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Ben Elton
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British comedian, author, playwright, actor and director
OverviewAI-generated
Ben Elton is a British and Australian actor, comedian, novelist, and writer who began his work period in 1981. He is male and identifies with atheism. His professional fields include film direction, drama, and musicals. He has been educated at the University of Manchester and Victoria University of Manchester.
Elton is the author of 23 works, including *What Have I Done?*, *Popḳorn*, *Gridlock*, *Who Do I Think I Am?*, and *Metim le-hitparsem*. He speaks English. His work is associated with tags such as British, comedy, and stand-up. In music contexts, he is categorized under genres including adult contemporary, album rock, am pop, British, and classic rock.
He is related to Geoffrey Elton, Olivia Newton-John, Victor Ehrenberg, and Hans Ehrenberg.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 23
Top works
- What Have I Done?
- Popḳorn
- Gridlock
- Who Do I Think I Am?
- Metim le-hitparsem
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Already a successful comedian, Ben Elton turned to writing situation comedies during the 1980s and penned BBC classics such as "The Young Ones" (1982), "Black-Adder II" (1986), "Black Adder the Third" (1987), "Blackadder 4" (1989) and during the 1990s "The Thin Blue Line" (1995). He provided lyrics for Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, "The Beautiful Game", which was nominated for Best Musical at…
Known for
- Not Only Fred Dagg But Also John Clarke — Self2025
- The Chris McCausland Show — Self2024
- Blackadder: The Lost Pilot — Self2023
- Ben Elton: The Great Railway Disaster — Self2023
- Blackadder: A Cunning Story — Self - Contributor2023
- Ben Elton: Live — Self2022
- Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg2022
- The BRITs at 40 — Self2020
- Have You Been Paying Attention? — Panellist2019
- The London Studios: Home of the Stars — Self2018
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1959
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,198
- Total plays
- 13,807
Tags
Benjamin Charles "Ben" Elton (born 3 May 1959 in London) is a British comedian, author, playwright and television director. He was a leading figure in the British alternative comedy movement of the 1980s, as a writer on such cult series as 'The Young Ones' and 'Blackadder' and as a successful stand-up comedian on stage and TV. He was a high-profile frontman of 1980s left-wing political satire. Since then he has published over twelve novels and more <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ben+Elton"
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ben
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Australia
- Place of birth
- London
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- atheism
- Field of work
- musical
- Official website
- benelton.net
- Image
- Ben Elton cropped.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1959-05-03
- Commons category
- Ben Elton
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
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