Max Bennett

Max Bennett is an English actor. On television, he is best known for playing Monk Adderley in Poldark on the BBC, and Robert Southwell in Will for TNT. On film, he is best known for playing David in the Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, and Brown in Guy Ritchie's crime caper The Gentlemen. He has worked extensively in London theatre, with leading roles in the West End, as well as for the Donmar Warehouse, Royal Court, Young Vic, Shakespeare's Globe and the National Theatre. Early life Bennett was born in Leytonstone, London, and attended The Latymer School in Edmonton, where he was Head Boy and played the title role in Hamlet in his final year. He trained with the National Youth Theatre, appearing in their production of The Master and Margarita at the Lyric Hammersmith. Bennett studied Modern and Medieval Languages (French and Italian) at Queens' College, Cambridge. Whilst there, he performed with the Footlights and the Marlowe Society and was named in Varsity's 'Talent 100' as "without doubt the most sought-after actor in Cambridge". He trained at the École Jacques Lecoq in Paris. Career