Ben Batt (born 7 February 1986) is an English actor, best known for his role as the villainous Joe Pritchard in

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's comedy drama '' Shameless''. He has also appeared in ''

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'' as DC Kevin Lumb, Alf Rutter in '' The Village'' and in ''

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'' as Craig Scruton, the fireman. He starred as Ted Burgess in the BBC production of ''

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'' broadcast on 20 September 2015.BBC Programmes: ''The Go-Between''
Retrieved 17 September 2015. In the 2011 film '' Weekender'' set within the late 1980s

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culture he played the main antagonist John Anderson. He has also had many smaller roles, such as in '' Captain America: The First Avenger'' as an Enlistment Office MP and in '' The Promise'' as Private Derek Toogood. Other minor parts include roles in ''

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'', ''Salvage'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Spooks: Code 9'' and '' Death in Paradise''. In season 3 of Jamestown (2019), Batt played Willmus Crabtree, a mysterious trader from England with his motives and intentions unknown. In 2016 he starred as Stanley Kowalski in

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at the Royal Exchange, Manchester which was directed by

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Stage credits

Filmography

Film

Television

Personal life

Batt was born in

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, to parents Alan and Holly, the only boy in a family of three, with an older sister, Sarah, and a younger sister, Holly. He played for Orrell and Lancashire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby teams as a child. He attended

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. After sustaining an injury he began acting and enrolled at London's

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. He left when he was offered a small role in the film ''The Edge of Love'' in 2008. His partner is ''Shameless'' co-star,

Rebecca Atkinson Rebecca Atkinson (born 22 September 1983) is an English actress, known for portraying Karen Maguire in '' Shameless'' from 2004 until 2013. Early life and education Atkinson studied theatre and dance at Preston College. Career Before her te ...

, who played

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. They met on the set in 2008 and shared numerous storylines together. In 2016, Atkinson gave birth to their son, Jack.

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* * http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a215521/shameless-ben-batt-stopped-by-volcano.html Living people 1986 births English male television actors English male film actors People from Wigan 21st-century English male actors Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama {{England-actor-stub