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Ben Jones
Born (1972-03-14) 14 March 1972 (age 53)
United Kingdom
Alma materFalmouth University (MA)
OccupationActor
Years active1998–present
Children2
FatherNoël Jones

Benjamin F. Jones (born 14 March 1972) is a British actor. He portrayed Dr. Greg Robinson in the BBC soap opera Doctors from 2003 to 2007. Since leaving Doctors, he has made various appearances in television series including Holby City, EastEnders and Tell Me Everything. Jones has also appeared in various theatre productions throughout his career, including touring productions of Communicating Doors and Jekyll & Hyde.

Early and personal life

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Jones is of Welsh, Malaysian, Sri Lankan, and Portuguese descent.[1] He is the son of Noël Jones, the former Bishop of Sodor and Man, and his sister is an author.[2] Jones studied creative writing at Falmouth University from 2018 to 2020, attaining an MA. Jones lives in Brighton and has two daughters.[1]

Career

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Jones made his professional acting debut in a stage production of Silly Cow at the Gilded Balloon.[3] After a minor film role in The Accountant in 1999, Jones starred in the ITV Granada miniseries Longitude in 2000.[4] Also that year, he appeared in a production of The Three Musketeers. Then in 2003, Jones was cast as Dr. Greg Robinson in the BBC medical soap opera Doctors. He stayed in the role until 2007 and received two nominations for the British Soap Award for Best Actor during his tenure. His character was also involved in the first same-sex wedding on British television in an episode where Greg marries Rico Da Silva (Felix D'Alviella).[5][6] Jones also wrote three episodes of the soap.[7]

Following his exit from Doctors, Jones returned to theatre work, appearing in Time of My Life at the Royal & Derngate in 2008.[4] That same year, he appeared in the BBC sitcom My Family.[8] He later appeared in minor television roles in fellow BBC medical dramas Holby City and Casualty.[9] In 2024, he portrayed Roger Peel, Nish Panesar's (Navin Chowdhry) solicitor, in two episodes of the BBC soap opera EastEnders.[8] Later that year, he starred in ITVX's drama series Tell Me Everything.[4]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1999 The Accountant Boiler Film
2000 Longitude Lt. Williams Main role
2003–2007 Doctors Dr. Greg Robinson Regular role
2003 Keen Eddie Uniformed PC #3 Episode: "Achtung, Baby"
2007 Spooks Muppet Episode: "The Kidnap"
2007, 2010 Holby City Graham Fenton / Steve Brewlis Episodes: "Friends Reunited" and "Thursday's Child"
2008 My Family Ron Episode: "The Abi Habit"
2008 Echo Beach Doctor 1 episode
2008 Moving Wallpaper Doctor 1 episode
2010 Gladiators: Back from the Dead Thracian Television film
2013 Bloody Tales Gilles de Rais Episode: "Monsters"
2014 Perfect State Neil Hartman Short film
2014 Drifters Max Episode: "Meg's New Job"
2014 Risen 3: Titan Lords Voice Video game
2016 Casualty Greg Hunter Episode: "Hello, I Must Be Goin"
2021 Murder in Provence Giuseppe Rocchia 1 episode
2024 EastEnders Roger Peel Guest role
2024 Tell Me Everything Mr. Keaton Recurring role
2025 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Howard Harvey Guest role
2025 The Fixer Mike Recurring role

Stage

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Year Title Role Venue
1998 Silly Cow Eduardo Gilded Balloon
1998 The Bone Room King Ferdinand/Erasmus Young Vic
1999 The Evening Before the Millennium After Graham Oxygen
1999 Tolomeo Giovanni Broomhill Opera Company
2000 The Three Musketeers Athos/Richelieu Common Players
2001 A Dark River Irfan Big Picture Company
2001 A Christmas Carol Bob Cratchit Common Players
2002 Lala's Big Day Rene Soho Theatre
2002–2003 Taj Shah Jahan Riverside Studios
2008 Time of My Life Adam Royal & Derngate
2009 The Murder Game Pito King's Head Theatre
2010 First Person Shooter Tom Birmingham Repertory Theatre
2011 Communicating Doors Julian UK tour
2013 And Then the Dark William Siding New Wolsey Theatre
2016 Ben Hur Various Tricycle Theatre
2018 Jekyll & Hyde Lanyon / Carew UK tour
2021 Blu & the Magic Web Wolf Truestory Theatre
2022 The Tempest Adrian Ustinov Theatre
2024 The Other Boleyn Girl Thomas Boleyn Chichester Festival Theatre

Awards and nominations

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Year Ceremony Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2005 British Soap Awards Best Actor Doctors Nominated [10]
2005 Sexiest Male Nominated
2006 Best Actor Nominated [11]
2006 Sexiest Male Nominated
2007 Sexiest Male Nominated [12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Spring 2023 Alumni". HarperCollins Academy. 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Obituary: THE RT REVD NOËL DEBROY JONES". Church Times. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Dawn French Actress on the set of Ben Eltons Play - SILLY COW". Media Storehouse. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "Ben Jones". Spotlight. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  5. ^ @BBCDoctors (2 June 2018). "Brookside may have had the first gay kiss, but @bbcdoctors had the first gay wedding on British TV. #ThingsYouMayNotKnowAboutBBCDoctors #SoapAwards" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Green, Kris (5 April 2006). "'Doctors' to show first gay wedding". Digital Spy. (Hearst Communications). Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  7. ^ "A Kiss Before..." BBC. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Who plays Roger Peel in EastEnders? Ben Jones' role in Doctors and forgotten My Family appearance". MyLondon. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  9. ^ "EastEnders cast Doctors star Ben Jones for Kat and Nish story". Digital Spy. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
  10. ^ Berrett, Caroline (8 May 2005). "Soap baubles; Corrie beauty Nikki sparkles in pounds 100k gems". The People. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  11. ^ "The British Soap Awards 2006 (2006)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  12. ^ Green, Kris (27 May 2007). "The British Soap Awards 2007: The Winners". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
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