Ben Nealon

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Full Name Ben Nealon Role Television Actor Name Ben Nealon		Years active 1993-2012 Occupation actor


Born 29 December 1966 (age 57) ( 1966-12-29 ) Devon, England Movies and TV shows Soldier Soldier, Mangal Pandey: The Rising Similar Colin Buchanan (actor), Reginald Hill, Susan Penhaligon

Benjamin Nealon OBE (born 29 December 1966) is best known for playing 2nd Lt/Lt/Capt Jeremy Forsythe in the ITV award winning series Soldier Soldier. Nealon was attracted to a career in acting at the age of 7 when he saw Peter O'Toole's performance in Lawrence of Arabia but his part in Soldier Soldier was his first television role.

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He has since been in TV series such as Bugs, Casualty, The Bill, I Shouldn't Be Alive, and EastEnders.

Nealon was also in the Indian films Lagaan and Mangal Pandey: The Rising. In both films he portrayed Hindi-speaking British Army officers who oppressed the local population during the time of British India.

Nealon has been involved in Pump Aid since he met Ian Thorpe, Amos Chitungo and Tendai Mawunga whilst filming in Zimbabwe in 1998. He convened the first trustees meeting in January 1999 and is currently the Development Director. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2012 Birthday Honours for services to Pump Aid.

In 2015 he has been touring in Bill Kenwright's production of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, playing Philip Lombard.

Filmography

Actor

2009

Lucky Old Bag (Short) as

Waiter

1993

The Bill (TV Series) as

David Kinney / Andy Chivers / John Bell

- Dicing with Danger (2007) - David Kinney

- Inside Out (1999) - Andy Chivers

- Shrinkage (1993) - John Bell

2006

Dream Team (TV Series) as

George Fuller

- Two Wrongs (2006) - George Fuller

- One Good Man (2006) - George Fuller

- Five Steps (2006) - George Fuller

2005

I Shouldn't Be Alive (TV Series documentary) as

Chris Moon

- Kidnap in the Killing Fields (2005) - Chris Moon

2005

Doctors (TV Series) as

D.I. Baxter / DI Baxter

- Bad Chemistry (2005) - DI Baxter

- Heroine Worship (2005) - D.I. Baxter

- Herbaceous Borders (2005) - D.I. Baxter

- Holding Back (2005) - D.I. Baxter

- A Wolf at the Door (2005) - D.I. Baxter

- Adrift (2005) - D.I. Baxter

- Father Dear Father (2005) - D.I. Baxter

- Deeper and Down (2005) - D.I. Baxter

- A Way with Words (2005) - D.I. Baxter

- Second Chances (2005) - D.I. Baxter

- A New Life (2005) - D.I. Baxter

2005

Mangal Pandey as

Hewson

1995

Casualty (TV Series) as

Stuart Vernon / Luke

- Sweet Revenge (2005) - Stuart Vernon

- Nobody's Perfect (1995) - Luke

2004

The Northern Lights (Short) as

Peter

2003

EastEnders (TV Series) as

Alex

- Episode dated 26 December 2003 (2003) - Alex

- Episode dated 22 December 2003 (2003) - Alex

- Episode dated 12 December 2003 (2003) - Alex

2003

Perks (Short) as

Karl Brady

2001

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India as

Lt. Smith

1998

Bugs (TV Series) as

Blenco

- Jewel Control (1998) - Blenco

1994

Soldier Soldier (TV Series) as

Lt Jeremy Forsythe / Cpt Jeremy Forsythe / Capt Jeremy Forsythe / ...

- No Pain, No Gain (1997) - Cpt Jeremy Forsythe

- Sounds of War (1997) - Cpt Jeremy Forsythe

- Chain of Command (1997) - Cpt Jeremy Forsythe

- Fit to Explode (1997) - Cpt Jeremy Forsythe

- The Road to Damascus (1997) - Cpt Jeremy Forsythe

- How Was It for You? (1997) - Cpt Jeremy Forsythe

- Friends and Lovers (1997) - Cpt Jeremy Forsythe

- Things Can Only Get Better (1997) - Cpt Jeremy Forsythe

- Divided We Fall (1997) - Cpt Jeremy Forsythe

- Hell and High Water (1996) - Capt Jeremy Forsythe

- Deliver Us from Evil (1996) - Capt Jeremy Forsythe

- War Path (1996) - Capt Jeremy Forsythe

- Fall for Love (1996) - Capt Jeremy Forsythe

- Beast (1996) - Capt Jeremy Forsythe

- Delayed Action (1996) - Capt Jeremy Forsythe

- Walking on Air (1996) - Capt Jeremy Forsythe

- All for One (1996) - Capt Jeremy Forsythe

- Divided Loyalties (1996) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- River Deep (1996) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Twist of Fate (1995) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Baptism of Fire (1995) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Under the Sun (1995) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Stick Together (1995) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Hard Lessons (1995) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Leaving (1995) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Love and War (1995) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- The Army Game (1995) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Sweet Revenge (1995) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Ill Wind (1995) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Far Away (1995) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Bushed (1995) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Love Not Money (1995) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Second Chances (1995) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- For Better, for Worse (1995) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Changing the Guard (1994) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Bombshell (1994) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Poles Apart (1994) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Going Back (1994) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Band of Gold (1994) - Lieut Jeremy Forsythe

- Baby Love (1994) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Proud Man (1994) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Over the Top (1994) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Second Sight (1994) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Damage (1994) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Away Games (1994) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

- Stormy Weather (1994) - Lt Jeremy Forsythe

1993

Between the Lines (TV Series) as

P.C. 1

- Crack Up (1993) - P.C. 1

Self

1998

Telly Addicts (TV Series) as

Self

- Episode #13.7 (1998) - Self

References

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