Benjamin Evan Ainsworth

Actor
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There's no business like show business. For Buddy and Macy Smart that means an unpredictable life in regional theater while trying to raise their radically different sons, Lester and Derrick.

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Everything's Going to Be Great (2025)

Benjamin is a British actor born September 25, 2008, who currently is shooting various film, TV and voice projects. In 2021, he completed filming the titular role of Pinocchio in the Disney live action remake alongside Tom Hanks. He starred in the acclaimed Netflix TV series The Haunting Of Bly Manor (2020), playing Miles Wingrave, and Disney+ Film Flora & Ulysses (2021), playing William Spiver. Benjamin also played Jacob in the award-winning short film The Recycling Man (2020). He has played various principal roles in professional theatre and musical theatre productions.

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Awards
- 2 nominations total

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Everything's Going to Be Great

8.5

Lester Smart

2025

The Haunting of Bly Manor

7.4

TV Mini Series

Miles Wingrave

Son of a Critch

7.3

TV Series

Mark Critch

Pinocchio

5.1

Pinocchio(voice)

2022

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Actor

Everything's Going to Be Great
8.5
- Lester Smart
- 2025
Son of a Critch
7.3
TV Series
- Mark Critch
- 2022–2025
All Fun and Games
4.3
- Jonah Fletcher
- 2023
Pinocchio
5.1
- Pinocchio (voice)
- 2022
Sandman
7.7
TV Series
- Alex Burgess (6)
- 2022
Flora & Ulysse
6.2
- William
- 2021
The Haunting of Bly Manor
7.4
TV Mini Series
- Miles Wingrave
- 2020
The Recycling Man
7.3
Short
- Jacob
- 2020
Emmerdale Farm
4.9
TV Series
- School Kids (as Ben Ainsworth)
- 2018

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Son of a Critch Trailer - Season 1

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Son of a Critch Trailer - Season 1

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- Instagram
Alternative name
- Ben Ainsworth
Born
- September 25, 2008

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Gender / Gender identity
- Male

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Trivia
There are many reports which suggest that Benjamin's nationality is American, however, his past career, and an Instagram post referring to himself as a "Yorkshire lad" let's us know he is in fact English.