Ben Hardy (born Ben Jones; 2 January 1991) is an English actor. He is known for playing Peter Beale in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2013–2015). Hardy made his film debut as Archangel in the superhero film X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), and played Roger Taylor in the biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). He recently starred in the film Unicorns (2023), which has screened at film festivals internationally.
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Biography from TMDB.
- January 2, 1991 (35)
- Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK
- Actor, also producer
- 13 on MovieCove · 18 credits in all
What are Ben Hardy's films like?
Across their 10 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 6
A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 1 · Dark 3
Grounded 2 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 3
Gentle 1 · Charged 3 · Intense 4
Steady 2 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 5 · Relentless 1
Casual 3 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 2
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 3 of 9 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Walter Hartright in The Woman in White (2018)
- Allyas Four in 6 Underground (2019)
- Allyas Frank McCullen in Pixie (2020)
- Tricksteras Seb in The Voyeurs (2021)
- Shadowas Seb in The Voyeurs (2021)
- Heroas Luke in Unicorns (2023)
- Heroas Oliver Jones in Love at First Sight (2023)
- Threshold guardianas Jack Smurl in The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)
- Allyas Janet Smurl in The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet7
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ben Hardy's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Ben Hardy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
18 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Unicorns(2023)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Love at First Sight(2023)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
The Girl Before(2021)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows
The Voyeurs(2021)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Pixie(2020)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
6 Underground(2019)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Bohemian Rhapsody(2018)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
The Woman in White(2018)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows
Only the Brave(2017)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Mary Shelley(2017)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
X-Men: Apocalypse(2016)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
EastEnders(1985)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all showsDie by Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Eleven Missing Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Recovery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Stillwater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Cadburys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 18 titles, 13 of them dated from 1985 to 2025; peak year 2018.
Film career
Peak 2018 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 4 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1985Screen debut· EastEnders
- 2016First film· X-Men: Apocalypse
- 2018Breakout· Bohemian Rhapsody
- 2018Screen Actors Guild Award nomination· Bohemian Rhapsody
- 2021Career best· The Girl Before
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
Awards
Nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2019, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Ben Hardy's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 63rd percentile, the median of all 10; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
4 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Divisive1
- Crowd Pleaser4
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 74/100 in their films, across 8 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 54. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Ben Hardy's work okay for kids?
Across up to 9 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Ben Hardy work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ben Hardy's MovieCove titles; Eben Bolter shares the most, 2.
- Eben BolterShared titles: The Girl Before (2021), The Woman in White (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Eben Bolter
- Dexter FletcherShared titles: Love at First Sight (2023), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Dexter Fletcher
