Ben Sowden (born 23 January 1983, in Leeds, England) is an actor, writer and musician who first appeared as Thomas in Children's Ward (1989 and 1991) and John Reed in Jane Eyre (1997). In July 2018 he released Left of Arc, a solo album of acoustic folk-punk music and a Christmas single in aid of the Trussell Trust in late 2019. In December 2020 he released No Filter Sky, an Americana-influenced EP recorded during lockdown, with a follow up album due in 2021. He lives with his wife and children in Buckinghamshire.