Ben Freeman

Benedict "Ben" Freeman (born 8 April 1980) is an English television actor, best known for his part in ITV's Emmerdale as Scott Windsor. After leaving the soap he embarked on a career in musical theatre and has since played several leading roles in London's West End.

Ben Freeman
Born
Benedict Freeman

(1980-04-08) 8 April 1980
UK
OccupationActor
Years active1996–present

Biography

Freeman attended St Bernard's Convent School (now St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School). At school Freeman took a part-time acting course over a school half-term holiday and was spotted by an agent from Redroofs Theatre School, who signed him up. He trained at Redroofs Theatre School in Maidenhead.

Freeman's first role was playing Chris Longworth in children's school soap Grange Hill. After leaving Grange Hill, when Emmerdale decided to recast the character of Scott Windsor from incumbent Toby Cockerell in 1998, Freeman won the role of the womanising car mechanic Scott. Following Emmerdale, Freeman took to the stage, playing the part of The Prince in Romeo and Juliet, Warner in the final cast of Legally Blonde [1] and Norman in Dreamboats and Petticoats, both in London's West End.[2] On 29 October 2012 he opened in Wicked in the West End playing the role of the love interest Fiyero. He left the show on 16 November 2013 and immediately joined the[3] UK touring cast of a new musical version of Happy Days playing the role of The Fonz. The tour finished in July 2014.

In late 2014/early 2015 he filmed the lead role in an independent Sci-fi Noir film currently titled [4] "The Dark Channel" and scheduled for release in May 2016.

In December 2015 Ben will join the UK touring cast of The Rocky Horror Show playing the leading role of [5] Brad Majors. The tour opens at the Theatre Royal Brighton on 18 December 2015.

In May 2018 Ben played the lead role in an independent British film ‘Hooligan Escape’ which was available on Sky Cinema and Amazon Prime streaming platforms and DVD.

In November 2018 he played the title role of Robin Hood in an independent British film ‘Robin Hood: The Rebellion’ which was realised on DVD and available on Netflix and Amazon Prime.


Played Sgt Adrian (Ade) Richards in BBC1 Doctors. 4 April 2019.

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References
  1. "Ben Freeman Joins West End's Legally Blonde".
  2. "Freeman joins Wicked Cast".
  3. "Ben Freeman joins cast of Happy Days".
  4. "IMDB The Dark Channel".
  5. "Rocky Horror announces casting".
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