# Edward Bennett (actor)

Edward Mark W Bennett (born 9 April 1979) is an English actor.

## Early life

Bennett was born in Honeybourne, Worcestershire. He attended Chipping Campden School in Gloucestershire, and graduated from Cardiff University with a BSc in history and politics. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).

## Career

In 2008, Bennett appeared as Laertes in Hamlet, Demetrius in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Berowne in Love's Labour's Lost. He reprised the first two roles when the productions toured London's Novello Theatre from December 2008 to February 2009, understudying for Hamlet and performing the role from 8 December 2008 until 2 January 2009 whilst David Tennant was undergoing surgery for a spinal injury.
In 2014, Bennett was appointed the Patron of Chapel Lane Theatre Company based in Stratford-Upon-Avon, UK.

## Awards

* Ian Charleson Awards 2007 – Special Commendation for Dick Gurvil in Nan, Victor Bretherton in Diana of Dobson's (Orange Tree), Freddy Eynsford-Hill in Pygmalion (Peter Hall Co), and Roderigo in Othello (Donmar Warehouse)
* Ian Charleson Awards 2008 – Won second place for roles in Hamlet and Love's Labours Lost (RSC)

## Stage

| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
| 2003 | Hay Fever | Simon | Theatr Clwyd, Mold |
| 2004 | Charley's Aunt | Lord Babberley | Northcott Theatre, Exeter |
| 2004 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | The Caterpillar | Bristol Old Vic, Bristol |
| 2005 | The Invention of Love | Pollard | Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury |
| 2005 | The Importance of Being Earnest | Algemon | York Theatre Royal, York |
| 2005 | Faustus | Mephistophilis | Etcetera Theatre, Camden Town |
| 2006 | School for Scandal | Snake/Careless | Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury |
| 2006 | Measure for Measure | Elbow | Theatre Royal, Bath |
| 2006 | Habeas Corpus | Canon Throbbing | Theatre Royal, Bath |
| 2007 | Diana of Dobson's | The Hon. Captain Victor Bretherton | Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond |
| 2007 | Skin Game | Charles Hornblower | Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond |
| 2007 | Nan | Dick Gurvil | Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond |
| 2007 | Pygmalion | Freddy Eynsford-Hill | Theatre Royal, Bath |
| 2007 | Little Nell | George Wharton-Robinson | Theatre Royal, Bath |
| 2007 | Othello | Rodrigo | Donmar Warehouse, Covent Garden |
| 2008 | Hamlet | Laertes | Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon |
| 2008 | Love's Labour's Lost | Navah | Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon |
| 2009 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Demitrius | Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon |
| 2009 | Hay Fever | Sandy | Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester |
| 2009 | As You Like It and The Tempest | Oliver/Ferdinand | The Bridge Project, Brooklyn Academy of Music/The Old Vic, New York City/London |
| 2011 | Plenty | Raymond Brock | Crucible Theatre, Sheffield |
| 2011 | Three Farces | Intruder | Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond |
| 2011 | Then the Snow Came | Various | Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond |
| 2011 | Love Song | Billie Alton | Frantic Assembly, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry |
| 2012 | In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) | Leo Irving | Theatre Royal, Bath |
| 2012 | School for Scandal | Joseph Surface | Theatre Royal, Bath |
| 2013 | One Man, Two Guvnors | Stanley Stubbers | Royal National Theatre, South Bank |
| 2013 | In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) | Leo Irving | St. James Theatre, London |
| 2014 | Things We Do for Love | Hamish | Theatre Royal, Bath |
| 2014 | Love's Labour's Lost/Love's Labour's Won | Berowne/Benedict | Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon |
| 2015 | The Rehearsal | Hero | Minerva Theatre, Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester |
| 2015 | Orson's Shadow | Kenneth Tynan | Southwark Playhouse, London |
| 2015 | Photograph 51 | Francis Clark | Noël Coward Theatre, London |
| 2016 | Watership Down | Woundwort & Holly | Watermill Theatre, Bagnor |
| 2018 | Macbeth | Macduff | Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon |
| 2019 | Breaking the Code | Alan Turing | Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury |
| 2020 | Betrayal | Jerry | Theatre Royal, Bath |

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2009 | Hamlet | Laertes | Television film |
| 2011 | War Horse | Cavalry recruiting officer | |
| 2012 | Love Song | Billy | |
| 2023 | Napoleon | Jean de Cambaceres | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2007 | Silent Witness | Gregory Kris | Episode: "Suffer the Children" |
| 2007 | After You've Gone | Waiter | Episode: "Silence of the Clams" |
| 2009 | Doctors | Ralph Western | Episode: "Carpe Diem" |
| 2010 | Above Suspicion | Edward Wickenham | Episode: "The Red Dahlia" |
| 2010 | The Persuasionists | Michael | |
| 2012 | Miranda | New Boss | Episode: "It Was Panning" |
| 2017 | Victoria | C. E. Trevelyan | Episode: "Faith, Hope and Charity" |
| 2018 | Poldark | Prime Minister Pitt | 3 episodes |
| 2019 | Pennyworth | Rupert | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2020 | Cobra | Peter Mott | Series regular |
| 2020 | Save Me | Max Owen | 1 episode |
| 2020 | Industry | Goldman Sachs MD | Episode: "Pre-Crisis Activity" |
| 2024 | Bridgerton | Walter Dundas | Episode: "Out of the Shadows" |