{"id":34591,"date":"2025-03-11T11:58:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T10:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/?post_type=guest&#038;p=34591"},"modified":"2025-03-11T11:58:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T10:58:49","slug":"ben-barnes","status":"publish","type":"guest","link":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/speaker\/ben-barnes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Barnes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prince Caspian in <strong>The Chronicles of Narnia<\/strong> (2008)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>General Aleksander Kirigan in <strong>Shadow and Bone<\/strong> (2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Logan in <strong>Westworld<\/strong> (2016)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Billy Russo in <strong>The Punisher<\/strong> (2017)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tom Ward in <strong>Seventh Son<\/strong> (2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stephen Wyley in <strong>The Critic<\/strong> (2023)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dorian Gray in <strong>Dorian Gray<\/strong> (2009)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sam Adams in <strong>Sons of Libert<\/strong>y (2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And much more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SHORT BIOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Summing up the career of British actor Ben Barnes is taking a trip down fantasy and sci-fi lane, all the way back to 2008. That&#8217;s when he had his international breakthrough as the dreamy and courageous Prince Caspian in the <strong>The Chronicles of Narnia<\/strong> franchise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That success lead to a whole host of interesting and memorable roles. In 2014, he got the main role of Tom Ward in Warner Bros.&#8217; action fantasy movie <strong>Seventh Son<\/strong>, next to Jeff Bridges, Alicia Vikander and Kit Harington. In 2015, he got raving reviews for his portrayal of soldier Sam Adams in the History Channel miniseries <strong>Sons of Liberty<\/strong>, dramatizing the early American Revolution events in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2016, he had a main role in HBO&#8217;s acclaimed sci-fi series <strong>Westworld<\/strong>, in which he portrayed the arrogant villain Logan Delos. The year after, the world saw him shine as Billy Russo in Marvel&#8217;s <strong>The Punisher<\/strong> on Netflix, next to Jon Bernthal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He gained further international applause with his performance as General Aleksander Kirigan \/ The Darkling in Netflix&#8217; fantasy series <strong>Shadow and Bone<\/strong>, from 2021 to 2023, which further expanded his big fan club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think that&#8217;s impressive already? That&#8217;s just a small excerpt from his resume. He also portrayed Dorian Gray in the eponymous 2009 movie, Can be seen in Marnie Dicken\u2019s BBC limited series <strong>Gold Digger<\/strong>, the indie films <strong>Jackie and Ryan<\/strong> next to Katherine Heigl and <strong>God Only Knows<\/strong>, he was a young Jeremy Irons in The Words, graced the screen in The Big Wedding and in the quirky comedy <strong>Killing Bono<\/strong>. Also impressive: he joined the cast of the 2023 film <strong>The Critic<\/strong>, along with Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton, and ex FACTS guest Alfred Enoch. In other words: his versatility knows no bounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ben Barnes will be available at FACTS on April 5-6, 2025, in Flanders Expo Ghent. You can meet him in photoshoots, autograph sessions, and big Q&amp;A shows on both days.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Alina and The Darkling kiss scene | Shadow and bone | s01 ep05 | the desk scene\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DMI3DxdR_S0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix&#8217;<em> Shadow and Bone<\/em>, the iconic <em>The Chronicles of Narnia<\/em>, the mind-boggling universe of <em>Westworld<\/em>, Marvel&#8217;s <em>The Punisher<\/em>,&#8230; Ben Barnes put his mark on quite a few memorable productions in the last two decades. And you get to ask him about it at FACTS, on April 5-6, in Flanders Expo Ghent!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Actor Ben Barnes is coming to FACTS on April 5-6, 2025!","_seopress_titles_desc":"Meet up with this Westworld, Narnia, and Shadow and Bone star in Flanders Expo, Ghent, in photoshoots, autograph sessions, selfies, and big Q&amp;A.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_company_name":"","_job_title":"","_visit_me":"","_email":"","_linkedin":"","_twitter":"","_facebook":"","_instagram":"","_youtube":"","_imdb":"","footnotes":""},"edition":[],"guest_type":[],"work":[],"class_list":["post-34591","guest","type-guest","status-publish","hentry"],"_cover_image":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest\/34591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/guest"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest\/34591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35716,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest\/34591\/revisions\/35716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/edition?post=34591"},{"taxonomy":"guest_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guest_type?post=34591"},{"taxonomy":"work","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.facts.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/work?post=34591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}