Declan Bennett is an English singer-songwriter, actor and playwright. He gained prominence as a member of the band Point Break, before going on to be a solo musician. He is known on screen for his roles as Charlie Cotton in the soap opera EastEnders and Jonathan Roberts in the ITV series The Long Call.
He recently starred in Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 at the Donmar Warehouse in London.
Declan’s theatre work includes The Marilyn Conspiracy (Park Theatre), Boy Out the City (Writer and Creator – Lyric Theatre West End/Edinburgh Fringe), Moulin Rouge! The Musical (Al Hirschfeld Broadway), Carousel, Jesus Christ Superstar (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), The View Upstairs (Soho Theatre), Jesus Christ Superstar Concert (Tokyo Orb), Striking 12 (Union Theatre), Fatherland (Lyric Hammersmith), Kiss of the Spider Woman (Menier Chocolate Factory), Once (Phoenix Theatre), American Idiot (St. James Theater/Broadway/US National tour), Rent (Nederlander Theater/Broadway/US National tour), Taboo (The Venue/UK tour), The Kissing Dance (Edinburgh Festival/UK tour), It’s a Lovely Day Tomorrow and Our Day Out (Belgrade Theatre).
For television, Declan Bennett’s credits include The Long Call and EastEnders – as series regular Charlie Cotton.
On film, Declan’s credits include Inside Llewyn Davis; A Beautiful Day to Die; Contagion and Broadway Idiot. Bennett has released 5 albums and 4 EPs on his own label ‘CovBoy’.
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