Talent Profile

Talent Biography

Ben Richards is an actor and singer, best known for his Regular roles in some of Britain’s most popular television shows, and for his leading roles in London’s West End.

Ben first came to British TV audiences’ attention as bad boy Bruno Milligan in the popular ITV series Footballers Wives.Two series and the birth of its spin off Footballers Wives Extra Time, before Ben briefly joined the cast of Holby City as Physio Justin Fuller. In 2007 Ben landed the role of PC Nate Roberts in ITV’s award winning police drama The Bill. After two and a half successful years, Ben left to go back to his first love, West End Theatre. He returned to television in 2015 to join the cast of Channel 4’s popular soap, Hollyoaks, as Ben Bradley. Most recently Ben can be seen in Disney’s TV series Penny on Mars as scheming agent Freddy Wolf. Alongside His TV work Ben has carved out a reputation as one of the West Ends leading men, starring in numerous musicals including Grease, Saturday night Fever, Smoky Joe’s Cafe, Hot Mikado, The Full Monty, Guys and Dolls, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, 9 to 5, Rock of Ages, and The Bodyguard. Ben can be seen in Feature films Julie and the Cadillacs, Being Me the head of Mavis Davis, and Monsoon Tide. He also appeared as a judge on the second series of Strictly Dance Fever for BBC1.

Show Description

90 minutes, 2 different 45 min shows

Ben sings a whole range of genres interspersed with anecdotal tales of his time in the business.