Benjamin Thomas Barnes

Benjamin Thomas Barnes, better known as Ben Barnes, is a British film actor, star of the bestsellers The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Dorian Gray, The Seventh Son and others.

The boy was born in the capital of England, in an intelligent family. Father Thomas Barnes taught psychiatry at King's College London, and mother Tricia Barnes is world renowned as a leading family and marriage counselor and has written numerous publications on how to mend a crumbling relationship. The Barnes also brought up Benjamin's younger brother, Jack.

Ben was educated at a prestigious closed school, after which he entered Kingston University. Initially, the young man studied English and literature, as his parents wanted, but in his student years he became interested in theater, transferred to the faculty of drama, which he graduated in 2004. In parallel, the young man performed at the National Musical Youth Theater and sang in the boy band Hyrise.

In addition to professional vocals, Barnes can play the piano and drum kit. By the way, together with his own boys' ensemble, Ben Barnes recorded several CDs, and also took part in the selection for the Eurovision Song Contest in 2004, in which he took second place, behind only James Fox. Later, the artist sang solo, and Ben's voice can be heard even on several movie soundtracks.

The aspiring actor made his debut roles in the medical drama Doctors, the television series A Shattered Decision and the fairy tale film Stardust, in which Ben for the first time in his career faced world-class stars Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro. In the next film, the social drama More Ben, Ben Barnes played the role of the Russian illegal immigrant Pavel Tetersky, and the artist's partner was the Russian actor Andrei Chadov.

In 2008 the second part of the famous fairy-tale saga "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" was released. The director could not find a suitable performer for the main role for more than a year, and he saw Ben a couple of weeks before filming began and immediately approved without hesitation. Model appearance, high growth (185 cm) and heartfelt eyes helped Barnes to embody on the screen the image that the director needed.

As Barnes recalls, he jumped with happiness when he found out that he had received the coveted contract. Not only that, like any Briton, Benjamin grew up on books about the magical land of Narnia, the actor immediately realized that this picture would make him famous all over the world. And so it happened. Ben later played Caspian in the next installment, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Together with Barnes, the main actors participated - Lucy, Edmund, Peter and Susan - Georgie Henley, Scandar Keynes, William Moseley and Anna Popplewell.

The aforementioned saga really changed the course of Ben Barnes's creative biography. The actor began to offer strong scripts. Soon, the actor starred in the melodrama Easy Behavior, where he played the British aristocrat John, who married the American Larita (Jessica Biel). After the daughter-in-law meets her husband's parents, it turns out that Mrs. Veronica's mother-in-law (Christine Scott Thomas) is not able to communicate with Larita. In addition to acting in the film, Ben Barnes delighted fans with his singing talent by performing a number of compositions for the official soundtrack album for the comedy.

In the thriller "Farewell" Ben played the main character Josh, whose daughter after a car accident falls into a coma. The musical comedy Kill Bono with Ben Barnes in the title role turned out to be the box office. The artist reincarnated as a young musician Neil, a classmate of the leader of the rock band U2. Together with his brother Ivan (Robert Sheehan), the main character goes to London to build a musical career, but Bono (Martin McCann) is always one step ahead. Neal sees the solution to the problem in the murder of a former comrade.

The actor also took part in the filming of the detective "The Word" and the romantic comedy "The Big Wedding", where he appeared in a secondary cast.

Another starring role of Barnes, after which the actor was again talked about in all corners of the world, was Dorian Gray from the mystical picture of the same name, based on the novel by the writer Oscar Wilde. The young man gives his soul for eternal youth and beauty. At the same time, all vices and diseases begin to appear in Gray's portrait. Many years later, Dorian first feels a feeling of love for a young girl Emily (Rebecca Hall), but he is already overtaken by reckoning.

Later on the screens came the musical drama Jackie and Ryan, the crime thriller Only God Knows. A significant premiere was the fantasy adventure film "The Seventh Son" directed by Sergei Bodrov Sr. Ben got the main role of the young witcher Tom Ward. A young man trained by Mr. Gregory (Jeff Bridges) confronts the world's evil, which is personified by Mrs. Malkin (Julianne Moore). At the box office, the adventure tape grossed $ 115 million.

In 2015, Ben appeared in the main cast of the Sons of Liberty mini-series. The British actor embodied on the screen the image of the American citizen, philosopher, statesman and fighter for the freedom of the state, Samuel Adams. The film received a high viewing rating - in the United States, it entered the top 100 TV series of the season.

Fans and admirers make up legends about Ben Barnes's personal life. The artist is credited with romantic relationships with co-filming partners, for example, with Jessica Biel and Tamsin Egerton. It is also rumored that a girl named Madina, who has Ukrainian roots, became the actor's wife.

In fact, Benjamin Thomas Barnes was not in an official relationship, and the artist completely denies rumors of romance with fellow actresses. This is confirmed by photos from Barnes's personal account on Instagram, which cover exclusively the artist's professional activities.

For many years, the actor has been charitable work in the Make a Wish Foundation, through which he helps seriously ill children around the world.

The actor does not waste his time on trifles, but annually participates in the filming of the next box office project.

The actor played the negative hero in the television fantasy western "Westworld". Ben Barnes has reincarnated as the libertine Logan, a regular visitor to an amusement park called the Western World. According to Forbes, Business Insider, Vanity Fair, Toronto Sun, the film was among the best TV series of 2016. And the cast, which also included Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Ingrid Bulse Berdal, Clifton Collins Jr., deserves the best Hollywood blockbuster.

In 2017, the actor's filmography was replenished with work in the series "The Punisher", based on the Marvel comics. In the action movie Ben Barnes got the opportunity to play the character of Billy Russo, a friend of the protagonist Frank Castle (John Bernthal), who is involved in the fight against crime in New York.

The artist is currently filming an American thriller directed by Bruce Beresford, in which the participation of William Macy and Felicity Huffman has already been announced.

2007 - More Ben 2007 - Stardust 2008 - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian 2009 - Dorian Gray 2011 - Kill Bono 2012 - Words 2013 - The Big Wedding 2014 - The Seventh Son 2015 - "Sons of Freedom" 2016 - "World of the Wild West" 2017 - "The Punisher"

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