Ben Elton
Ben Elton is a British-Australian comedian, actor, author, playwright, lyricist, and director known for his involvement in London's alternative comedy movement of the 1980s and his work on sitcoms like The Young Ones and Blackadder.
Fiction Writer | Movie Actor | Producer
May 3, 1959
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Ben Elton, a British-Australian comedian, actor, author, playwright, lyricist, and director, gained prominence as a writer for the TV series ‘The Young Ones’ and ‘Blackadder’ during the 1980s. He has authored 16 novels and 15 plays, with ‘Popcorn’ winning the Oliver Award for Best Comedy. Some of his other notable works include ‘Stark’, ‘Gridlock’, ‘The Thin Blue Line’, and ‘Upstart Crow’. Throughout his career, Elton has received numerous accolades, such as the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy in 1994. Besides writing, he has acted in films like ‘Maybe Baby’ and ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ and made his professional stage acting debut in the musical ‘We Will Rock You’, for which he also penned the story. Elton’s style in the 1980s was characterized by left-wing political satire, and he was an integral part of London’s alternative comedy movement.
