Ben Batt

Ben Batt
Born (1986-02-07) 7 February 1986 (age 38)
Alma materGuildhall School of Music and Drama
OccupationActor
Years active2008–present
PartnerRebecca Atkinson
Children1

Ben Batt (born 7 February 1986)[citation needed] is an English actor, best known for his role as Joe Pritchard in Channel 4's comedy drama Shameless. He has also appeared in Scott & Bailey as DC Kevin Lumb,[1] Alf Rutter in The Village and in Sirens as Craig Scruton, the fireman. He starred as Ted Burgess in the BBC production of The Go-Between broadcast on 20 September 2015.[2] In the 2011 film Weekender set within the late 1980s rave culture, he played the main antagonist John Anderson.

He has also had many smaller roles, such as in Captain America: The First Avenger as an Enlistment Office MP and in The Promise as Private Derek Toogood. Other minor parts include roles in Accused, Salvage, Wire in the Blood, Lewis, Casualty, The Edge of Love, Spooks: Code 9 and Death in Paradise. In season 3 of Jamestown (2019), Batt played Willmus Crabtree, a trader from England with unknown motives and intentions. In 2016, he starred as Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams at the Royal Exchange, Manchester which was directed by Sarah Frankcom.

  1. ^ "Ben Batt". tv.com. Archived from the original on 15 September 2010.
  2. ^ BBC Programmes: The Go-Between. Retrieved 17 September 2015.