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Born: Benjamin Barnes, 20 August 1981, London, England Other name(s): Ben Barnes Occupation: actor Years active: 2006 - present Benjamin "Ben" Barnes (born 20 August 1981) is an English actor. He has appeared in the television series Westworld , Doctors and Split Decision, and in the films Stardust, Bigga Than Ben, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and Easy Virtue, where he also performed two songs. He will appear in Oliver Parker's The Picture of Dorian Gray as Dorian Gray. Early life Barnes was born in London, England to Tricia, a psychotherapist, and Thomas Barnes, a professor of psychiatry. He has a younger brother, Jack, and is an alumnus of both Homefield Preparatory School and King's College School, where he was a contemporary of film actor Khalid Abdalla and comedian Tom Basden. He studied Drama and English literature at Kingston University. Career Barnes began his acting career in theatre in 2004. It was revealed in the June/July 2008 issue of CosmoGIRL! magazine that he was a singer in the boyband Hyrise, who were in the running to represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Barnes began working in television in 2006. He made his film debut in the 2007 film Stardust, portraying Young Dunstan Thorn. He later starred in Suzie Halewood's Bigga Than Ben, which was released in October 2008 in the UK. In February 2007, it was announced Barnes would play the role of Caspian in the film adaption of The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Casp