Ben Whitehead

Benjamin Whitehead was born in 1977 in Cheshire, England. His parents, both avid art enthusiasts, encouraged his passion for acting and storytelling from a young age.^[5][1]

Whitehead began working on films with Aardman Animations in 2003.^[2] In 2009, he became the second person to play Wallace, beside Peter Sallis, starting in Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures,^[6] a four-part episodic adventure game by Telltale Games.^[7] Following Peter Sallis' last work as Wallace in 2010,^[8][9] Whitehead became the official voice of the character beginning with Wallace & Gromit's Musical Marvels, Prom 20 of the 2012 season of the BBC Proms.^[10] Outside of acting, Whitehead was Aardman's read-in artist for A Matter of Loaf and Death, and was also the read-in artist for the 2014 animated film The Boxtrolls.^[3]

Whitehead has performed in Great Scott!, an Antarctic epic touring comedy from Gonzo Moose. He performed a one-man show at The London Horror Festival and voiced the title role in Golem (Young Vic and tour), produced by multi award-winning theatre company 1927, directed by Suzanne Andrade and Paul Barritt.^[2]

Whitehead voiced Wallace in the second Wallace & Gromit feature film, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl in 2024. He voiced Keir Starmer and Howard Lutnick in the BBC Radio comedy-drama play Churchill's Bust in 2025.^[11]

• 2012 Wallace & Gromit's Musical Marvels, Wallace (voice)