Ben Elton

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Age

Birthday

May. 3rd, 1959

Born in

London, England, UK

Height

5' 8"

Ben Elton's Main TV Roles

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BIOGRAPHY:

TRIVIA:

Was a host of The Prince's Trust 30th Birthday: Live.
He provided lyrics for Andrew Lloyd Webber Musical, The Beautiful Game, which was nominated for Best Musical at the Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards in 2001 (2000 season).
Is co-writer of the 'Queen (I)' (qv) Musical 'We Will Rock You' with the band itself.
His comedy, Popcorn performed at the Apollo Theatre, was awarded the 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best New Comedy of the 1997 season.
Has three children : Bert, Lottie and Fred.
He and Andrew Lloyd Webber were awarded the 2000 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama) for Best New Musical for The Beautiful Game performed at the Cambridge Theatre.
He and 'Richard Curtis (I)' (qv) were offered the chance to write "Police Academy - The London Beat", but turned it down.
Already a successful comedian, Ben Elton turned to writing situation comedies during the 1980s and penned BBC classics such as _"The Young Ones" (1982)_ (qv), _"Blackadder II" (1986)_ (qv), _"Blackadder the Third" (1987)_ (qv), _"Blackadder Goes Forth" (1989)_ (qv) and during the 1990s _"The Thin Blue Line" (1995)_ (qv).

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