is a
Fictional Character in the popular
BBC Soap Opera ''
EastEnders ''. He was originally played by
Matthew Silver , then
Morgan Whittle . From
6th March 2006 he is played by
Charlie Jones .
Ben is the son of
Phil and
Kathy Mitchell . He was born in
1996 and had
Meningitis as a baby, leaving him partially
Deaf in one ear. He left
Albert Square with his mother to live in
South Africa in 1998 and made a brief return in 1999 to attend the wedding of his half brother
Ian Beale to
Melanie Owen (they later divorced).
Following the death of his mother Kathy and step-father Gavin in a car accident, Ben was brought back to
Walford by half-brother
Ian Beale .For 10 years old,he is quite babyish.
