Ben Hull
Ben Hull (born 8 November 1972) is an English Actor and Presenter.
Career
Ben's first appearance was in 1994 when he appeared ITV Drama, Revelations. He then went on to appear as Martin Wells in Children's ITV 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 TV 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 Dr 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 TV series The Royal Today, which is a modern day spin-off from ITV1's 1960s TV 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 ITV 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 UK touring production of Noises Off.
Ben's work as a Presenter includes Film24, Bid, Angela and Friends, Gala TV, the Competitions for This Morning and for Travel Channel (UK), he also presents the Army Recruiting Channel "Ask the Army".
Also appeared at Zoe and Neil's wedding in 2016 as head Photographer
Personal life
He is married to actress and former Family Affairs co-star Anna Acton.
Filmography
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Revelations | Nick | 3 episodes |
| The Ward | Martin | Series Regular | |
| 1995 | Casualty | Nick Harvey | 1 episode: Compensation |
| Coronation Street | Mark Lacey | 1 episode | |
| 1995-2001 | Hollyoaks | Lewis Richardson | Series Regular |
| 2000 | Hollyoaks: Breaking Boundaries | Feature Length Special | |
| 2001 | Hollyoaks: Movin' On | 16 part series | |
| 2002-2003 | Brookside | Gary Parr | Series Regular |
| 2003-2004 | Casualty | Dale Charters | 3 episodes: I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good Ahead of the Game Where There's Life... |
| 2005 | Family Affairs | Adam Green | Series Regular |
| 2006 | Doctors | John Myson | 1 episode: The Tick Tock Man |
| 2008 | The Royal Today | Adam Fearnley | Series Regular |
| 2009 | Missing | Sam Winter | 1 episode: 1.5 |
| Doctors | Pete Kingsland | 1 episode: Sorrow's Gift | |
| Holby City | Greg Brady | 1 episode: The Spirit Dancing | |
| 2011 | Doctors | Charles Garland | 1 episode: The Lonely Woman |
| Little Crackers | Builder | 1 episode: Barbara Windsor's Little Cracker: My First Brassiere | |
| 2012- | Holby City | Derwood Thompson | Recurring Character |
| Crime Stories | Detective Ben Shaw | Series Regular | |
| 2015 | Casualty | Derwood Thompson | 1 episode: The road not taken |
External links
- Ben Hull at the Internet Movie Database