# Ben Starr (actor)

Ben Starr is an English actor. After a string of minor roles, mainly on television, he had his breakthrough as a voice actor after starring as Clive Rosfield in Final Fantasy XVI, for which he received a Golden Joystick Award for Best Lead Performer, and has subsequently gone on to do voice work in multiple other video games.

## Biography

Starr was born in Bristol. He attended Queen Elizabeth's Hospital School and was Captain of School 2005/6. While at school he was a member of Great Western Youth Theatre, Bristol Old Vic Youth Theatre and HTV Television Workshop. He studied History at the University of Durham and was President of Castle Theatre Company, a member of DULOG, as well as a founding member of DIM. On graduating from Durham he completed a 2 year postgraduate acting course at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

## Career

His first role was in Father Brown in 2013, followed by Doctors in 2013, and The Musketeers in 2015. He played Captain James Hawdon in the BBC series Dickensian. In 2016, he had roles in Casualty as Nathan Mason and he starred in the role of Donatello in Medici: Masters of Florence. In 2022, he appeared as Friar Tuck in “Robin Hood, on the run” at the Solihull Fringe Festival. In 2017 he landed a recurring role as the Apothecary, Dr Christopher Priestley, in the Sky1 series Jamestown.
Starr voiced protagonist Clive Rosfield in the 2023 video game Final Fantasy XVI, for which his performance was widely acclaimed and enriched his stardom in the video game industry. He also hosted the Golden Joystick Awards in 2024, where he previously won the award for Best Lead Performer as the titular character. He returned to voice Clive as the final character in Tekken 8's first season pass.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2015 | Survivor | Sniper | |
| 2015 | Meet Pursuit Delange: The Movie | Pursuit Delange | |
| 2016 | A Great Personality is Just Skin Deep | Dan | Short film |
| 2017 | Eat Locals | Private Crown | |
| 2018 | 7 Miracles | Judas | |
| 2021 | Sinking | Husband | Short film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | Father Brown | Adam Watkins | 1 episode |
| 2013 | Doctors | Paul Stammers | 1 episode |
| 2015 | The Musketeers | Francesco | 1 episode |
| 2015–2016 | Dickensian | Captain James Hawdon | 17 episodes |
| 2016 | Casualty | Nathan Mason | 1 episode |
| 2016 | Medici | Donatello | 1 episode |
| 2017–2019 | Jamestown | Dr. Christopher Priestley | 24 episodes |
| 2019 | Knightfall | Philippe | 2 episodes |
| 2019 | Midsomer Murders | Noah Moon | 1 episode |
| 2021 | Trying | Elliot | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Death in Paradise | Chad Burinsky | 1 episode |
| 2022 | London Kills | Josh Hart | 1 episode |
| 2022 | The Other Half | Oscar | 1 episode |
| 2023 | You & Me | Harry | 3 episodes |
| 2023 | You | Niko Leandros | 1 episode |

### Theatre

| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
| 2013 | Yellow Face | Marcus G. Dahlman | Royal National Theatre, Park Theatre |
| 2013 | Stop the play! | Camp gay director | Trafalgar Studios |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2013 | Company of Heroes 2 | Additional voices | |
| 2016 | Quantum Break | Additional voices | |
| 2018 | A Way Out | Additional voices | |
| 2023 | Final Fantasy XVI | Clive Rosfield | Also provided voice work for paid DLC released from 2023 to 2024 |
| 2023 | Arknights | Sharp | |
| 2024 | Atlas Fallen | Gauntlet Bearer (male) | Reign of Sand update |
| 2024 | Warframe | Arthur Nightingale | 1999 expansion |
| 2024 | Tekken 8 | Clive Rosfield | DLC guest character |
| 2025 | The First Berserker: Khazan | Khazan | |
| 2025 | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | Verso | |
| 2025 | Date Everything! | Dorian the Door | |
| TBD | Hades II | Prometheus | |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2023 | Golden Joystick Awards | Best Lead Performer | Final Fantasy XVI | Won |
| 2023 | The Game Awards 2023 | Best Performance | Final Fantasy XVI | Nominated |
| 2024 | New York Game Awards | Great White Way Award for Best Acting in a Game | Final Fantasy XVI | Nominated |
| 2024 | 20th British Academy Games Awards | Performer in a Leading Role | Final Fantasy XVI | Longlisted |