
Ben Whitehead
Acting
Biography
Benjamin Whitehead (born May 15, 1977) known professionally as Ben Whitehead, is a British actor. He is best known as the second actor to provide the voice of Wallace in the Wallace & Gromit franchise, replacing Peter Sallis the original voice actor for Wallace. Whitehead first started his acting career in 2003 working at Aardman Animations. He voiced Mr. Leaching in Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit (2005), and Bob the Baker in Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008). In 2009, he became the second person to voice the character of Wallace in the Wallace & Gromit franchise, beside Peter Sallis, starting in the video game series Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures (2009) which was a four-part, episodic, adventure game series by Telltale Games. In 2024 Whitehead voiced Wallace in the second feature film, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024). Whitehead has also worked on many other films including The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012), So You Want to Be a Pirate! (2012), Secrets of the Dark House (2013), A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015), Early Man (2018), We Are Most Amused and Amazed (2018), Views of the Shard (2021) and Eigengrau Half-Life (2023). He also voiced various characters in the TV series Berry Bees (2019-2020). In 2025 he provided the voiced of Keir Starmer and Howard Lutnick in the BBC Radio, play Churchill's Bust (2025). Benjamin Whitehead was born in 1977 in Cheshire, England, UK. His parents were both avid art enthusiasts. His parents encouraged his passion for acting and storytelling from a young age. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Whitehead, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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The lives of several families in the Yorkshire Dales revolve around a farm and the nearby village. With murders, affairs, lies, deceit, laughter and tears, it's all there in the village.
Emmerdale

A dance competition where celebrities compete to be crowned the winner. Who is kicked out of the competition each week is decided by the judges scores and viewer votes. Are today's celebrities fleet of foot or do they have two left feet?
Strictly Come Dancing

Britain's top chefs compete for the chance to cook a four-course banquet for a high-profile figure.
Great British Menu

Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal Gromit run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods, which turns their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Gromit’s concern that Wallace is becoming too dependent on his inventions proves justified, when Wallace invents a “smart” gnome that seems to develop a mind of its own. When it emerges that a vengeful figure from the past might be masterminding things, it falls to Gromit to battle sinister forces and save his master… or Wallace may never be able to invent again!
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Dug, along with his sidekick Hognob, unite a cavemen tribe to save their hidden valley from being spoiled and, all together as a team, to face the menace of a mysterious and mighty enemy, on the turf of an ancient and sacred sport.
Early Man

The enthusiastic Pirate Captain, along with his rag-tag crew, sets out to beat his bitter rivals. The chaotic adventure takes them from exotic shores to Victorian London, and from a haplessly smitten scientist to a diabolical queen.
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

Wallace and Gromit open a bakery, accidentally getting tied up with a murder mystery in the process. But when Wallace falls in love, Gromit is left to solve the case by himself.
A Matter of Loaf and Death

Julie Walters tells the story of how Morph, Shaun the Sheep and that cheese-loving man Wallace and his dog Gromit first came to life.
A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman

The National Television Awards (often shortened to NTAs) is a British television awards ceremony, broadcast by the ITV network and initiated in 1995. The National Television Awards are the most prominent ceremony for which the results are voted on by the general public.
The National Television Awards

Bobby, Lola and Juliette are three extraordinary 10-year-old girls who lead seemingly normal lives. However, the trio work undercover as the "Berry Bees" for the Bee Intelligence Agency (B.I.A. for short), a secret agency that selected them to carry out special espionage missions. The girls, all code-named after some kind of berry, get gadgets from the head of the bureau, Mrs. Berry, every episode. Most of the time, the girls have to thwart the evil plans of returning villains like Tara Bytes, Mirage and the Greenthumbs. At the end of each episode, the villain escapes the confusion of fighting with the girls for one more day while things return to normal.
Berry Bees

With the help of his trusted dodo Polly, the Pirate Captain presents fun-loving and hilarious tips and advice on pirating. Learn how to remember where you buried your treasure, the secrets of navigating winds, get an inside look at pirate recruiting and even a Pirate’s recipe for a giant squid with lemon. Featuring special guests like Charles Darwin and the Pirate King you will set sail for giggles and fun with musical surprises along the way!
So You Want To Be A Pirate!

To celebrate Aardman reaching 40 years of stop-motion animation we bring you an exclusive celebratory collection of short films along with a fascinating documentary exploring the creativity of this special British studio.
Aardman: A Cracking Collection

A spectacular night of comedy and magic from The London Palladium to celebrate the 70th birthday of HRH The Prince of Wales and to raise funds for The Prince's Trust. Reuniting comedians Armstrong & Miller as hosts, the show also features the very best comedians and magicians from Britain and beyond. From the world of comedy, Bill Bailey, Rowan Atkinson, Sandi Toksvig, Omid Djalili, Mischief Theatre and Alistair McGowan and, from the world of magic, Penn & Teller, Dynamo and The Ehrlich Brothers. There are also some special appearances from Kylie Minogue, Cheryl, Jim Carter and Wallace & Gromit.
We Are Most Amused and Amazed
Heaton and Spike are the unlikeliest pair: two loners who have found each other. When Spike commits a terrible crime, Heaton decides to stand by him - an act of astonishing, almost foolhardy loyalty. There begins a chase across a vast Northern landscape of moors, rivers and dark woods, the increasingly exhausted fugitives being hunted not by the police but by a posse of farmers intent on revenge. No ordinary chase film, This Is Not a Love Song is a love story trapped inside the body of a thriller.
This Is Not a Love Song

This is the complete collection of four cracking half-hour specials and ten short films featuring the charming and eccentric inventor Wallace, and his faithful, four-legged friend Gromit! A Grand Day Out: On a quest for his favorite snack, Wallace takes Gromit on an out-of-this-world adventure to discover if the moon really is made of cheese. The Wrong Trousers: Wallace takes in a mysterious lodger, but Gromit's suspicions are aroused when the new arrival shows interest in his master's techno-trousers. A Close Shave: Wallace and Gromit find themselves ensnared in a deadly mystery involving sheep rustling, a malevolent guard dog, and true love. A Matter of Loaf and Death: Wallace and Gromit's new bakery business faces danger when the town's bakers start to mysteriously disappear! Cracking Contraptions: Cracking Contraptions is a showcase of 10 short films about Wallace's wonderfully eccentric ideas to make your life easier.
Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Cracking Collection
ABC News Breakfast is an Australian news breakfast television program which broadcasts on ABC1 and ABC News 24 from 6am to 9.30am on weekdays. The program airs live in all Australian timezones on the high-definition digital free-to-air channel ABC News 24. It is also streamed live on the ABC's website and broadcast live on Foxtel and Austar pay television services. It is also broadcast on the Australia Network throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
ABC News Breakfast

Wallace and Gromit hangout on Google with, Ginger from Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep and his flock, the Cat and Dog from Creature Comforts, Fluffles and Piella and more Aardman stars!
Wallace & Gromit x Google Hangout | A Video Call with Aardman Friends!

Wallace and Gromit star in a campaign to encourage people to visit England.
Wallace & Gromit x Visit England
Directors and everyone included in the making of Wallace and gromit film; “vengeance most fowl” talk about behind the scenes and what its like and how its made.