1. Benn Northover was born on 3 January 1981 and is an English-Irish actor, director and artist.
19 Facts About Benn Northover
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Benn Northover made his screen debut in the drama Hostage to Terror.
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Benn Northover later reunited with director Finn McGough on Avalanche of Terror about British climber Ken Jones.
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In 2010 Benn Northover made his feature film debut in the hard-hitting AIDS drama House of Boys opposite Stephen Fry and Udo Kier, shedding 40 lbs to play the film's lead character, a young street hustler living with AIDS in the early 1980s.
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Benn Northover then appeared in the 7th installment of the Harry Potter franchise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
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In 2015 Benn Northover narrated the feature documentary Marlon Brando: An Actor Named Desire, alongside Robert Duvall and Bernardo Bertolucci.
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In 2018 Benn Northover starred in Pelleas, artist Josephine Meckseper's highly political modern adaptation of Maurice Maeterlinck's play, Pelleas et Melisande.
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Benn Northover played the title role of Pelleas opposite actress Alice Eve.
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Benn Northover has directed several film and video projects, including the short film Either Way starring Jodie Comer and the film series 'For Real' starring Megan Rapinoe, music videos for artists such as Nick Drake and The The, and film projects for brands such as Loewe, Louis Vutton, Miu Miu, Marc Jacobs and Dior Homme.
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Benn Northover was invited to create a live video performance for David Bowie's Melt Down Festival, performed on stage at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall.
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Benn Northover's published writings have included subjects as diverse as The Punk Rock movement, Human rights, The Bauhaus Movement and Avant Garde Cinema and interviews with filmmakers and artists such as Jonas Mekas, Jim Jarmusch, Quentin Crisp and David Bailey.
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In 2012 Benn Northover co-curated a landmark exhibition of underground cinema, with work by Mekas at the Serpentine Gallery in London alongside Hans-Ulrich Obrist.
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Benn Northover was an executive producer on the Douglas Gordon directed feature film I Had Nowhere to Go.
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Benn Northover is a long time supporter and board member of the Anthology Film Archives, the legendary archive and cinema dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of independent cinema.
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In March 2017 Benn Northover co-hosted a landmark benefit event in aid of the Archive alongside Steve Buscemi, Greta Gerwig, Michael Stipe and Patti Smith.
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Benn Northover was joined on stage by musicians Jesse Paris Smith and Rebecca Foon.
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In 2020 Benn Northover co-curated a group exhibition, dedicated to Mekas titled, 'To Jonas With Love'.
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Benn Northover read Kramer's landmark AIDS awareness essay "1,112 and Counting".
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Benn Northover was named one of Tatler magazine's 134 hottest people of 2014.