Ben Price
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Ben Price is a British
actor
, best known for playing the third incarnation of Nick Tilsley
in the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street
. He had previously played the role of Conrad Gates
in the British television series' Footballers' Wives
.
where he attended Gosforth East Middle School
and Gosforth High School
before taking acting classes at The Live Theatre. He co-founded Flat One Theatre group with the writer Gari Sullivan. He graduated from The Central School of Speech and Drama
in 1996, in the same class as Sarah Manners
and Rebecca Lenkiewicz
.
, he found fame when he starred as Conrad Gates
, the captain of Earl's Park football team
, in the British television series Footballers' Wives
. Price said he loved the role, driving around in expensive cars
, living in mansion
s and working with a good crew
, but he was not so keen on the large number of occasions that his posterior was shown. Nonetheless, the prolific nudity and onscreen sexual exploits that his character undertook greatly increased Ben's public profile, and he garnered in particular a large gay fanbase through the role. His character was later killed off in the fourth season finale. After leaving the series he did some theatre
work.
He co-stars in the horror film Blood Trails
, which won the audience award for best feature at the Dead by Dawn International Horror Film Festival 2006 in Edinburgh.
He starred in Casualty as Corporate Director Nathan Spencer
between 2005 and 2007, and was recently voted one of the ten actors most likely to succeed in Hollywood by "Stage and Screen" magazine. Price appeared on the July 2006 cover of Out magazine.
In 2009 he appeared in the third season of showtimes hit show The Tudors
, playing the martyr John Lambert
.
Price recently joined Coronation Street
as Nick Tilsley
. He began filming on Monday 19 October 2009 and was seen on screen for the first time on 21 December 2009.
United Kingdom
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actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, best known for playing the third incarnation of Nick Tilsley
Nick Tilsley
Nicholas Paul "Nick" Tilsley is a fictional character in the British soap opera Coronation Street. Originally known as "Nicky", he was the first-born child of Brian Tilsley and Gail Platt , and has been portrayed by three different actors. Warren Jackson from 1981 to 1996, then by Adam Rickitt...
in the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
. He had previously played the role of Conrad Gates
Conrad Gates
Conrad Gates is a fictional character from the British TV show Footballers' Wives, played by Ben Price; he is a parody of real-life football player David Beckham.-Series 3:...
in the British television series' Footballers' Wives
Footballers' Wives
Footballers' Wives is a British television drama surrounding the fictional Premier League Association football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives. It was broadcast on the ITV network from 8 January 2002 to 14 April 2006...
.
Early life
Price grew up in Newcastle upon TyneNewcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
where he attended Gosforth East Middle School
Gosforth East Middle School
Gosforth East Middle School is a middle school in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Students usually transfer to Gosforth High School. The school is in the Parklands electoral ward.- History :...
and Gosforth High School
Gosforth High School
Gosforth Academy is an English secondary school in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne. As well as having a sixth form department it is a specialist Language College...
before taking acting classes at The Live Theatre. He co-founded Flat One Theatre group with the writer Gari Sullivan. He graduated from The Central School of Speech and Drama
Central School of Speech and Drama
The Central School of Speech and Drama was founded in London in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students...
in 1996, in the same class as Sarah Manners
Sarah Manners
Sarah Manners is an English actress best known for her work on British television. She was born in Birmingham and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.-Career:...
and Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Rebecca Lenkiewicz is a British playwright. She attended Plymouth High School for Girls, then progressed to a BA in Film and English at the University of Kent from 1985 to 1989 and then to a BA Acting Course at the Central School of Speech and Drama from 1996 to 1999.-Career:As a writer, her plays...
.
Career
After starring in Wire in the BloodWire in the Blood
Wire in the Blood was a British crime drama television series, devised and produced by Coastal Productions for the ITV network that ran from 2002 to 2009. The series is based on characters created by Val McDermid; a university clinical psychologist, Dr Anthony "Tony" Valentine Hill , is teamed with...
, he found fame when he starred as Conrad Gates
Conrad Gates
Conrad Gates is a fictional character from the British TV show Footballers' Wives, played by Ben Price; he is a parody of real-life football player David Beckham.-Series 3:...
, the captain of Earl's Park football team
Football team
A football team is the collective name given to a group of players selected together in the various team sports known as football.Such teams could be selected to play in an against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an All-star team or even selected as a...
, in the British television series Footballers' Wives
Footballers' Wives
Footballers' Wives is a British television drama surrounding the fictional Premier League Association football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives. It was broadcast on the ITV network from 8 January 2002 to 14 April 2006...
. Price said he loved the role, driving around in expensive cars
Automobile
An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
, living in mansion
Mansion
A mansion is a very large dwelling house. U.S. real estate brokers define a mansion as a dwelling of over . A traditional European mansion was defined as a house which contained a ballroom and tens of bedrooms...
s and working with a good crew
Television crew
Television crew positions are derived from those of film crew, but with several differences.-Pre-production:-Casting Director:-Costume designer:-Director:* Associate Director -Location Manager:-Make-up artist:...
, but he was not so keen on the large number of occasions that his posterior was shown. Nonetheless, the prolific nudity and onscreen sexual exploits that his character undertook greatly increased Ben's public profile, and he garnered in particular a large gay fanbase through the role. His character was later killed off in the fourth season finale. After leaving the series he did some theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
work.
He co-stars in the horror film Blood Trails
Blood Trails
Blood Trails is a horror film, released in 2007 by Lions Gate Entertainment and starring Rebecca Palmer, Ben Price and Tom Frederic. It was directed by Robert Krause and won the Dawn by Dead Horror Festival Audience Award in 2006.-Plot:...
, which won the audience award for best feature at the Dead by Dawn International Horror Film Festival 2006 in Edinburgh.
He starred in Casualty as Corporate Director Nathan Spencer
Nathan Spencer
Nathan Spencer is a character in the British medical drama Casualty. He is portrayed by actor Ben Price.-Overview:Nathan was installed as the new corporate director in 2005, and from the outset his unswaying mindset and failure to empathise with the human condition made him unpopular with his staff...
between 2005 and 2007, and was recently voted one of the ten actors most likely to succeed in Hollywood by "Stage and Screen" magazine. Price appeared on the July 2006 cover of Out magazine.
In 2009 he appeared in the third season of showtimes hit show The Tudors
The Tudors
The Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime...
, playing the martyr John Lambert
John Lambert (Protestant martyr)
John Lambert was a Protestant martyr burnt to death on November 22 at Smithfield, London. He was considered a heretic by the Roman Catholic Church and Henry VIII's Church of England....
.
Price recently joined Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
as Nick Tilsley
Nick Tilsley
Nicholas Paul "Nick" Tilsley is a fictional character in the British soap opera Coronation Street. Originally known as "Nicky", he was the first-born child of Brian Tilsley and Gail Platt , and has been portrayed by three different actors. Warren Jackson from 1981 to 1996, then by Adam Rickitt...
. He began filming on Monday 19 October 2009 and was seen on screen for the first time on 21 December 2009.
Films
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Flyfishing | James | |
| 2006 | Blood Trails Blood Trails Blood Trails is a horror film, released in 2007 by Lions Gate Entertainment and starring Rebecca Palmer, Ben Price and Tom Frederic. It was directed by Robert Krause and won the Dawn by Dead Horror Festival Audience Award in 2006.-Plot:... |
Chris |
Television
| Year | Show | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Casualty | Jimmy Sellars | Episode: "Flesh and Blood" |
| 1997 | Soldier Soldier Soldier Soldier Soldier Soldier is a British television drama series. The title comes from a traditional song of the same name.Produced by Central Television and broadcast on the ITV network, it ran for a total of seven series and 82 episodes from 1991 to 1997... |
Fus Chris Howden | Episode: "The Road to Damascus" |
| Underworld Underworld The Underworld is a region which is thought to be under the surface of the earth in some religions and in mythologies. It could be a place where the souls of the recently departed go, and in some traditions it is identified with Hell or the realm of death... |
Runner | Episode #1.4 | |
| 1998 | Supply & Demand | Jonathon | |
| Heartbeat | John Fraser | Episode: "Where There's a Will" | |
| 1999 | Peak Practice Peak Practice Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time... |
Tom Wise | Episode: "Fighting Chance" |
| Hope & Glory | Mr. Jakes | Episodes #1.1 and #1.2 | |
| Bugs Bugs Bugs may refer to:*Heteroptera, the taxonomic order, to which belong "true bugs" insects*arthropods, an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and jointed appendages*Bugs Bunny, an animated cartoon character... |
Wymark | Episodes: "Money Spiders" and "The Enemy Within" | |
| 2000 | Badger Badger Badgers are short-legged omnivores in the weasel family, Mustelidae. There are nine species of badger, in three subfamilies : Melinae , Mellivorinae , and Taxideinae... |
Dion | Episodes: "The Price of a Daughter" and "Cock o' the Walk" |
| 2001 | Table 12 | David | Episode: "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner" |
| 2002 | Wire in the Blood Wire in the Blood Wire in the Blood was a British crime drama television series, devised and produced by Coastal Productions for the ITV network that ran from 2002 to 2009. The series is based on characters created by Val McDermid; a university clinical psychologist, Dr Anthony "Tony" Valentine Hill , is teamed with... |
Michael Jordan | Episode: "The Mermaids Singing" |
| 2004–2005 | Footballers' Wives Footballers' Wives Footballers' Wives is a British television drama surrounding the fictional Premier League Association football club Earls Park F.C., its players, and their wives. It was broadcast on the ITV network from 8 January 2002 to 14 April 2006... |
Conrad Gates Conrad Gates Conrad Gates is a fictional character from the British TV show Footballers' Wives, played by Ben Price; he is a parody of real-life football player David Beckham.-Series 3:... |
Series regular |
| 2005 | The Bill The Bill The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work... |
Greg Webster | Episode #343 |
| 2005–2007 | Casualty | Nathan Spencer Nathan Spencer Nathan Spencer is a character in the British medical drama Casualty. He is portrayed by actor Ben Price.-Overview:Nathan was installed as the new corporate director in 2005, and from the outset his unswaying mindset and failure to empathise with the human condition made him unpopular with his staff... |
Series regular |
| 2009 | The Tudors The Tudors The Tudors is a Canadian produced historical fiction television series filmed in Ireland, created by Michael Hirst and produced for the American premium cable television channel Showtime... |
John Lambert | Episodes: "The Death of a Queen" and "Search for a New Queen" |
| 2009–present | Coronation Street Coronation Street Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960... |
Nick Tilsley Nick Tilsley Nicholas Paul "Nick" Tilsley is a fictional character in the British soap opera Coronation Street. Originally known as "Nicky", he was the first-born child of Brian Tilsley and Gail Platt , and has been portrayed by three different actors. Warren Jackson from 1981 to 1996, then by Adam Rickitt... |
Series regular |