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Benjamin Nicholas Maximilian Pywell (born March 19th 1989 in London, England) is a young man destined for greatness. Ben attended S.T Thomas Apostle College, Where he captained the college basketball team (to two Southwark championships). Ben also had stints in his school cricket, rugby and football teams. College teams were second priority to Ben however as he had a professional contract with Arsenal Football Club. He led an Arsenal side to lift the F.A Youth Cup but a terrible knee injury (shattered knee cap) in the semi-final of the tournament forced him to quit sports in 2003, which shattered his boyhood dream of playing for West Ham United. After recovering from his injury Ben realised that he had an incredible talent for acting. Ben's rebellious side almost cost him greatly after he was kicked out of his schools first production (Dogg’s Hamlet) for failing to show up for rehearsals. However a new and adventurous drama teacher (Katie Purslow) realised that Ben's talent was not something that should be wasted and took a great risk in casting him as the lead in the school play (Benedick in Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing'). This risk however paid off when Ben received critical acclaim for his role; one critic (The South London Press Newspaper) described it as "Pure genius, a top class performance". This wasn’t the only time that year that Ben was in the local newspaper he became somewhat of a local hero when he rescued a young girl from a burning building on the Old Kent Road in 2004. Ben went on to star in a handful of school plays his most remembered being his GCSE exam piece (R.C Sheriff’s 'Journey's End) where he played a role made famous by Sir Laurence Olivier (Captain Stanhope). The GCSE examiner wrote of Ben "How someone so young could convey so much emotion as if they themselves had gone through it amazes me. He reminds me of a young River Phoenix (Stand by Me), those piercing eyes and beautiful features topped off with his natural broodiness. This young man is special". Ben currently lives in Nunhead and has continued acting in television and theatre since leaving the college and is also currently modelling. Whatever this young man chooses to do he will be successful for everything he touches turns to gold.

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