Ben Green (comedian)

Ben Rufus Green is an actor and comedian from Canterbury, Kent, England, known for playing David in The Cockfields, Shane in Dinosaur, and his own sketch comedy videos online, under the alias greensville.
Green has been writing and acting in sketches since 2006. He has also appeared in a number of television programmes including regular or recurring roles on EastEnders, Small World and Deaf Funny.
He hosts a weekly live stream on his Twitch and YouTube channels called "Washing Up Club" where he chats and jokes with his audience whilst doing the washing up.

Early life

Green received his Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Media Drama in 1998 with Honours from the University of Glamorgan. He served in the British Territorial Army for one year.

Career

In 2009, Green won the YOBI Laugh contest from YOBI.tv's first season for his entry "Punch Me I Won't Sue". He won $10,000 USD and tickets for two to the premiere of The Informant! starring Matt Damon as well as access to an after party and VIP tickets to the taping of the Late Show with David Letterman.
In early 2019 Green appeared in 2 episodes of EastEnders as Rory, the facilitator at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting attended by Rainie Branning and Stuart Highway. Later that year he appeared in an episode of GameFace as a dog walker who becomes involved in an awkward exchange with Marcella on a park bench. In November of that year he also appeared as series regular David, son of Bobby Ball's character Ray and step-brother to Joe Wilkinson's character Simon, in sitcom The Cockfields.
In December 2019, Green's short Paper Trail, which he wrote and starred in, was nominated for a Writers' Guild Award in the Best Comedy Short category. It had previously been a Comedy Shorts Awards finalist in the 2019 Funny Women Awards for director Emily Brown.