---
name: "Ben Caplan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-caplan"
fi1m_id: "ben-caplan"
imdb_id: "nm0135196"
tmdb_id: 203581
wikidata_id: "Q5602077"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 September 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T16:59:43.162437+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 Caplan

## Identity

Ben Caplan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ben-caplan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ben-caplan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0135196
- **TMDB ID:** 203581
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5602077
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Caplan_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5602077, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0135196/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/203581

Actor. Born 25 September 1974 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 September 1974, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2001–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 89 (1), 2010s 77 (3), 2020s 88 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 82 to 74 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1, War & Politics 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $120m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Caplan_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5602077, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0135196/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/203581

## Biography

Ben Caplan is a British actor and director. He was born on 25 September 1974 in Hammersmith, London, and trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

His television credits include the role of PC (later Sgt) Peter Noakes in the BBC series *Call the Midwife* (2012–2017), Walter 'Smokey' Gordon Jr. in the HBO miniseries *Band of Brothers* (2001), and Charles Chapman in the ITV miniseries *The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies* (2014). He has also appeared in *Strike*, *Small Axe* and *Midsomer Murders*.

On stage, Caplan has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre, and appeared in the Olivier Award-winning musical *Sunny Afternoon* in the West End. His film roles include parts in *RocknRolla* (2008), *Leap Year* (2010) and *The Commuter* (2018).

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

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Small Axe* (2020), Fi1m 88, as Mr. Stedman — [page](https://film.one/tv/small-axe.md)
- *The Commuter* (2018), Fi1m 71, as Frank — [page](https://film.one/film/the-commuter.md)
- *The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies* (2014), Fi1m 81, as Charles Chapman — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lost-honour-of-christopher-jefferies.md)
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), Fi1m 80, as PC Peter Noakes — [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Band of Brothers* (2001), Fi1m 89, as Walter S. (Smokey) Gordon, Jr. — [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *To Fly or Float* (2025), Actor
- *Pretty Red Dress* (2023), as Jim
- *The End of the Night* (2022), as Norbert Masur
- *The Monkey's Paw* (2022), Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- *The Merchant of Venice* (2022), as Prince of Arragon / Duke / Solanio
- *Caveat* (2021), as Moe Barrett
- *RSC Live: The Winter's Tale* (2021), as Camillo
- *Small Axe* (2020), series, as Mr. Stedman — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/small-axe.md)
- *The Commuter* (2018), as Frank — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-commuter.md)
- *Strike* (2017), series, as Allan Yeoman
- *The Coroner* (2015), series, as Phillip Spence
- *The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies* (2014), series, as Charles Chapman — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-lost-honour-of-christopher-jefferies.md)
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), series, as PC Peter Noakes, Sgt. Peter Noakes — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *The North London Book of the Dead* (2011), as W's Brother
- *Leap Year* (2010), as Realtor
- *Trinity* (2009), series, as Timothy Bonham
- *RocknRolla* (2008), as Estate Agent
- *The Passion* (2008), series, as Yehuda
- *Maxwell* (2007), as Kevin Maxwell
- *Days That Shook the World* (2003), series, Actor
- *The Dwarfs* (2002), as Mark
- *Band of Brothers* (2001), series, as Walter S. (Smokey) Gordon, Jr. — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md)
- *The Perfect Blue* (1998), as Film Student #3
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Murray Eccbeer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *A Touch of Frost* (1992), series, as Sam Goodwin — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-touch-of-frost.md)

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