Actor and writer across comedy, screen and stage
Ben Ashenden works as an actor, comedian and writer. He is one half of the comedy partnership The Pin with Alex Owen. In a 2020 joint interview, Ashenden recalled meeting Owen while making student comedy, building live shows at Edinburgh and developing their first commercial play. The interview is evidence for his account of the partnership, not for an unverified formal acting qualification.
The pair wrote The Comeback, which opened at the West End’s Noël Coward Theatre in December 2020. Its publisher credits both writers; Ashenden’s management CV records him as writer and performer. The CV also lists selected screen work including Bridget Jones’s Baby, Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans, Ghosts, Stath Lets Flats and Deep Cover. These examples show range rather than a complete filmography; CV project years should not be assumed to be first-release years.
His writing record on the management CV includes Deep Cover, Live at the Moth Club, Famalam and The Pin’s radio and stage work. Where the same title appears as an acting and writing credit, this profile keeps those roles distinct. B-Side Management