Ben Keaton (born 1956) is an Irish actor who appeared as Jeff
Brannigan in ITV soap opera Emmerdale and in BBC's Casualty, playing
the part of Spencer between 1999 and 2002. He also appeared as Father
Austin Purcell in "Think Fast, Father Ted", an episode of the Channel
4's sitcom Father Ted, and had a small part in the British film East
is East as a priest.Keaton is also a well-established theatre actor,
and has appeared at The Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester in Animal
Crackers, American Buffalo, Harvey, Cyrano de Bergerac, and playing
the role of David Bliss in Noël Coward's Hay Fever. Keaton also works
as a comedian, and has won the Perrier Comedy Award at the 1986
Edinburgh Festival, two Manchester Evening News Best Actor Awards and
a Laurence Olivier Nomination. He is a regular guest member with the
Comedy Store Players, the Steve Frost Improv All Stars and Eddie
Izzard, and appeared in this style of comedy at the Royal Exchange in
his show "Ben Keaton & Friends" which has included Stephen Frost,
Niall Ashdown, Steve Steen, Andy Smart, Brian Conley and Paul Merton.
He was a founder member of the improv group South Of The River with
Jeremy Hardy and Kit Hollerbach, and set up The Phwoar Horsemen Improv
Group in 2016 with Paul Mutagejja.Keaton has written five series of
Hubbub for the BBC and his own series, Gumtree, for Channel 4, which
also aired his own 'special', Ben Keaton's Finest Half Hour. He wrote
and directed the live arena production of Sky TV's Brainiac and went
on to write and direct the Science Museum's first touring stage
production.Keaton began teaching at the University of Lincoln in 2008,
where he specialises in Physical Theatre and Acting for Camera. In
2013, he set up Lincoln Film and Television School, teaching all
aspects of filmmaking to young people.
Brannigan in ITV soap opera Emmerdale and in BBC's Casualty, playing
the part of Spencer between 1999 and 2002. He also appeared as Father
Austin Purcell in "Think Fast, Father Ted", an episode of the Channel
4's sitcom Father Ted, and had a small part in the British film East
is East as a priest.Keaton is also a well-established theatre actor,
and has appeared at The Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester in Animal
Crackers, American Buffalo, Harvey, Cyrano de Bergerac, and playing
the role of David Bliss in Noël Coward's Hay Fever. Keaton also works
as a comedian, and has won the Perrier Comedy Award at the 1986
Edinburgh Festival, two Manchester Evening News Best Actor Awards and
a Laurence Olivier Nomination. He is a regular guest member with the
Comedy Store Players, the Steve Frost Improv All Stars and Eddie
Izzard, and appeared in this style of comedy at the Royal Exchange in
his show "Ben Keaton & Friends" which has included Stephen Frost,
Niall Ashdown, Steve Steen, Andy Smart, Brian Conley and Paul Merton.
He was a founder member of the improv group South Of The River with
Jeremy Hardy and Kit Hollerbach, and set up The Phwoar Horsemen Improv
Group in 2016 with Paul Mutagejja.Keaton has written five series of
Hubbub for the BBC and his own series, Gumtree, for Channel 4, which
also aired his own 'special', Ben Keaton's Finest Half Hour. He wrote
and directed the live arena production of Sky TV's Brainiac and went
on to write and direct the Science Museum's first touring stage
production.Keaton began teaching at the University of Lincoln in 2008,
where he specialises in Physical Theatre and Acting for Camera. In
2013, he set up Lincoln Film and Television School, teaching all
aspects of filmmaking to young people.
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