Ben Green (comedian)

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Ben Green
Born	Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Genres	Sketch comedy
Notable works and roles	"Punch Me I Won't Sue" – YOBI Laugh Winner
Website	www.thisisgreensville.com

Ben Rufus Green is an actor and comedian from Canterbury, Kent, England, known for playing David in The Cockfields, and his own sketch comedy videos online, under the alias greensville.

Green has been writing and acting in sketches since 2006.^[1] He has also appeared in a number of television programmes including regular or recurring roles on EastEnders, Small World and Deaf Funny. He hosts a weekly live stream on his Twitch and YouTube channels called "Washing Up Club" where he chats and jokes with his audience whilst doing the washing up.

Early life

Green received his Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Media Drama in 1998 with Honours from the University of Glamorgan (now the University of South Wales). He served in the British Territorial Army for one year.^[2]

Career

In 2009, Green won the YOBI Laugh contest from YOBI.tv's first season for his entry "Punch Me I Won't Sue".^[3] He won $10,000 USD and tickets for two to the premiere of The Informant! starring Matt Damon as well as access to an after party and VIP tickets to the taping of the Late Show with David Letterman.^[4]

In early 2019 Green appeared in 2 episodes of EastEnders as Rory, the facilitator at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting attended by Rainie Branning (Tanya Franks) and Stuart Highway (Ricky Champ). Later that year he appeared in an episode of GameFace as a dog walker who becomes involved in an awkward exchange with Marcella (played by Roisin Conaty) on a park bench.^[5] In November of that year he also appeared as series regular David, son of Bobby Ball's character Ray and step-brother to Joe Wilkinson's character Simon, in sitcom The Cockfields.^[6]

In December 2019, Green's short Paper Trail, which he wrote and starred in, was nominated for a Writers' Guild Award in the Best Comedy Short category.^[7] It had previously been a Comedy Shorts Awards finalist in the 2019 Funny Women Awards for director Emily Brown.^[8]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Watchdog		Director: Alan Holland
2007–2008	History Hunters		Director: Seb Illis
2008	Burger King	Interviewer	Commercial. Director: Colin Gregg
2009–2011	The Grumpy Guide to...	Grumpy Man	Episodes: "Christmas", "Old School Days", "Work", "Food". Directors: Pip Banyard, Ninushka Oller
2009	Xmas Eve	Chauffeur	Short Film
	Virgin Trains		Commercial. Partizan
	Hands Solo	Dave Dennis	Short Film. UK Film Council ^[9]
2010	Halifax		Commercial. Smith and Sons
2010	Sherlock	Reporter	Episode: "A Study in Pink". Director: Paul McGuigan
2011	Nuzzle and Scratch: Frock and Roll	Mr. Pettigrew	Episode: "Train Guards". Director: Jack Jameson
2012	Not Going Out	Man in Sauna	Episode: "Examination". Avalon. Director: Nick Wood
2012	Alan Carr's Summertime Specstacular 2	Open Mike	Adam Wimpenny
2013	Fool Britannia		1 episode. Director: Paul Young
2014	Live at the Electric	The Evaluator	Director: Stephen Pipe
2014	The Kiss ^[10]	Ben	Short film
2015	Asylum	James Smither	Episode: "Public Relations". Director: Iain B. MacDonald
2015	Small World	Man Upstairs	2 episodes
2016	Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle	David Paul	Baby Cow. Directors: Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons
2016	Rich Keeble Vanity Project	DS McGowan	Episode: "The Christmas Special 2016"
2019	Paper Trail	Man	Short film. Also writer
	EastEnders	Rory	2 episodes. Director: Will Brenton / Laura Way
	Gameface	Dog Owner	1 episode
2019-21	The Cockfields^[11]	David	10 episodes. Director: Steve Bendelack / Simon Hynd
2020	Infinity Yawn	Man	Short film. Also writer
	NeighbourHOOD	Peter Bacq	Web series. 6 episodes. Also writer and co-director
	Rich Keeble Zoom Chats	Ben Rufus Green	1 episode
2022	Doctors	Marcus West	Episode: "The Maze of Monstrosities"^[12]
2022	Tea Time	Man	Short film. Also co-writer.
2024	Seize Them!	Osmund the Leather-Maker	Feature film
2024	Dinosaur	Shane	4 episodes

References

^ "The Wait is Over YOBI.tv Announces the Winners of Season 1 – Retrieved on 2009-06-15". journalist-association.eu. Archived from the original on 11 September 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2009.
^ Mandy Actors – Retrieved on 2009-06-15^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Ben Green named ‘Laugh-Maker of the Year’! – Retrieved on 2009-06-15 Archived February 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ YOBILaugh Season 1 Winners – Retrieved on 15 June 2009 Archived June 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ "GameFace Series 2, Episode 2". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
^ "The Cockfields – Gold Sitcom". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
^ Bennett, Steve. "Writers' Guild announces award nominees : News 2019 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
^ "ANNOUNCING THE 2019 FUNNY WOMEN AWARDS: COMEDY WRITING & SHORTS FINALISTS". Funny Women. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
^ http://www.hands-solo.com Archived 2013-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ "The Kiss (Short 2014) - IMDb".
^ "Gold orders new sitcom The Cockfields". British Comedy Guide. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
^ Timblick, Simon. "'Doctors' spoilers: Al Haskey hosts a roleplaying game!". What to Watch. (Future plc). Retrieved 27 January 2022.

External links

"YOBI.tv Finalist Page". Archived from the original on 20 June 2009. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
Ben's Website
Ben's IMDb listing
Ben's MySpace
Ben's YouTube Channel
Ben's Funny or Die Profile
Ben's Facebook
"Hands Solo". Archived from the original on 29 December 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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