Mark Benton

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Biography

Mark Benton is an English actor and TV presenter known for his roles in Early Doors, Waterloo Road, Shakespeare & Hathaway and Strictly Come Dancing.

Known For

Doctor Who

Clive

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Dad

Eddie the Eagle

Richmond the BOA Official

The Nevers

The Colonel

Anna and the Apocalypse

Tony Shepherd

Midsomer Murders

Eddie Rowbotham

Cyrano

Montfleury

Death in Paradise

Les Doyle

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Charlie Shaw's Revenge MOVIE	Self
2025	Down Cemetery Road TV	Tony McGrath
2025	Bookish TV	Eddie Gash
2025	Patience TV	DCI Calvin Baxter
2024	Smoggie Queens TV	Mam
2024	Please Come Home MOVIE	Harry
2024	Nikhil & Jay TV	Jim
2024	The Canal Map of Britain MOVIE	Narrator
2024	Maps of Britain TV	Self - Narrator (voice)
2023	The Devil Went Down To Islington MOVIE	Barry Grossman
2023	Painting Birds with Jim and Nancy Moir TV	Self
2023	Secrets of a Wallaby Boy MOVIE	Roland
2023	Robson Green's Weekend Escapes TV	Himself
2023	Robson Green's Weekend Escapes TV	Self
2023	Robson Green's Weekend Escapes TV	Self
2022	Christmas Carole MOVIE	Leon
2022	Dead Canny TV	Karl
2022	Big Tree City TV	Major Prickles (voice)
2022	The Read TV	Narrator
2021	The Weakest Link TV	Self - Participant
2021	Cyrano MOVIE	Montfleury
2021	The Nevers TV	The Colonel
2020	The Fruit Fix MOVIE	Doug
2020	Husbands from Hell MOVIE	Self - Narrator (voice)
2019	The Making of Anna and the Apocalypse MOVIE	Himself (archive footage)
2018	Torvill & Dean MOVIE	Ted
2018	Anna and the Apocalypse MOVIE	Tony Shepherd
2018	Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators TV	Frank Hathaway
2017	Ratburger MOVIE	Gary
2017	The Halcyon TV	Dennis Feldman
2016	Outnumbered - Christmas Special 2016 MOVIE	Brian
2016	Damned TV	Mike
2016	National Theatre Live: As You Like It MOVIE	Touchstone
2016	Eddie the Eagle MOVIE	Richmond the BOA Official
2015	Danny & the Human Zoo MOVIE	Syd Noble
2015	La Couchette MOVIE	Les
2015	The Edge TV	Self - Host
2014	Inside No. 9 TV	Les
2013	Psychobitches TV	Mrs Noah
2013	Father Brown TV	PC Walt Everett
2012	Panto! MOVIE	Francis
2012	BBC Comedy Feeds TV	Phil
2012	Boys On Film 8: Cruel Britannia MOVIE	Phil (segment "I Don't Care")
2012	The Syndicate TV	Graham Woods
2011	Death in Paradise TV	Les Doyle
2011	Vera TV	Stanley Booth
2010	I Don't Care MOVIE	Phil
2010	My Last Five Girlfriends MOVIE	Duncan World - Rollercoaster Alan
2009	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus MOVIE	Dad
2009	Land Girls TV	Frederick Finch
2009	Desperate Romantics TV	Self
2009	Personal Affairs TV	Iain Ebelthite
2009	Beyond the Pole MOVIE	Graham
2008	Clash of the Santas MOVIE	Howie
2008	Britannia High TV	Self
2008	Flick MOVIE	Sgt Miller
2008	Three and Out MOVIE	Vic
2008	Hughie Green, Most Sincerely MOVIE	Jess Yates
2008	Fixer TV	Self
2007	City Lights TV	Howard (Howie)
2007	Fallen Angel TV	Eddie
2006	Breaking and Entering MOVIE	Legge
2006	Magnolia MOVIE	Gregg
2006	I'm with Stupid TV	Sheldon
2006	The Booze Cruise III: The Scattering MOVIE	Dave
2006	Comedy Doubles TV	Self
2006	If I Had You MOVIE	Harry Fielding
2006	The Street TV	Wayne Taylor
2006	Waterloo Road TV	Daniel Chalk
2006	Northern Lights TV	Howard
2005	The Booze Cruise II: The Treasure Hunt MOVIE	Dave
2005	Afterlife TV	Self
2005	Doctor Who TV	Clive
2005	Planespotting MOVIE	Paul Coppin
2005	Twisted Tales TV	Trev
2004	Christmas Lights MOVIE	Howie
2004	King of Fridges MOVIE	Alan
2004	Quite Ugly One Morning MOVIE	Darren Mortlake
2004	Gladiatress MOVIE	Hermes, Stage Manager
2004	Lighthouse Hill MOVIE	Peter Preston
2004	The Reckoning MOVIE	Sheriff
2004	Hustle TV	Finch
2004	Catterick TV	Mark
2003	Cheeky MOVIE	Big Mick
2003	The Booze Cruise MOVIE	Dave Bolton
2003	The Booze Cruise TV	Dave Bolton
2003	Spine Chillers TV	Self
2003	Blue Murder TV	Neville Notts
2003	Early Doors TV	Eddie Bell
2003	40 TV	Gregory
2003	Swiss Toni TV	Self
2003	The Second Coming TV	Johnny Tyler
2002	All or Nothing MOVIE	Man at Bar
2002	Out of Control MOVIE	Governor
2002	Nice Guy Eddie TV	Self
2002	Born and Bred TV	Mr. Ffotherington
2002	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries TV	Professor Elias Blackwell
2002	Crime and Punishment MOVIE	Zosimov
2002	Crime and Punishment TV	Zosimov
2001	Combat Sheep MOVIE	Self
2001	Dr Terrible's House of Horrible TV	Sgt Rohmer
2001	Murphy's Law TV	Father McBride
2001	Mr In-Between MOVIE	Phil
2001	Marion and Geoff: A Small Summer Party MOVIE	Euros
2001	Blow Dry MOVIE	George, Journalist #1
2000	Exposure MOVIE	Leonard
2000	Human Remains TV	Leighton
2000	Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) TV	Self
2000	Nature Boy TV	Fred
2000	This Is Personal: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper MOVIE	Terence Hawkshaw
1999	Last Christmas MOVIE	Father Christmas
1999	Topsy-Turvy MOVIE	Mr Price
1999	Eureka Street TV	Chuckie Lurgan
1999	Barbara TV	Martin Pond
1999	The Lost Son MOVIE	Giant
1999	Gimme Gimme Gimme TV	Bob Hobbs
1998	The Jump TV	Timmy Lambert
1998	The Sea Change MOVIE	Derek
1997	Career Girls MOVIE	Ricky Burton
1997	See You Friday TV	Bernie
1997	Midsomer Murders TV	Eddie Rowbotham
1997	Dilemma MOVIE	SWAT Team
1996	Crossing the Floor MOVIE	Ambulance Man
1996	Lord of Misrule MOVIE	Antler Man
1996	Dalziel & Pascoe TV	Self
1996	Silent Witness TV	Patrick Cain
1996	The Girl MOVIE	Fred Loam
1995	Kavanagh Q.C. TV	Sergeant Redbridge
1994	Finney TV	Billy
1994	(All Quiet on the) Preston Front TV	Richard
1994	There's No Business... MOVIE	Barman
1992	As Time Goes By TV	Paul Partridge

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