Ben Barnes

British actor Benjamin Thomas Barnes was born in London, England, to Patricia (Becker), a relationship therapist, and Thomas Barnes, a professor of psychiatry. He has a brother, Jack. His mother is from South Africa while his father is English.Barnes studied at Homefield Preparatory and King's College, both independent all boys' schools. He began acting in musical theatre, including at the National Youth Music Theatre, and was a member of Hyrise, a boy band. In 2004, he graduated with BA Honours from Kingston University, where he studied drama and English literature.In 2006, Barnes played Dakin in The History Boys on stage, and made his television debut on the series _Doctors (2000)_ (qv). His first film was 'Matthew Vaughn' (qv)'s _Stardust (2007)_ (qv), and his second major film role was the epic _The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008)_ (qv), in which he played Prince Caspian. He next co-starred with 'Jessica Biel' (qv) in _Easy Virtue (2008)_ (qv), played the title role in 'Ol Parker' (qv)'s _Dorian Gray (2009)_ (qv), and reprised his role, now as King Caspian, in _The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)_ (qv).In 2011, he co-starred with 'Robert Sheehan' (qv), playing brothers, in _Killing Bono (2011)_ (qv). He also had major roles in the films _The Words (2012)_ (qv) and _The Big Wedding (2013)_ (qv).In 2015, Barnes played the title role in the fantasy adventure _Seventh Son (2014)_ (qv), opposite 'Jeff Bridges' (qv) and 'Julianne Moore' (qv). The same year, he portrayed American founding father Sam Adams in the History Channel mini-series _Sons of Liberty (2015)_ (qv).::Anonymous