Ben Elton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1959-05-03 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

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Ben Elton

Biography

Already a successful comedian, Ben Elton turned to writing situation comedies during the 1980s and penned BBC classics such as "The Young Ones" (1982), "Black-Adder II" (1986), "Black Adder the Third" (1987), "Blackadder 4" (1989) and during the 1990s "The Thin Blue Line" (1995). He provided lyrics for Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, "The Beautiful Game", which was nominated for Best Musical at the Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards in 2001 (2000 season). His comedy, "Popcorn", performed at the Apollo Theatre, was awarded the 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best New Comedy of the 1997 season. He and Andrew Lloyd Webber were awarded the...

Production

2000

Maybe Baby

as Director

2000

Maybe Baby

as Screenplay

2000

Maybe Baby

as Novel

2012

Love Never Dies

as Musical

1992

2010

2022

1994

Filth!

as Writer

1984

2017

Three Summers

as Director

2017

Three Summers

as Writer

2012

1997

2018

All Is True

as Screenplay

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