---
name: "Ben Barnes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-barnes"
fi1m_id: "ben-barnes"
imdb_id: "nm1602660"
tmdb_id: 25130
wikidata_id: "Q310086"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 August 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T10:53:52.625948+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ben Barnes

## Identity

Ben Barnes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ben-barnes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ben-barnes
- **IMDb ID:** nm1602660
- **TMDB ID:** 25130
- **Wikidata ID:** Q310086
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Barnes_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310086, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1602660/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25130

Actor. Born 20 August 1981 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 August 1981, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2007–2016
- **Also known as:** Benjamin Thomas "Ben" Barnes, Benjamin Thomas Barnes, Benjamin Barnes, Hyrise, Μπεν Μπαρνς, 벤 반스, بِن بارنز
- **Frequently works with:** [Andrew Adamson](https://film.one/person/andrew-adamson.md), [Anna Popplewell](https://film.one/person/anna-popplewell.md), [Christopher Markus](https://film.one/person/christopher-markus.md), [Georgie Henley](https://film.one/person/georgie-henley.md), [Mark Johnson](https://film.one/person/mark-johnson.md), [Skandar Keynes](https://film.one/person/skandar-keynes.md), [Stephen McFeely](https://film.one/person/stephen-mcfeely.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 66 (2), 2010s 74 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 70 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Adventure 2, Family 2, Fantasy 2, Romance 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $557m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Barnes_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310086, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1602660/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25130

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian*](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-prince-caspian.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ben Barnes is an English actor and singer. He is best known for playing Prince Caspian in *The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian* (2008) and its sequel *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader* (2010).

Barnes began his career in musical theatre with the National Youth Music Theatre and was briefly a member of the boy band Hyrise. He graduated with a BA in Drama and English Literature from Kingston University in 2004. His other notable screen roles include Logan Delos in the HBO series *Westworld* (2016–2020), Billy Russo in *Marvel's The Punisher* (2017–2019) and General Aleksander Kirigan in *Shadow and Bone* (2021–2023). He has also appeared in films such as *Stardust* (2007) and *Dorian Gray* (2009).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Westworld* (2016), Fi1m 74, as Logan — [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian* (2008), Fi1m 58, as Prince Caspian — [page](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-prince-caspian.md)
- *Stardust* (2007), Fi1m 75, as Young Dunstan Thorn — [page](https://film.one/film/stardust.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Institute* (2025), series, as Tim Jamieson
- *The Critic* (2024), as Stephen Wyley
- *Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities* (2022), series, as William Thurber
- *Star Trek: Prodigy* (2021), series, as Spike Headed Alien / Miner #2 / Miners (voice)
- *Shadow and Bone* (2021), series, as General Aleksander Kirigan / The Darkling
- *The Rocky Horror Musical Live Stream* (2020), as Brad Majors
- *Gold Digger* (2019), series, as Benjamin Greene
- *Marvel's The Punisher* (2017), series, as Billy Russo
- *Mt. Wolf: Soteria* (2017), as Danny Wolf
- *Westworld* (2016), series, as Logan — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/westworld-2016.md)
- *Sons of Liberty* (2015), series, as Sam Adams
- *Seventh Son* (2014), as Tom Ward
- *By the Gun* (2014), as Nick Tortano
- *Jackie & Ryan* (2014), as Ryan
- *The Big Wedding* (2013), as Alejandro 'Alex' Soto Griffin
- *The Words* (2012), as Young Man
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as TV Mac — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *The Secret Islands: Untold Adventures of the Dawn Treader* (2011), as Prince Caspian (voice)
- *Killing Bono* (2011), as Neil McCormick
- *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader* (2010), as Caspian
- *Locked In* (2010), as Josh
- *Dorian Gray* (2009), as Dorian Gray
- *Easy Virtue* (2008), as John Whittaker
- *Bigga Than Ben* (2008), as Cobakka
- *The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian* (2008), as Prince Caspian — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-chronicles-of-narnia-prince-caspian.md)
- *Stardust* (2007), as Young Dunstan Thorn — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/stardust.md)
- *When Zachary Beaver Came to Town* (2003), Thanks

## Gallery

- ![Ben Barnes attending an awards show (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/493033/gallery-8c9cb545d117.jpg) Ben Barnes attending an awards show (2019) — LRE2021, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Ben_Barnes_Redcarpet.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ben Barnes speaking at the 2026 Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon.](https://film.one/media/person/493033/gallery-25f1e6ed7051.jpg) Ben Barnes speaking at the 2026 Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Ben_Barnes_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg/1280px-Ben_Barnes_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ben Barnes speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California.](https://film.one/media/person/493033/gallery-0f13af865386.jpg) Ben Barnes speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Ben_Barnes_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/1280px-Ben_Barnes_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ben Barnes](https://film.one/media/person/493033/gallery-ac0c3472f69d.jpg) Ben Barnes — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Ben_Barnes_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Ben_Barnes_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ben Barnes](https://film.one/media/person/493033/gallery-2a1723613b2f.jpg) Ben Barnes — Image via TMDB
- ![Ben Barnes](https://film.one/media/person/493033/gallery-470c1e027e62.jpg) Ben Barnes — Image via TMDB
- ![Ben Barnes](https://film.one/media/person/493033/gallery-f2d3ce8b451c.jpg) Ben Barnes — Image via TMDB
- ![Ben Barnes speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Westworld", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribut](https://film.one/media/person/493033/gallery-261e8d01d14a.jpg) Ben Barnes speaking at the 2017 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Westworld", at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribut — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Ben_Barnes_%2835832438060%29.jpg/1280px-Ben_Barnes_%2835832438060%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ben Barnes from the video 'DOCTOR WHO, Where would you TIME TRAVEL TOO, Brit Week 2015' uploaded to Vimeo on April 25, 2015.](https://film.one/media/person/493033/gallery-78d5a3d4cecb.png) Ben Barnes from the video 'DOCTOR WHO, Where would you TIME TRAVEL TOO, Brit Week 2015' uploaded to Vimeo on April 25, 2015. — RealTVfilms, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Ben_Barnes_2015.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ben Barnes](https://film.one/media/person/493033/gallery-a6c40a0929b6.jpg) Ben Barnes — Image via TMDB
- ![Ben Barnes](https://film.one/media/person/493033/gallery-b3655a3b30a1.jpg) Ben Barnes — Image via TMDB
- ![Ben Barnes](https://film.one/media/person/493033/gallery-afb2acf1e302.jpg) Ben Barnes — Image via TMDB

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