Ben Green (comedian)

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| birth_place = Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom

| nationality = British

| genre = Sketch comedy

| website = {{URL|http://www.thisisgreensville.com/}}

| notable_works = "Punch Me I Won't Sue" – YOBI Laugh Winner

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

Green has been writing and acting in sketches since 2006.{{cite web |url=http://www.journalist-association.eu/archive/news.php?newsid=21147 |title=The Wait is Over YOBI.tv Announces the Winners of Season 1 – Retrieved on 2009-06-15 |website=journalist-association.eu |access-date=2009-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911201237/http://www.journalist-association.eu/archive/news.php?newsid=21147 |archive-date=2009-09-11 |url-status=dead }} 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.[https://actors.mandy.com/uk/view.php?uid=224268 Mandy Actors – Retrieved on 2009-06-15]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Career

In 2009, Green won the YOBI Laugh contest from YOBI.tv's first season for his entry "Punch Me I Won't Sue".[http://www.mikeleighassoc.com/x/news.html?nid=102 Ben Green named ‘Laugh-Maker of the Year’! – Retrieved on 2009-06-15] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210082748/http://www.mikeleighassoc.com/x/news.html?nid=102 |date=February 10, 2010 }} 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.[http://yobi.tv/yobilaugh/greensville/profile YOBILaugh Season 1 Winners – Retrieved on 15 June 2009] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628120712/http://yobi.tv/yobilaugh/greensville/profile |date=June 28, 2009 }}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/gameface/episodes/2/2/|title=GameFace Series 2, Episode 2|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-12-23}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_cockfields/|title=The Cockfields – Gold Sitcom|website=British Comedy Guide|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-12-23}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2019/12/04/44935/writers_guild_announces_award_nominees|title=Writers' Guild announces award nominees : News 2019 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide|last=Bennett|first=Steve|website=www.chortle.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-12-23}} It had previously been a Comedy Shorts Awards finalist in the 2019 Funny Women Awards for director Emily Brown.{{Cite web|url=https://funnywomen.com/2019/09/11/announcing-the-2019-funny-women-awards-comedy-writing-shorts-finalists/|title=ANNOUNCING THE 2019 FUNNY WOMEN AWARDS: COMEDY WRITING & SHORTS FINALISTS|date=2019-09-11|website=Funny Women|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-12-23}}

Filmography

Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
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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
rowspan="3" \| 2009	Xmas Eve	Chauffeur	Short Film
Virgin Trains		Commercial. Partizan
Hands Solo	Dave Dennis	Short Film. UK Film Council http://www.hands-solo.com {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229100103/http://hands-solo.com/ \|date=2013-12-29 }}
rowspan="2" \| 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
rowspan="2" \| 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
rowspan="2" \|2014 \|Live at the Electric \|The Evaluator \|Director: Stephen Pipe
The Kiss {{Cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3209126/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_11\|title=The Kiss (Short 2014) - IMDb\|website=IMDb }}	Ben \|Short film
rowspan="2" \|2015 \|Asylum \|James Smither \|Episode: "Public Relations". Director: Iain B. MacDonald
Small World \|Man Upstairs \|2 episodes
rowspan="2" \|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"
rowspan="3" \|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{{Cite web\|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/5334/the_cockfields_on_gold/\|title=Gold orders new sitcom The Cockfields\|date=2019-06-03\|website=British Comedy Guide\|language=en-GB\|access-date=2019-08-10}} \|David \|10 episodes. Director: Steve Bendelack / Simon Hynd
rowspan="3" \|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
rowspan="2" \| 2022 \| Doctors \| Marcus West \| Episode: "The Maze of Monstrosities"{{cite news \|last1=Timblick \|first1=Simon \|title='Doctors' spoilers: Al Haskey hosts a roleplaying game! \|url=https://www.whattowatch.com/spoilers/doctors-spoilers-al-haskey-hosts-a-roleplaying-game \|access-date=27 January 2022 \|work=What to Watch \|publisher=(Future plc)}}
Tea Time \|Man \|Short film. Also co-writer.
rowspan="2" \|2024 \|Seize Them! \|Osmund the Leather-Maker \|Feature film
Dinosaur \|Shane \|4 episodes

References

External links

{{Cite web |url=http://www.yobi.tv/yobilaugh/finalists/view/10 |title=YOBI.tv Finalist Page |access-date=2017-07-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620191543/http://www.yobi.tv/yobilaugh/finalists/view/10 |archive-date=2009-06-20 |url-status=dead }}
[http://www.thisisgreensville.com/ Ben's Website]
[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1746538/ Ben's IMDb listing]
[http://www.myspace.com/thisisgreensville Ben's MySpace]
[https://www.youtube.com/user/greensville Ben's YouTube Channel]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20081011093100/http://www.funnyordie.com/greensville Ben's Funny or Die Profile]
[http://www.facebook.com/greensville123 Ben's Facebook]
{{Cite web |url=http://hands-solo.com/ |title=Hands Solo |access-date=2017-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229100103/http://hands-solo.com/ |archive-date=2013-12-29 |url-status=bot: unknown }}