Ben Elton
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Ben Elton in 2009
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Benjamin Charles Elton 3 May 1959 Fitzrovia, London, England |
| Alma mater | University of Manchester |
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| Years active | 1981–present |
| Spouse(s) | Sophie Gare (1994–present) |
| Children | Lottie Elton Bert Elton Fred Elton |
| Parent(s) |
Lewis Elton Mary Foster |
Benjamin Charles "Ben" Elton (born 3 May 1959) is an English comedian, author, playwright, actor and director. He was a part of London's alternative comedy movement of the 1980s and became a writer on series such as The Young Ones and Blackadder, as well as continuing as a stand-up comedian on stage and television. His style in the 1980s was left-wing political satire. Since then he has published 15 novels and written the musicals We Will Rock You (2002) and Love Never Dies (2010), the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera.
Elton was born at University College Hospital in Fitzrovia, London, the son of Mary (née Foster), an English teacher from Cheshire, and physicist and educational researcher Professor Lewis Elton. He is descended from Martin Luther, is a nephew of the historian G. R. Elton (Sir Geoffrey Elton) and a third cousin of singer Olivia Newton-John. Elton's father is from a German Jewish family and Elton's mother, who was raised in the Church of England, is of English background.
Elton grew up in Catford, south London, before moving with his family to Guildford, Surrey in 1968. Raised in a non-religious home he is an atheist.
Elton studied at Stillness Junior School and Godalming Grammar School in Surrey, South Warwickshire College in Stratford-upon-Avon and the University of Manchester.
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