---
name: "Ben Meyjes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-meyjes"
fi1m_id: "ben-meyjes"
imdb_id: "nm1892311"
tmdb_id: 1373550
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T00:57:00.605187+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 Meyjes

## Identity

Ben Meyjes

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ben-meyjes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ben-meyjes
- **IMDb ID:** nm1892311
- **TMDB ID:** 1373550
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1892311/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1373550

Actor.

## Details

- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1892311/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1373550

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*King Lear*](https://film.one/film/king-lear.md) (78)

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## Biography

Ben Meyjes is a British actor. He graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company in productions including *Twelfth Night*, *Hamlet*, *King Lear* and *The Seagull*.

His television credits include the role of Edgar in the 2008 television film of *King Lear* (also broadcast as an episode of *Great Performances*), Simon Higgins in *Foyle's War* (2006), Harcourt in *Midsomer Murders* (2005), Louise/Ake in *Wallander* (2008) and Tipping in *Agatha Christie's Marple* (2007). He played Soldier #2 in the film *Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist* (2005). He has also appeared on stage as Hippolytus in *Phaedra* at the Donmar Warehouse and performed in the BBC Radio 4 drama *Dear Doctor Goebbels*.

*Sources: imdb.com, naxos.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *King Lear* (2008), Fi1m 78, as Edgar — [page](https://film.one/film/king-lear.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Wallander* (2008), series, as Louise / Ake
- *King Lear* (2008), as Edgar — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/king-lear.md)
- *Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist* (2005), as Soldier #2
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, as Simon Higgins
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Harcourt — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)

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