{{Short description|English actor (born 1965)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Ben Shockley | image = Ben Shockley.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = Shockley relaxing between takes | birth_name = David White | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1965|2|3}} | birth_place = Hythe, Kent, England | occupation = Actor | spouse = | other_names = | website = {{URL|http://www.benshockley.yolasite.com}} }} '''Ben Shockley''' (born 3 February 1965) is an English actor.<ref name="Internet movie database">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0794679/|title= Internet movie database}}</ref>
==Early life== Shockley (born David White) grew up in Hythe, Kent. He is the son of Alan Richard White (deceased) and Elsie Alice White.
==Career== Shockley has appeared in films such as ''On the Ropes'',<ref name="On The Ropes on Internet movie database">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1828260/|title= On the Ropes on Internet movie database}}</ref> ''Ten Dead Men''<ref name="Ten Dead Men on Internet movie database">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0854679/|title= Ten Dead Men on Internet movie database}}</ref> and ''Bad Day''.<ref name="Bad Day on Internet movie database">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0878649/|title= Bad Day on Internet movie database}}</ref>
In 2011, Shockley was interviewed for the book, ''The Good Bad Guys''.<ref name="Amazon">{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/1461128463|title= Amazon}}</ref>
Ink Pixel Films released a video in July 2012 featuring Shockley and British director Mark Noyce. During the discussion it was revealed that filming had begun on the comedy ''This is Jade'' (AKA ''The One Hit Wonder''). It was also revealed that the two were collaborating on The Blazing Cannon's.<ref name="Mark Noyce and Ben Shockley discuss On the Ropes">{{cite web|url=http://www.inkpixelfilms.com/news/mark-noyce-and-ben-shockley-discuss-on-the-ropes-|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126174009/http://www.inkpixelfilms.com/news/mark-noyce-and-ben-shockley-discuss-on-the-ropes-|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-26|title=Mark Noyce and Ben Shockley discuss On the Ropes}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes |- | rowspan="1" | 1986 | ''Lady Jane'' | Peasant | uncredited |- | rowspan="1" | 1988 | ''Journey’s End'' (TV) | Private Evans | uncredited |- | rowspan="1" | 1989 | ''Driven'' | Andrew Harris | uncredited |- | rowspan="1" | 1998 | ''Sugar Sugar'' | Drunk boyfriend | uncredited |- | rowspan="1" | 1999 | ''All the King's Men'' | Neil Marklew | |- | rowspan="1" | 2000 | ''Esther Kahn'' | Stagehand | uncredited |- | rowspan="2" | 2005 | ''Left for Dead'' | Louis | |- | ''Containment'' | Security guard | |- | rowspan="7" | 2006 | ''FiXers'' | Cox | |- | ''King of London'' | Michael | |- | ''A nearly silent film'' | John | |- | ''House of Donn'' | David | |- | ''The Liberator'' | The Engineer | |- | ''Bloodmyth'' | Jim Brierley | |- | ''Secret Thoughts of Angels'' | Dr. Crabtree | |- | rowspan="2" | 2007 | ''Missing Connection'' | James | |- | ''Greetings'' | David | |- | rowspan="7" | 2008 | ''Inside Blue'' | Detective Kreeger | |- | ''Crossed Lines'' | Len Nixon | |- | ''Counterfeit Butterfly'' | Sean Valentine | |- | ''Bad Day'' | Mr. Ward | |- | ''Ten Dead Men'' | Keller | |- | ''Cold Earth'' | Detective Constable Radcliffe | |- | ''Dark Rage'' | Officer Dean | |- | rowspan="1" | 2009 | ''The Firm'' | Plain Clothes Detective | |- | rowspan="5" | 2010 | ''Hysterical Inevitability'' | Nick | |- | ''The Oracle'' | Detective Kreeger | |- | ''The Shouting Men'' | Graham | |- | ''The 4th Wall'' | Mika | voice only |- | ''London Boulevard'' | Detective | uncredited |- | rowspan="3" | 2011 | ''On the Ropes'' | Mick Western | |- | ''Death'' | Yossarian Jones | |- | ''Manor Hunt Ball'' | Pike | |- | rowspan="1" | 2012 | ''Shaniqua'' | Bill | |- | rowspan="2" | 2013 | ''This is Jayde: The One Hit Wonder'' | Barney Bennett | |- | ''The Blazing Cannons'' | Steel | Also writer and producer |- | rowspan="1" | 2019 | ''Invasion Planet Earth'' | Billy McCoy | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Programme ! Role ! Notes |- | rowspan="1" | 1989 | ''Streetwise'' | Cycle Courier | |- | rowspan="2" | 1990 | ''The Bill'' | Actor | 2 episodes |- | ''Spatz'' | Protester | |- |}
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.benshockley.yolasite.com}} * {{IMDb name|id=0794679}} * [http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=56AC0ED41aee627E58MyN3191EF7 Britfilms]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [http://www.fandango.com/benshockley/filmography/p608059 Fandango website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110702225617/http://www.ontheropes-themovie.com/ On the ropes movie website]
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