Editing Ben Elton (section)

=== Films ===
Elton appeared in amateur dramatic productions as a youth, notably as [[The Artful Dodger]] in the musical ''[[Oliver!]]''<ref>{{Cite web|author=Stephanie Merritt |url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/crime/story/0,6000,1345194,00.html |title=Guardian Unlimited Books – Mystery Man | work = [[The Guardian]] |date=7 November 2004 |access-date=11 August 2011}}</ref>

While in bit parts in his own TV series, he began professional film acting as CD in ''[[Stark (TV miniseries)|Stark]]'', the Australian/BBC TV series adaptation of his novel, in 1993. This was directed by [[Nadia Tass]] and filmed in Australia.

Elton played Verges in [[Kenneth Branagh]]'s film adaptation of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Much Ado About Nothing (1993 film)|Much Ado About Nothing]]'', also in 1993.<ref>{{cite book |title=Film stars: Hollywood and beyond |last=Willis |first=Andrew |year=2004 |publisher=[[Manchester University Press]] |location=Manchester |isbn=0-7190-5645-4 |page=169 }}</ref>

==== Behind the camera ====
Elton wrote and directed the film adaptation of his novel ''Inconceivable'', under the title ''[[Maybe Baby (film)|Maybe Baby]]'' (2000) starring [[Hugh Laurie]] and [[Joely Richardson]]. It was a moderate UK success and distributed globally. The film was also nominated for a prize at Germany's Emden Film Festival.

In 2015, Elton wrote a song for [[The Wiggles]] for the Wiggle Town DVD and CD: ''The Wonder of Wiggle Town''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://westernweekender.com.au/2016/02/wiggling-into-penrith/|title=Wiggling into Penrith|first=Kate|last=Reid|date=23 February 2016|website=Westernweekender.com.au|access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref>

In September 2016, filming began in Western Australia on ''[[Three Summers]]'', a romantic comedy film written and directed by Elton, which was released in 2017.<ref name="threesummers">{{cite news|title=Ben Elton reveals Aussie movie|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/upcoming-movies/adopted-aussie-ben-elton-begins-filming-his-first-australian-movie-in-wa/news-story/8c8627b5fc0d6a6e6c85e9af246dd046|access-date=2 August 2017|website=News.com.au}}</ref>

Elton wrote ''[[All is True (film)|All is True]]'', released 2018, a speculative story of [[William Shakespeare]]'s years in [[Stratford-upon-Avon]] after his retirement from the theatre and move from London. Along with the filmcraft and acting, returning collaboration with [[Kenneth Branagh]], ''All is True'' shows Elton giving a more serious and biographical perspective to some of the same characters who appear in ''[[Upstart Crow]]''.