

Ben Hardy is a British stage and screen actor, most known for his time on the British soap EastEnders as Peter Beale from 2013-3015 and his portrayal of legendary Queen drummer Roger Taylor in the 2018 film Bohemian Rhapsody. He began acting while attending Gryphon School, then went on to the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, where he graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting in 2012. After graduating, Hardy went straight to the stage in productions of The Physicists and The Judas Kiss... continue reading about Mr. Hardy




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Ben Hardy, Gallery Updates, Interviews, Photoshoots | January 20, 2025 |




Photoshoots > Outtakes > Session 027
MR. PORTER – Starting 2025 with an abundance of substance and style, we bring together five of the most exciting actors of the moment, shining the spotlight on their conversation-starting, zeitgeist-shaping projects. As they unite in an east London restaurant, we sit down with them to hear about their career highs, passion projects and future ambitions.
From soap-opera star to superhero, in just a few short years, Ben Hardy has established himself as one of the most versatile actors in the industry. Following a two-year stint on British soap EastEnders, his first film gig was X-Men: Apocalypse – alongside James MacAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence, no less. The sheer scale of the opportunity was not lost on him.“I was incredibly nervous,” Hardy says. “I was sat down at lunch with Jennifer [Lawrence] and I just froze. She was so lovely, but I struggled to even have a conversation.”
Hollywood, however, was smitten. Hardy went on to win the coveted role of the Queen drummer Roger Taylor in the Oscar-winning Freddie Mercury biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody. The role, for which he prepared with a drumming lesson from Taylor himself, earned Hardy a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination and paved the way for top billing in Michael Bay’s action thriller 6 Underground alongside Ryan Reynolds.
Yet, it is his part in Unicorns, from The Swimmers director Sally El Hosaini, that Hardy feels has been both his most challenging and proudest on-screen moment to date. He gives a beautifully nuanced performance as Luke, a mechanic and single father, who begins to grapple with his sexuality when he kisses a drag performer (Jason Patel) on a night out.
Like many of the best-created characters, so much lies in what is left unsaid. “I don’t know many people like Luke,” Hardy says. “He is so stoic… playing him was a balancing act of emoting without doing much. To have to express through your eyes.”
As Unicorns promo winds down (the film is up for a handful of awards and Netflix has snapped it up for streaming), Hardy is also wrapping filming on his first horror film, the next installment of The Conjuring franchise.
Hardy earned his first production credit on Unicorns and getting behind the camera is one of his career goals. “I’ve always been a bit of a storyteller,” he says. “After years of working, you yearn for a bit more creative control.”

Ben Hardy is a British stage and screen actor, most known for his time on the British soap EastEnders as Peter Beale from 2013-3015 and his portrayal of legendary Queen drummer Roger Taylor in the 2018 film Bohemian Rhapsody. He began acting while attending Gryphon School, then went on to the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, where he graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Arts in Acting in 2012. After graduating, Hardy went straight to the stage in productions of The Physicists and The Judas Kiss... continue reading about Mr. Hardy




2026 Apteros in production
2026 Boundless pre-production

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- Established: July 1, 2019
- Domains: ben-hardy.com, ben-hardy.net, ben-hardy.org
- Maintained by: Jen
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