---
name: "Ben Fransham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-fransham"
fi1m_id: "ben-fransham"
imdb_id: "nm0291740"
tmdb_id: 1439931
wikidata_id: "Q28871339"
roles: []
born: "15 June 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-13T22:03:22.542272+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 Fransham

## Identity

Ben Fransham

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ben-fransham
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ben-fransham
- **IMDb ID:** nm0291740
- **TMDB ID:** 1439931
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28871339
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Fransham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28871339, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291740/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1439931

Actor. Born 15 June 1970 in New Zealand.

## Details

- **Born:** 15 June 1970, New Zealand
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Also known as:** 벤 프랜샴
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2020s 62 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Fransham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28871339, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291740/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1439931

## Coming up

- *Black Sheeps* (2026-11-12)

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Time Bandits*](https://film.one/tv/time-bandits-2024.md) (62)

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

## Biography

Ben Fransham is a New Zealand actor. He graduated from the New Zealand School of Dance in 1991 and began his career in dance and theatre before moving into film and television.

He played the vampire Petyr in the 2014 film *What We Do in the Shadows*. Other roles include Charles in *Heavenly Creatures* (1994), Heron in *30 Days of Night* (2007), Eligos in *Ash vs Evil Dead* (2015), and various characters in *Legend of the Seeker* (2008–2010) and *The Shannara Chronicles* (2016–2017). He appeared uncredited in the *Lord of the Rings* films (2001–2002). In 2024 he played John in the series *Time Bandits* and worked as its movement coach.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Time Bandits* (2024), Fi1m 62, as John — [page](https://film.one/tv/time-bandits-2024.md)
- *Heavenly Creatures* (1994), Fi1m 84, as Charles — [page](https://film.one/film/heavenly-creatures.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Black Sheeps* (2026), Actor
- *The Mute* (2025), as _______
- *Time Bandits* (2024), series, as John — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/time-bandits-2024.md)
- *Mr. Corman* (2021), series, as Man
- *Minimally Invasive* (2021), as Alasdair
- *The Turn of the Screw* (2020), as Uncle / Quint
- *Wellington Paranormal* (2018), series, as Mobot, Cheeseface
- *Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets* (2017), as Motion Actor
- *The Shannara Chronicles* (2016), series, as Red Wraith, Black Wraith
- *Ash vs Evil Dead* (2015), series, as Eligos
- *How to Murder Your Wife* (2015), as Media Man
- *What We Do in the Shadows* (2014), as Petyr
- *The Cure* (2014), as ER Doctor
- *In Full Bloom* (2011), as William
- *The Witch & the Woodsman* (2010), as Witch
- *Legend of the Seeker* (2008), series, as Shadrin, Gar, Man / Nygaax
- *30 Days of Night* (2007), as Heron
- *The Ferryman* (2007), as The Ferryman
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers* (2002), as Anendel / Thandronen (uncredited) — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-two-towers.md)
- *Tongan Ninja* (2002), as Ninja
- *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring* (2001), as Lothlorien Elf / Goblin / Uruk-hai (uncredited) — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-fellowship-of-the-ring.md)
- *Heavenly Creatures* (1994), as Charles — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/heavenly-creatures.md)
- *Time Matrix*, Actor
- *Bloody Legend*, Actor

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