Benedict Lloyd-Hughes (born 14 April 1988) is a British actor. He is known for portraying Josh Stock in the British series '' Skins'' (2007) and for his role as Will in the film '' Divergent'' (2014). He plays Tsar Alexander in the 2016 BBC television series '' War & Peace'', and Greg in the 2020 series ''

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. ''Lloyd-Hughes joined the main cast of period drama ''

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'' (based on Jane Austen's unfinished novel), as Alexander Colbourne for its second series which aired in 2022.''

Personal life

Lloyd-Hughes was born in 1988 in

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, the son of Lucy Appleby and Timothy Lloyd-Hughes. He has an older brother, actor

Henry Lloyd-Hughes Henry Lloyd-Hughes (born 11 August 1985) is an English actor. He is known for his roles in ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' (2005), ''Unrelated'' (2007), ''The Inbetweeners'' (2008–2010), '' Miliband of Brothers'' (2010), '' Weekender' ...

, and a sister, football journalist Flo Lloyd-Hughes. Both brothers acted in '' Miliband of Brothers'', a satirical docu-drama centered around the 2010 Labour leadership election. He attended St. Paul's School, London. In 2011 he finished his acting training at the

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in London. Fred Macpherson, lead singer of the band

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, and formerly of Les Incompétents and

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, is his cousin.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Theatre

* 2012: ''The Way of the World''

References

External links

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Interview with Ben Lloyd-Hughes
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd-Hughes, Ben 1988 births 21st-century British male actors Living people Male actors from London Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama