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Ben Caplan

b. 2000

British actor

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Born 2000. Ben Caplan is a British actor.

Ben Caplan (born 25 September 1974) is a British actor and director, best known for portraying Police Constable (later Sergeant) Peter Noakes in the BBC One medical period drama series Call the Midwife.

Career Caplan trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and since leaving has appeared in many award-winning projects on stage and screen including the Olivier Award winning Kink's Musical Sunny Afternoon in Harold Pinter Theatre and Mike Leigh's Two Thousand Years at the National Theatre as well as working at the Royal Court Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. His many screen appearances include playing PC Noakes in the BBC/PBS period drama Call The Midwife, Walter 'Smokey' Gordon in the multi award-winning HBO World War Drama Band of Brothers and the BAFTA award winning The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies.

Filmography Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 2001 Band Of Brothers Corporal Walter 'Smokey' Gordon Recurring cast; HBO war drama miniseries 2007 Maxwell Kevin Maxwell BBC Two TV drama 2011 The Runaway DC Hargreaves (2 episodes) Sky One 2012–2017 Call the Midwife Police Constable (later Sergeant) Peter Noakes Main cast (series 1–6); BBC One period-drama series 2024 The Ink Black Heart Allan Yeoman BBC One TV series 2021– Lagging Joshua (Series 1–3) CBBC TV series

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Who is Ben Caplan?

British actor

When was Ben Caplan born?

Ben Caplan was born in 2000 in United Kingdom.

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Ben Caplan is an actor.

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Ben Caplan is British.

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Β· Wikipedia: Ben Caplan

Β· Wikidata: Q5602077

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