Ben Hardy (born Ben Jones; 2 January 1991) is an English actor. He is known for playing Peter Beale in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (2013–2015). Hardy made his film debut as Archangel in the superhero film X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), and played Roger Taylor in the biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). He recently starred in the film Unicorns (2023), which has screened at film festivals internationally.
Genius is bringing Buddy Holly in the story from his childhood in 1945 in Lubbock, Texas to the stars of Rock and Roll in the band of the Crickets to his death in Clear Lake, Iowa on February 3, 1959 in the airplane crash in the corn field.
