Education
Freeman attended Street Bernard"s Convent School (now Street Bernard"s Catholic Grammar School).
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Ben Freeman
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After leaving the soap he embarked on a successful career in musical theatre and has since played several leading roles in London"s West End. He recently returned to filming playing the lead role in an independent Sciences-fi Noir film currently titled "The Dark Channel". The above Sciences-fi film has since been recast with Karl Davies (also formerly of Emmerdale - Robert Sugden) taking the lead role.
At school Freeman took a part-time acting course over a school half-term holiday and was spotted by an agent from Redroofs Theatre School, who signed him up.
He trained at Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead. Freeman"s first role was playing Chris Longworth in children"s school soap Grange Hill.
Following Emmerdale, Freeman took to the stage, playing the part of The Prince in Romeo and Juliet, Warner in the final cast of Legally Blonde and Norman in Dreamboats and Petticoats, both in London"s West End. On the 29th October 2012 he opened in Wicked in the West End playing the role of the love interest Fiyero.
He left the show on the 16th November 2013 and immediately joined the United Kingdom touring cast of a new musical version of Happy Days playing the role of The Fonz.
The tour finished in July 2014. In late 2014/early 2015 he filmed the lead role in an independent Sciences-fi Noir film currently titled "The Dark Channel" and scheduled for release in May 2016. In December 2015 Ben will join the United Kingdom touring cast of The Rocky Horror Show playing the leading role of Brad Majors.
The tour opens at the Theatre Royal Brighton on December 18th 2015.
