| Ben Price | |
| Birth Date: | June 30, 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Birmingham, England |
| Children: | 2 |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Alma Mater: | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
| Years Active: | 1993–present |
| Known: | Casualty (1996, 2005–2007) Footballers Wives (2004–2005) Coronation Street (2009–) |
Ben Price (born 30 June 1971) is an English actor, director and writer. He has played the role of Nick Tilsley in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street and has made four films as a writer/director, the first of which, I'm Sorry To Tell You, was BAFTA-shortlisted.
Price grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he attended Gosforth East Middle School and Gosforth High School before taking acting classes at the Live Theatre.[1] He then attended London's Drama Centre and graduated from the Central School of Speech and Drama in 1996.
Price started his career at the Manchester Royal Exchange, and went on to appear at the Bush in London, the Gate in Dublin and Sheffield Crucible among others.[2] He made his first appearance on television, in a 1996 episode of Casualty, before guest roles in Soldier Soldier, Heartbeat, Peak Practice, and an episode of the Australian soap opera, Home and Away, in 1998, when the show filmed a storyline in England.[3]
After starring in Wire in the Blood, he played Conrad Gates, captain of Earl's Park football team, in the British television series Footballers' Wives.[4] After leaving the show at the end of the fourth series, he went on to appear in Dancing at Lughnassa at the Gate theatre, Dublin.
He co-stars in the horror film Blood Trails, which won the audience award for best feature at the Dead by Dawn International Horror Film Festival 2006 in Edinburgh.
He returned to Casualty and starred as corporate director Nathan Spencer[5] between 2005 and 2007, and was recently voted one of the ten actors most likely to succeed in Hollywood by Stage and Screen magazine. Price appeared on the July 2006 cover of Out magazine.
In 2009 he appeared in the third season of showtimes hit show The Tudors, playing the martyr John Lambert.[6]
Price joined Coronation Street as Nick Tilsley in 2009. He began filming on 19 October 2009 and was seen on screen for the first time on 21 December 2009.[7]
Ben's first 4 films have played at over 60 International Film festivals, 25 of which were BAFTA- or Academy-qualifying. His first short, "I'm Sorry To Tell You", was shortlisted at BAFTA and is distributed worldwide by Shorts International. His second film, "Taubman", was shown at the Oscar-qualifying Athens Film Festival, opened the Manchester film festival and was shown as part of a special section at the BAFTA qualifying Jewish Film Festival. His latest film, “Hope Dies Last”, is part of the British Film Council short support scheme. BAFTA- and Oscar-qualified, it is currently touring the international festival circuit. In 2020 he filmed "3 Minutes of Silence" funded by the BFI and starring Bella Ramsey and Molly Wright. It's gone onto International recognition and has formed the basis for a Feature Film funded by the BFI.
On 27 January 2017 it was announced he would be leaving the role of Nick Tilsley in Coronation Street later in 2017.[8] On 23 April 2018 it was announced Price would be returning to Coronation Street in summer 2018 and would appear on screen from autumn 2018 following a year away from the role.[9]
Price has a podcast called On the Sofa with Colson, Jack and Ben with Coronation Street co-stars Jack P. Shepherd and Colson Smith.
Price married Alexandra Wheeler in 2005. They have two children together. He is a fan of Newcastle United.
| Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Flyfishing | James | ||
| 2006 | Blood Trails | Chris | ||
| 2015 | I'm Sorry To Tell You | Director/Writer | Finalist for Best Short Film at One Shot Movie Festival | |
| 2016 | Taubman | Director/Writer | ||
| 2017 | Hope Dies Last | Director/Writer | Won Best Period Piece at HollyShorts Film Festival Nominated for Best Short Film at Manhattan Short Film Festival Nominated for Best Short Film at Cambridge Film Festival | |
| 2020 | 3 Minutes of Silence | Director/Writer | Supported by the BFI |
| Year | Show | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Casualty | Jimmy Sellars | Episode: "Flesh and Blood" | |
| 1997 | Soldier Soldier | Fus Chris Howden | Episode: "The Road to Damascus" | |
| Underworld | Runner | Episode No. 1.4 | ||
| 1998 | Supply & Demand | Jonathon | ||
| Home and Away | Geoffrey Burns | Series 11, Episode 56 (Episode No. 2351) | ||
| Heartbeat | John Fraser | Episode: "Where There's a Will" | ||
| 1999 | Peak Practice | Tom Wise | Episode: "Fighting Chance" | |
| Hope & Glory | Mr. Jakes | Episodes No. 1.1 and No. 1.2 | ||
| Bugs | Wymark | Episodes: "Money Spiders" and "The Enemy Within" | ||
| 2000 | Badger | Dion | Episodes: "The Price of a Daughter" and "Cock o' the Walk" | |
| 2001 | Table 12 | David | Episode: "Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner" | |
| 2002 | Wire in the Blood | Michael Jordan | Episode: "The Mermaids Singing" | |
| 2004–2005 | Footballers' Wives | Conrad Gates | Series regular | |
| 2005 | The Bill | Greg Webster | Episode No. 343 | |
| 2005–2007 | Casualty | Nathan Spencer | Series regular | |
| 2009 | The Tudors | John Lambert | Season 3 Episode 6 : "Search for a New Queen" | |
| 2009–2017, 2018– | Coronation Street | Nick Tilsley | Series regular, 1,000+ episodes | |
| 2013 | Driven to Extremes | Narrator |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | All's Well That Ends Well | Matthew Lloyd | Manchester Royal Exchange |
| 1997 | Shoe Shop of Desire | James Christopher | Critics up for review, BAC |
| 1998 | Entertaining Mr Sloane | Richard Beecham | Bolton Octagon |
| 1999 | Svejk | Dhalia Ibelhauptatie | The Gate Theatre |
| 1999 | The Backroom | Jonathon Lloyd | The Bush |
| 2001 | On the Razzle | Peter Wood | Chichester Festival Theatre |
| 2003 | Iphegenia | Anna Mackmin | Sheffield Crucible |
| 2010 | Dancing at Lughnasa | Joe Dowling | The Gate Dublin |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 12th National Television Awards | Most Popular Newcomer | Casualty | [10] | |
| 2010 | The British Soap Awards | Sexiest Male | Coronation Street | [11] | |
| 2010 | TV Choice Awards | Best Soap Newcomer | [12] | ||
| 2011 | All About Soap Bubble Awards | Best Love Triangle (shared with Jane Danson and Chris Gascoyne) | [13] | ||
| 2013 | Inside Soap Awards | Best Actor | [14] | ||
| 2014 | 19th National Television Awards | Serial Drama Performance | [15] | ||
| 2014 | The British Soap Awards | Best Actor | [16] | ||
| 2015 | TV Choice Awards | Best Soap Actor | [17] | ||
| 2016 | 21st National Television Awards | Serial Drama Performance | [18] | ||
| 2016 | The British Soap Awards | Best Actor | [19] | ||
| 2016 | Inside Soap Awards | Best Actor | [20] | ||
| 2017 | 22nd National Television Awards | Serial Drama Performance | [21] | ||
| 2017 | Inside Soap Awards | Best Exit | [22] | ||
| 2019 | Inside Soap Awards | Best Bad Boy | [23] | ||
| 2021 | Inside Soap Awards | Best Partnership (shared with Danson) | [24] |