Actor Ben Freeman was born on 8th April 1980 The first member of his family to forge an acting career, he got his first taste of the limelight when he took a part-time acting course over a school halfterm holiday and was spotted by an agent, who signed him up. "I'm very laid-back, so I didn't go out and say I'm going to be an actor," he explains. "I was just ushered into that world." Ben auditioned for lots of roles before getting his lucky break playing Chris Longworth in Grange Hill. Then, when Emmerdale decided to recast the character almost two years ago, he won the role of hunky, womanising Scott.He may be endearingly unstarry about fame, but one thing guaranteed to get Ben talking animatedly is cars. I love being able to control something that goes very fast, my dream car is a Bugatti. I love the way they're made and their innovative design. But as they cost anything up to £lmillion, I'll probably never have one.