Ben Price

Ben Price (born 1 January 1972) is a British actor, director and writer. He has played the role of Nick Tilsley in the ITV soap opera, Coronation Street and made three films as a writer/director, the first of which, I'm Sorry To Tell You, was BAFTA short-listed.

Ben Price
Born (1972-01-01) 1 January 1972
Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present
Known forFootballers Wives (2004–2005)
Casualty (1996, 2005–2007)
Coronation Street (2009–)
Spouse(s)
Alexandra Wheeler (m. 2005)
Children2

Early life

Price grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne where he attended Gosforth East Middle School and Gosforth High School before taking acting classes at the Live Theatre.[1] He then attended London's Drama Centre and graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in 1996.

Career

He started his career at the Manchester Royal Exchange and went on to appear at the Bush in London, the Gate Dublin and Sheffield Crucible among others.[2] After starring in Wire in the Blood, he found fame when he starred as Conrad Gates, the captain of Earl's Park football team, in the British television series Footballers' Wives.[3] After leaving the show at the end of the 4th series, he went on to appear in Dancing at Lughnassa at the Gate theatre Dublin.

He co-stars in the horror film Blood Trails, which won the audience award for best feature at the Dead by Dawn International Horror Film Festival 2006 in Edinburgh.

He starred in Casualty as corporate director Nathan Spencer[4] between 2005 and 2007, and was recently voted one of the ten actors most likely to succeed in Hollywood by Stage and Screen magazine. Price appeared on the July 2006 cover of Out magazine.

In 2009 he appeared in the third season of showtimes hit show The Tudors, playing the martyr John Lambert.[5]

Price joined Coronation Street as Nick Tilsley in 2009. He began filming on 19 October 2009 and was seen on screen for the first time on 21 December 2009.[6]

Ben's first 3 films have played at over 40 International Film festivals, 14 of which were BAFTA or Academy qualifying. His first short "I'm sorry to tell you" was short listed at BAFTA and is distributed worldwide by Shorts International. His second film "Taubman" was shown at the Oscar qualifying Athens Film Festival, opened the Manchester film festival and was shown as part of a special section at the BAFTA qualifying Jewish Film Festival. His latest film “Hope Dies last” is part of the British Film Council short Support Scheme. BAFTA and OSCAR qualified and is currently touring the International festival circuit.

His next film 3 minutes of Silence is currently in production and supported by the BFI.

BFI.NETWORK x BAFTA Crew 2018

On 27 January 2017 it was announced that he would be leaving the role of Nick Tilsley in Coronation Street later in 2017.[7] On 23 April 2018 it was announced that Price would be returning to Coronation Street in summer 2018 and will appear on screen from autumn 2018 following a year away from the role.[8]

Filmography

Films
Year Film Role Notes
2002 Flyfishing James
2006 Blood Trails Chris
2015 I'm Sorry To Tell You Director/Writer Finalist for Best Short Film at One Shot Movie Festival
2016 Taubman Director/Writer
2017 Hope Dies Last Director/Writer Won Best Period Piece at HollyShorts Film Festival

Nominated for Best Short Film at Manhattan Short Film Festival

Nominated for Best Short Film at Cambridge Film Festival

Television
Year Show Role Notes
1996 Casualty Jimmy Sellars Episode: "Flesh and Blood"
1997 Soldier Soldier Fus Chris Howden Episode: "The Road to Damascus"
Underworld Runner Episode No. 1.4
1998 Supply & Demand Jonathon
Home and Away Geoffrey Burns Episode No. 2351
Heartbeat John Fraser Episode: "Where There's a Will"
1999 Peak Practice Tom Wise Episode: "Fighting Chance"
Hope & Glory Mr. Jakes Episodes No. 1.1 and No. 1.2
Bugs Wymark Episodes: "Money Spiders" and "The Enemy Within"
2000 Badger Dion Episodes: "The Price of a Daughter" and "Cock o' the Walk"
2001 Table 12 David Episode: "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner"
2002 Wire in the Blood Michael Jordan Episode: "The Mermaids Singing"
2004–2005 Footballers' Wives Conrad Gates Series regular
2005 The Bill Greg Webster Episode No. 343
2005–2007 Casualty Nathan Spencer Series regular
2009 The Tudors John Lambert Season 3 Episode 6 : "Search for a New Queen"
2009–2017, 2018– Coronation Street Nick Tilsley Series regular
2013 Driven to Extremes Narrator

Stage
Year Title Role Notes
1996All's Well That Ends WellMatthew LloydManchester Royal Exchange
1997Shoe Shop of DesireJames ChristopherCritics up for review,BAC
1998Entertaining Mr SloaneRichard BeechamBolton Octagon
1999SvejkDhalia IbelhauptatieThe Gate Theatre
1999The BackroomJonathon LlyodThe Bush
2001On the RazzlePeter WoodChichester Festival Theatre
2003IphegeniaAnna MackminSheffield Crucible
2010Dancing at LughnasaJoe DowlingThe Gate Dublin

References
  1. "Ben Price plays Nathan Spencer". holby.tv. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
  2. "Ben Price". United Agents.
  3. I scored with Zoe to join Mile High Club, Sunday Mirror, 8 February 2004 (Archived at FindArticles.com)
  4. "Ben Price plays Nathan Spencer". holby.tv. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
  5. "United Artists: Ben Price". United Agents. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
  6. Kilkelly, Daniel (16 October 2009). "Ben Price to play Corrie's Nick Tilsley". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 24 November 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2009.
  7. "Ben Price quits Nick Tilsley role on Coronation Street after seven 'fantastic' years". The Daily Telegraph. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  8. <Radio Times> (23 April 2018). "Nick Tilsley is returning to Coronation Street". Radio Times. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
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