Ben Batt is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Joe Pritchard in Shameless

Shameless

Shameless is a British television drama series set in Manchester on the fictional Chatsworth council estate. Produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, the first seven-episode series aired weekly on Tuesday nights at 10pm from 13 January 2004...

. He has also appeared in Scott & Bailey

Scott & Bailey

Scott & Bailey is a British detective drama series that debuted on ITV on 29 May, 2011. The programme's main characters are DC Rachel Bailey and DC Janet Scott , both of whom are members of the Major Incident Team of the fictional Manchester Metropolitan Police, headed by DCI Gill Murray...

as DC Kevin Lumb, and Sirens

Sirens (UK TV series)

Sirens is a British comedy-drama about an ambulance service team broadcast on Channel 4. It was first screened on 27 June 2011.The series is based on the book Blood, Sweat & Tea by Brian Kellett. The series is filmed predominantly in Leeds with some filmed in the surrounding areas...

as Craig Scruton, the fireman.

He has also had many smaller parts, such as in Captain America: The First Avenger

Captain America: The First Avenger

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as an Enlistment Office MP and in The Promise

The Promise (2011 TV serial)

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as Private Derek Toogood. Other minor parts include roles in The Weekender, Accused

Accused (TV series)

Accused is a British television anthology series. Written and created by Jimmy McGovern, it stars Christopher Eccleston, Benjamin Smith, Juliet Stevenson, Andy Serkis, Marc Warren and Naomie Harris as the accused in each episode. Filming for the series took place around Manchester between May and...

, Salvage, Wire in the Blood

Wire in the Blood

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, Lewis, Casualty

Casualty (TV series)

Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...

, The Edge of Love

The Edge of Love

The Edge of Love is a 2008 John Maybury film starring Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys from a script by Sharman Macdonald, Knightley's mother...

and Spooks: Code 9.

Personal life

Batt was born in Wigan, Lancashire and played for Orrell, Lancashire and for England Schoolboys rugby teams as a child. After sustaining an injury he began acting and enrolled at London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Guildhall School of Music and Drama is an independent music and dramatic arts school which was founded in 1880 in London, England. Students can pursue courses in Music, Opera, Drama and Technical Theatre Arts.-History:...

. He left when he obtained the role in The Edge of Love in 2008.

External links

• http://www.bestbeginnings.org.uk/Appeal/ben-batt
• http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a215521/shameless-ben-batt-stopped-by-volcano.html
• http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a219902/shameless-finale-written-at-last-minute.html