Benjamin Evan Ainsworth (born 25 September 2008) is a British teenaged actor. He is known for portraying Miles in the

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series ''

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'' (2020), William in

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’s '' Flora & Ulysses'' (2021), and the voice of

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in Disney's live-action remake.

Biography

While growing up in the village of

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, Ainsworth attended the Northern Lights Drama Theatre School in Hull. At the age of ten, his first appearance on television was on the

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'' in 2018, and in the same year performed in a production of '' Priscilla, Queen of the Desert'' on board the ''

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'' cruise liner. Two years later, Ainsworth debuted in his first major production as Miles in the Netflix series ''

'' (2020), a continuation of the series ''

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''. Ainsworth starred in the

film '' Flora & Ulysses'', which was released on

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in 2021. In 2022, he voiced the

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in the live-action remake of Disney's ''

''.

Filmography

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ainsworth, Benjamin Evans 2008 births Living people Male actors from Nottingham English male child actors Male actors from Yorkshire People from the East Riding of Yorkshire