Originally from Belfast but now living in London, Ben trained at Central School of Speech & Drama. Since graduating he has appeared in Steve McQueen’s multi-award winning feature film Hunger (BAFTA winner, Golden Camera Winner Cannes, and a total of 30 international awards) opposite Michael Fassbender and Liam Cunningham. Other screen work includes Spooks (BBC) and Lewis (Granada). More recently he appeared as series regular Tony Howard in the BBC daytime series Doctors, and as Harry Gregg in the critically acclaimed film United, directed by James Strong for World Productions/BBC.