{"id":37273,"date":"2026-07-13T05:14:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T05:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=ben-whitehead"},"modified":"2026-07-13T05:14:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T05:14:42","slug":"ben-whitehead","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=ben-whitehead","title":{"rendered":"Ben Whitehead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Whitehead (born May 15, 1977) known professionally as Ben Whitehead, is a British actor. He is best known as the second actor to provide the voice of Wallace in the Wallace &#038; Gromit franchise, replacing Peter Sallis the original voice actor for Wallace.<\/p>\n<p>Whitehead first started his acting career in 2003 working at Aardman Animations. He voiced Mr. Leaching in Wallace &#038; Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit (2005), and Bob the Baker in Wallace &#038; Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008). In 2009, he became the second person to voice the character of Wallace in the Wallace &#038; Gromit franchise, beside Peter Sallis, starting in the video game series Wallace &#038; Gromit&#8217;s Grand Adventures (2009) which was a four-part, episodic, adventure game series by Telltale Games. In 2024 Whitehead voiced Wallace in the second feature film, Wallace &#038; Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024).<\/p>\n<p>Whitehead has also worked on many other films including The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012), So You Want to Be a Pirate! (2012), Secrets of the Dark House (2013), A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman (2015), Early Man (2018), We Are Most Amused and Amazed (2018), Views of the Shard (2021) and Eigengrau Half-Life (2023). He also voiced various characters in the TV series Berry Bees (2019-2020). 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