Ben Smith

Biography

Benjamin Smith is an English actor. Smith's most known famous role is Damien Trotter in Only Fools and Horses. Among Smith's other early roles are Holby City, Goodnight Mister Tom and Second Sight. He played Luke in the 2006 Doctor Who episode "School Reunion" and Joey Frazier in BBC's Hustle. He played Jack in the BBC's Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007). In 2008, he played Tegs on EastEnders and Donny on Skins. He was also in the stage production of Dennis Kelly's DNA. Smith also appeared in Teachers, The Bill and Help! I'm a Teenage Outlaw. He had a recurring guest role in the first series of the E4 series Misfits (2009). That year he also appeared in the film Nowhere Boy. In 2010 he was the main character in episode 2 of the Jimmy McGovern-penned BBC drama serial Accused, where he played Frankie, a young soldier who seeks revenge on an army corporal after his friend commits suicide due to the corporal's actions. In the following few years, Smith had roles in Scott & Bailey, The Honourable Woman and Common, also written by Jimmy McGovern. In 2015 he appeared in the Channel 4 police comedy-drama No Offence. In 2019 he appeared as Lennox, a British journalist sympathetic to Irish republicanism, in Netflix/RTÉ's Irish war of Independence drama Resistance.

Most Known For

Silent Witness

Skins

as Donny

Spooks

as Mani Jones

Peak Practice

as Gary

The Bill

Misfits

as Lee

Only Fools and Horses

as Damien Trotter

Hustle

as Joey Frazier

Accused

as Frankie Nash

The Upper Hand

as Jason

No Offence

as Noel / Christy

Whitechapel

as Daniel Wilkie

Pan

as Orphan

Resistance

as Robbie Lennox

Second Sight

as Sam Tanner

Help! I'm a Teenage Outlaw

Common

as Patrick O'Shea

Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind

as Sam Tanner

Daisy-Head Mayzie

as Butch (voice)

Cherries

as Robin