EXCLUSIVE: Gersh has signed actor Ben Barnes for representation in all areas. Barnes can be seen in BAFTA-winning director Anand Tucker’s crime drama The Critic, opposite Mark Strong, Ian McKellen, and Gemma Arterton, which premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival.
It’s set for release in the UK on September 13. Barnes is maybe best known for his lead role as General Kirigan in Eric Heisserer’s popular Netflix series Shadow and Bone, based on the bestselling novels by Leigh Bardugo.
Prior to Shadow and Bone, Barnes starred opposite Crispin Glover in a mind-bending episode of Guillermo Del Toro’s Emmy nominated anthology series, Cabinet of Curiosities and most recently played a lead role opposite Salma Hayek, Michael Cera, and Himesh Patel in the latest season of the award-winning Netflix series Black Mirror.
His other recent credits include the lead role of Benjamin Greene in the BBC limited series Gold Digger, directed by Vanessa Caswill, and his portrayal as the main antagonist in Netflix’s Marvel series The Punisher.
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