Ben Jones was born on 2 January 1991 in England, United Kingdom. He grew up in Sherborne and attended The Gryphon School.
Ben starred in The Judas Kiss (1998) play, written by David Hare, in 2012 and played the character Arthur Wellesley, a member of the hotel staff. The play was held in Hampstead Theatre on the September 6, 2012.
On April 19, 2013 it was announced that Ben would play Peter Beale in EastEnders, taking over from Thomas Law who played the character from 2006 until 2010. He made his first appearance as Peter on 7 June 2013. On November 19, 2014 it was announced that Ben would leave the show.
Hardy joined the cast of X-Men: Apocalypse on February 25, 2015 following his departure from EastEnders in an (at the time) undisclosed role. Since leaving EastEnders that February, he had been persistently been linked to Singer's next X-Men film, and was at one point rumored to be in the running to play Cyclops, along with Tye Sheridan, Charlie Rowe, Harry Jarvis and Timothee Chalamet. The Cyclops role eventually went to Tye Sheridan.
However, since then Hardy was more recently linked to the role of winged mutant Angel (a.k.a Warren Worthington III), and Singer soon made the casting official. "Ben Hardy is Angel - I shall confirm it for you!" the director told Empire magazine. "But he's not a very nice Angel! And that's all I'll say..." Singer has also shared some concept art featuring Hardy's Angel on his Instagram profile.
