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Ben Barnes
Ben Barnes (Ben Barnes), born on August 20, 1981 in London, England, is a British actor.
Ben Barnes joined the Royal Youth Theatre at the age of 16
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. In 2007, he starred in his first movie " Stardust ". In 2008, he played "Prince Caspian" in " The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" and won the United StatesNominated for the most breakthrough actor. In 2009, he starred in the movie " Dorian Gray " adapted from the novel by Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde . In 2010, he played "King Caspian" again in " The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ". In 2015, he starred in " Seventh Son: Conquering the Demons " and the American drama " Sons Of Liberty " and other films were released.
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Early Experience
Ben Barnes was born on August 20, 1981 in a middle-class family in Wimbledon, southwest London, England .
Barnes’ biggest interest from 10 to 15 years old was sports. He completed elementary school at Homefield Preparatory School, where he was a member of the school choir. When he was in high school at King's College, he played as a drum kit in the school's jazz band and often performed with Liz, the sister of "The twilight saga" actor Robert Pattinson . At the age of 16, he joined the National Youth Music Theatre and starred in the classic stage play " Bugsy Malone " in London's West End .
After graduating from high school, Barnes gave himself a two-year vacation to participate in various singing and TV shows. At one time, he had the idea of opening a jazz bar and releasing an album. After that, Barnes entered Kingston University to study English Literature and Drama. He also briefly joined a male voice group called Hyrise and participated in the Eurovision singing contest.
Performing Experience
In 2006, Ben Barnes began to play a role in the British drama "Doctors".
In 2007, Ben Barnes appeared in a movie for the first time , playing the young Dunstan Thorne in the fairy tale " Stardust ". This film brought him the opportunity to star in the independent film " Bigga than Ben ", playing a small Russian bastard who makes a living in London. Ben Barnes auditioned for the actor Edward Anthony Mason Cullen in the movie " The twilight saga " for several months and was infinitely close to the character, but eventually passed by because of his age
. Since then, he signed a half-year contract to star in the classic play "College Boys" in the West End of London. In the meantime, a scout recommended him to Andrew Adamson , the director of " The Chronicles of Narnia 2," who was still looking for a candidate for the protagonist . After two short auditions, Barnes was given the opportunity to play the actor Prince Caspian , because in the film There are a lot of scenes of riding horses, and he insisted on riding training for 8 hours a day for a month
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In June 2008, " The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian " was released. Barnes won the Teen Choice Award for the role of Prince Caspian ,Nominated for the most breakthrough actor
. After that, he co-starred in the romantic comedy with Jesse and Colin Firth". In the same year, Barnes once again collaborated with Colin Firth , starring in the movie " Dorian Gray " adapted from the novel by Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde , playing the role of a beautiful young man who sold his soul for eternal youth. After that, he took over the independent thriller " Locked In ", playing the leading role of Josh.
In July 2009, Barnes appeared in The Chronicles of Narnia film series third " The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader ", the role also grew from the prince of the previous film to the king of Caspian.
In early 2010, Ben Barnes starred in the musical " The Commitments " adapted from "I Almost Become Bono ", starred in the musical comedy " Killing Bono " and sang for the movie
. In August 2010, Barnes returned to London's West End stage to perform in a stage play of the same name adapted from the best-selling novel "Ode to Birds", playing the actor Stephen Risford.
In 2011, he starred with Bradley Cooper and Zoe Saldana in the independent thriller film "A Flower"
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In 2012, Ben Barnes joined the film " Seventh Son " adapted from the series of novels "The Last Apprentice ", cooperating with Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore to play the leading role Tom
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In April 2013, his independent comedy " The Big Wedding " with Robert De Niro and Robin McLaurim Williams was released, and he played De Niro 's Latino adopted son in the play.
In September 2014, his starring " By the Gun " was released in the United States. In January 2015, " Seventh Son: Conquering the Demons " was released in multiple countries.
In October 2016, " Westworld " in which he participated was premiered in the United States, playing Logan.
Personal Life
Ben Barnes’s mother is a psychotherapist, half of the African-Caribbean and half of the English descent, and his father is a psychologist, with most of the English descent, plus Welsh and German descent, and one is three years younger than himself. Brother Jack. I experienced my first kiss when I was 13 years old.
Character Evaluation
Ben Barnes is well-known to the audience for his role as "Prince Caspian" in "The Chronicles of Narnia". He has superb acting skills, handsome face, gloomy and wild sexy, which reminds the young version of Keanu Reeves
( ). His innocent, naked but suddenly dark and evil eyes, straight nose and slightly sunken chin, complement his slightly melancholic temperament, and he interprets the supreme realm of "Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde" with a degree of relaxation. , As gorgeous and dangerous as poppy fruit. ( )
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