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Ben Green
BornCanterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
GenresSketch comedy
Notable works and roles"Punch Me I Won't Sue" – YOBI Laugh Winner
Websitewww.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.

Early life

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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

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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 here 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

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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
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
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
The Kiss [10] Ben Short film
2015 Asylum James Smither Episode: "Public Relations". Director: Iain B. MacDonald
Small World Man Upstairs 2 episodes
2016 Alan Partridge's Scissored Isle David Paul Baby Cow. Directors: Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons
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]
Tea Time Man Short film. Also co-writer.
TBA Seize Them! Osmund the Leather-Maker

References

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