's character Simon, in sitcom The Cockfields . [6]
In December 2019, Green's short Paper Trail, which he wrote and starred in, was nominated for a Writers' Guild Award in the Best Comedy Short category. [7] It had previously been a Comedy Shorts Awards finalist in the 2019 Funny Women Awards for director Emily Brown. [8]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | Watchdog | Director: Alan Holland | |
2007–2008 | History Hunters | Director: Seb Illis | |
2008 | Burger King | Interviewer | Commercial. Director: Colin Gregg |
2009–2011 | The Grumpy Guide to... | Grumpy Man | Episodes: "Christmas", "Old School Days", "Work", "Food". Directors: Pip Banyard, Ninushka Oller |
2009 | Xmas Eve | Chauffeur | Short Film |
Virgin Trains | Commercial. Partizan | ||
Hands Solo | Dave Dennis | Short Film. UK Film Council [9] | |
2010 | Halifax | Commercial. Smith and Sons | |
Sherlock | Reporter | Episode: "A Study in Pink". Director: Paul McGuigan | |
2011 | Nuzzle and Scratch: Frock and Roll | Mr. Pettigrew | Episode: "Train Guards". Director: Jack Jameson |
2012 | Not Going Out | Man in Sauna | Episode: "Examination". Avalon. Director: Nick Wood |
Alan Carr's Summertime Specstacular 2 | Open Mike | Adam Wimpenny | |
2013 | Fool Britannia | 1 episode. Director: Paul Young | |
2014 | Live at the Electric | The Evaluator | Director: Stephen Pipe |
The Kiss [10] | Ben | Short film | |
2015 | Asylum | James Smither | Episode: "Public Relations". Director: Iain B. MacDonald |
Small World | Man Upstairs | 2 episodes | |
2016 | Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle | David Paul | Baby Cow. Directors: Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons |
Rich Keeble Vanity Project | DS McGowan | Episode: "The Christmas Special 2016" | |
2019 | Paper Trail | Man | Short film. Also writer |
EastEnders | Rory | 2 episodes. Director: Will Brenton / Laura Way | |
Gameface | Dog Owner | 1 episode | |
2019-21 | The Cockfields [11] | David | 10 episodes. Director: Steve Bendelack / Simon Hynd |
2020 | Infinity Yawn | Man | Short film. Also writer |
NeighbourHOOD | Peter Bacq | Web series. 6 episodes. Also writer and co-director | |
Rich Keeble Zoom Chats | Ben Rufus Green | 1 episode | |
2022 | Doctors | Marcus West | Episode: "The Maze of Monstrosities" [12] |
Tea Time | Man | Short film. Also co-writer. | |
TBA | Seize Them! | Osmund the Leather-Maker |
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