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, after having won the award for Best Lead Performer the previous year. He returned to voice Clive as the final character in Tekken 8's first season pass.
Ben Starr would also go on to star as Jimbo when advertising the 2024 indie game Balatro. During the 21st British Academy Games Awards, he would reprise this role to accept the Debut Game on Balatro creator "LocalThunk's" behalf.
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
Video games
Awards and nominations
References
External links
- Ben Starr at IMDb
