Career
Ben"s first appearance was in 1994 when he appeared Independent Television Drama, Revelations. He then went on to appear as Martin Wells in Children"s Independent Television series Children"s Ward. In 1995 he got his big break playing Lewis Richardson in the Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks, a role which he also played in a couple of the soap"s spin-off television series Hollyoaks: Movin" On and Hollyoaks: Breaking Boundaries.
He left this role in 2001.
In 2002 he starred in another of Channel 4"s soaps, the now defunct Brookside, playing Doctor Gary Parr, but this was not Ben"s first appearance in the soap, as a few years before he played a character called Syd Watts in one of the soap"s spin-off videos, Brookside: Double Take. In 2003 he joined the BBC1 medical drama Casualty for 3 episodes, playing Dale Charters.
Ben returned to soap operas when, in 2005, he joined Five"s now defunct Family Affairs, playing Adam Green, and in 2006 he starred in BBC1"s day-time soap Doctors, playing John Myson. In 2007 it was announced that Ben would be starring in all 50 episodes of new ITV1 television series The Royal Today, which is a modern day spin-off from ITV1"s 1960s television series The Royal, playing Charge nurse Adam Fernley.
The series was aired in 2008.
Ben has appeared in BBC1 show Missing. In 2012 Ben will appear in new Independent Television crime drama Crime Stories playing series regular Detective Ben Shaw. The show concentrates on Police procedure and blends documentary camera technique with CCTV images.
2012 also saw Ben play Consultant Obstetrician Derwood Thompson in Holby City.
He reprised the role in 2013 and continues to be a recurring character in the BBC1 Medical Drama. Ben has also appeared in many Theatre productions including Four Knights in Knaresborough and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof both of which he was nominated for a Best Actor award in the Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards.
In 2008 Ben starred as "Garry Lejeune" in a United Kingdom touring production of Noises Office. Ben"s work as a Presenter includes Film24, Bid, Angela and Friends, Gala television, the Competitions for This Morning and for Travel Channel (United Kingdom), he also presents the Army Recruiting Channel "Ask the Army".