---
name: "Benjamin Smith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-smith-1212723"
fi1m_id: "ben-smith-1212723"
imdb_id: "nm0807420"
tmdb_id: 1212723
wikidata_id: "Q4889236"
roles: []
born: "27 December 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T17:10:25.779047+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."
---

# Benjamin Smith

## Identity

Benjamin Smith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ben-smith-1212723
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ben-smith-1212723
- **IMDb ID:** nm0807420
- **TMDB ID:** 1212723
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4889236
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Smith_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4889236, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0807420/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212723

Actor. Born 27 December 1989 in Edgware, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 27 December 1989, Edgware, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2009–2014
- **Also known as:** Ben Smith
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 80 (1), 2010s 73 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 2, Comedy 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Smith_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4889236, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0807420/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1212723

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Accused*](https://film.one/tv/accused.md) (76)

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## Biography

Benjamin Smith, also credited as Ben Smith, is an English actor born on 27 December 1989 in Edgware, London.

He is best known for playing Damien Trotter in *Only Fools and Horses*. Other early television roles include Tegs in *EastEnders* (2008), Donny in *Skins* (2007–2008), Lee in *Misfits* (2009) and Luke in the *Doctor Who* episode "School Reunion" (2006). He appeared in the film *Nowhere Boy* (2009).

In 2010 Smith played the lead role of Frankie Nash in the Jimmy McGovern drama series *Accused*. Later credits include roles in *Scott & Bailey*, *The Honourable Woman* (2014), *Common* (2014), *No Offence* (2015) and *Resistance* (2019) as Robbie Lennox.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, bbc.co.uk, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Common* (2014), Fi1m 70, as Patrick O'Shea — [page](https://film.one/film/common.md)
- *Accused* (2010), Fi1m 76, as Frankie Nash — [page](https://film.one/tv/accused.md)
- *Misfits* (2009), Fi1m 80, as Lee — [page](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Resistance* (2019), series, as Robbie Lennox
- *Come Out of the Woods* (2017), as Sam
- *Pan* (2015), as Orphan — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/pan.md)
- *No Offence* (2015), series, as Noel / Christy — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/no-offence.md)
- *Common* (2014), as Patrick O'Shea — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/common.md)
- *Accused* (2010), series, as Frankie Nash — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/accused.md)
- *Misfits* (2009), series, as Lee — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/misfits.md)
- *Whitechapel* (2009), series, as Daniel Wilkie
- *Cherries* (2007), as Robin
- *Skins* (2007), series, as Donny — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/skins.md)
- *Help! I'm a Teenage Outlaw* (2004), series, Actor
- *Hustle* (2004), series, as Joey Frazier
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Mani Jones — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind* (2001), as Sam Tanner
- *Second Sight* (2000), series, as Sam Tanner
- *Silent Witness* (1996), series, Actor
- *Daisy-Head Mayzie* (1995), as Butch (voice)
- *Peak Practice* (1993), series, as Gary
- *The Upper Hand* (1990), series, as Jason
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *Only Fools and Horses* (1981), series, as Damien Trotter — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/only-fools-and-horses.md)

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