Ben Silverstone
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 Ben Silverstone at the Basingstoke Pilgrimage in 2001, where fans of Get Real gathered to visit the filming locations and meet the cast & crew |
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| Born | April 9, 1979 London, England |
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Benjamin Maurice Silverstone (born London, April 9, 1979) is a British actor. He has one sister and one brother. He studied English at Cambridge University.
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[edit] Career
Silverstone's most notable role is that of Steven Carter in the 1998 Paramount Classic's feature film, Get Real. The film was based on Patrick Wilde's stageplay What's Wrong With Angry?, and is a love story between two British schoolboys. Silverstone made the front cover of Gay Times in May 1999 to mark the release of the film.
The movie achieved cult-status with many fans, and even gave rise to two fan-organised gatherings in the filming locations around Basingstoke[1]. The events in themselves attracted the attention of the television media, as fans of the film travelled several thousand miles to the event[2].
Prior to Get Real, Silverstone was no stranger to film, as he had appeared in Adrian Lyne's adaptation of Lolita in 1997 and Mike Figgis' The Browning Version in 1994.
Immediately after the release of Get Real, Silverstone went to Trinity College, Cambridge. While there, he acted in student productions of King Lear, The Whiteheaded Boy, The Duchess of Malfi, The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui, Near Miss, and The Winter's Tale. Silverstone left Cambridge in 2001 with a First degree.
Since 2001 Silverstone has appeared in numerous stage productions such as The Tempest and My Boy Jack and was nominated for both a The Times Theatre Award and an Evening Standard Theatre Award for his portrayal of Basil Anthony in the West End production of Man and Boy[citation needed].
His most recent project is Jump!, in which he plays a young Jewish photographer charged with the murder of his father based on the real life story of Philippe Halsman.
Silverstone also works as a part time law tutor for City University, London[citation needed].
[edit] Selected stage and screen credits
[edit] Theatre
- The Age of Consent (Timmy), Edinburgh Fringe (2001)
- The Age of Consent (Timmy), Bush Theatre, London (2002)
- The Lady's Not For Burning (Richard), Chichester Festival Theatre (2002)
- The Tempest (Ariel), UK Tour (2002)
- Electra (Orestes), The Gate Theatre, London (2003)
- My Boy Jack (Jack Kipling), UK Tour (2004)
- Man and Boy (Basil Anthony), UK Tour (2004)
- Man and Boy (Basil Anthony), Duchess Theatre, London (2005)
[edit] Film
- The Browning Version (Taplow), (1994)
- Lolita (Young Humbert), dir. Adrian Lyne (1997)
- Get Real (Steven Carter), dir. Simon Shore (1998)
- Jump! (Philippe Halsman), (2007)
[edit] Television
- Shackleton (Young Applicant), Channel 4 (2001)
- Timewatch: Through Hell for Hitler (Henry Metalmann), BBC2 (1998)
- Doctors (Joe Nyland), BBC1 (2003)
[edit] References
- ^ BenSilverstone.net, Basingstoke Pilgrimage. URL last accessed on 2007-04-09.
- ^ Meridian Television, Meridian Tonight News. URL last accessed on 2007-04-09.
