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Mark Benton was born on 16 November, 1965 in Guisborough, Yorkshire, England, is an English actor and television presenter (born 1965). Discover Mark Benton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 58 years old?

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Occupation Actor, television presenter
Age 58 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 16 November 1965
Birthday 16 November
Birthplace Guisborough, Yorkshire, England
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Mark Benton Height, Weight & Measurements

At 58 years old, Mark Benton height is 1.8 m .

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Height 1.8 m
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Who Is Mark Benton's Wife?

His wife is Sarah Gardner (m. 2002)

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Wife Sarah Gardner (m. 2002)
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Children 3

Mark Benton Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Mark Benton worth at the age of 58 years old? Mark Benton’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from . We have estimated Mark Benton's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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1965

Mark Benton (born 16 November 1965) is an English actor and television presenter known for his roles as Eddie in Early Doors, Howard in Northern Lights and Martin Pond in Barbara.

1996

In 1996 he appeared in Catherine's Cookson The Girl.

1997

Film roles include Ricky in Mike Leigh's Career Girls (1997), Phil in the 2001 cult British independent film Mr In-Between, and Vic in the British comedy Three and Out (2008).

Benton featured in all three of The Booze Cruise episodes, with Martin Clunes and Brian Murphy, among others.

1999

In 1999, he played Mickey-O in "The Wedding", the last episode of series 5 of Ballykissangel.

From 1999 to 2003 Benton played Martin Pond in sitcom Barbara.

He has also starred in the BBC Three comedy I'm with Stupid and in the Doctor Who episode "Rose" as conspiracy theorist Clive.

2000

Benton has a recurring role as Father McBride in the James Nesbitt series Murphy's Law and has starred with Vic and Bob in the series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000 TV series), Catterick, and Monkey Trousers.

2003

He also appeared as an earthly representative of the devil in the 2003 ITV drama The Second Coming and the 2005 ITV drama Planespotting.

2004

Benton played the role of the bank manager in a string of eight television commercials for the Nationwide Building Society, directed by Armando Iannucci, shown from 2004 to 2010.

2005

Other roles have included Connor in Afterlife (2005), Dad in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), Hustle (2010), and Farmer Finch in the BBC's Land Girls.

2008

In late 2008, Benton starred in the ITV drama Britannia High and from 2009 to 2011 co-starred as Max de Lacey in Scoop.

Benton also co-starred in the Roman Mysteries episode "The Slave Girl from Jerusalem".

In April 2008, Benton appeared as Jess Yates in the BBC Four drama Hughie Green, Most Sincerely.

Benton did the voiceover for the programme Street Doctor on BBC One.

2011

Benton has also starred in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road as mathematics teacher Daniel "Chalky" Chalk from 2011 to 2014.

In 2011, Benton appeared in The Railway Children at Waterloo Station in London as Mr Perks.

On BBC Radio 4, Benton starred as the optimistic title character Harvey Easter in Mr Blue Sky, written by Andrew Collins and broadcast in May and June 2011.

2012

A second series was due for May 2012.

Benton has also played Fred the butcher in the televised series of episodes by Catherine Cookson.

In 2012, Benton appeared in the one-off special Panto! as Francis, the Director of the play.

In July 2012, it was announced that Benton would star as Edna Turnblad in the 2013 UK tour of Hairspray the Musical, starting in February 2013 and finishing in September 2013.

2013

In 2013, Benton took part in Strictly Come Dancing, and in 2015 he hosted the daytime game show The Edge.

Benton joined the cast of BBC drama Waterloo Road in its seventh series as Daniel 'Chalky' Chalk, a maths teacher, until 6 March 2013.

He returned for an episode in series 9.

In September 2013, Benton became one of the contestants in the eleventh series of the BBC One show Strictly Come Dancing, where he was partnered with world dancing champion Iveta Lukosiute.

The couple left the show on week 10 after losing the public vote.

Mark Benton has been in the most consecutive dance-offs in Strictly history with the number of 4 weeks in a row.

2015

In 2015, Benton appeared as Police Constable Walt Everett in the BBC daytime series Father Brown, episode 3.12 "The Standing Stones".

He also appeared as Les in the "La Couchette", the first episode of the second series of anthology series Inside No. 9.

In 2015, Benton presented the BBC One daytime game show The Edge for its first series, being replaced by Gabby Logan.

2016

In 2016, UK progressive rock band Gandalf's Fist announced that Benton will voice several characters on their album "The Clockwork Fable"

On 21 August 2016, Benton played Bottom in A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn) in the BBC prom 48.

Benton appeared as a bartender in the December 2016 Christmas Special of British Sitcom Outnumbered.

2017

In 2017, he played Dennis Feldman in the ITV drama, The Halcyon.

2018

Since 2018, Benton has played the leading role of Frank Hathaway in Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators on BBC1.

Benton was born in Guisborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, and attended Sarah Metcalfe Comprehensive School and, later, Stockton Billingham Technical College.

Some of Benton's early acting experience came at Middlesbrough Youth Theatre with performances in plays such as Atmos Fear and Twist.

As of February 2018, Benton is currently starring as Frank Hathaway, alongside actress Jo Joyner in the new BBC daytime comedy drama Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators.

Benton played the role of Eddie Rowbotham in episode 2 of the 20th season of Midsomer Murders ("Death of the Small Coppers").