Mitchell Hope

About

Mitchell Hope (born 27 June 1994) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his role as Ben in the first three movies of the Descendants franchise and voiced the character in animated productions. He also starred in the 2021 Australian comedy film Love You Like That, and was part of the ensemble cast of Let It Snow.

Hope was born in Melbourne, Australia, and has two younger brothers. Hope is also a childhood classmate and friend of BTS member Jin after the two met in 2007.

Hope had his first television role on the 2014 Australian miniseries INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, a biopic about the rock band INXS. Hope portrayed the younger version of keyboardist and main composer of the band, Andrew Farriss.
From 2015 to 2021, Hope portrayed Ben Florian in the Disney Channel franchise musical films Descendants. His character is the son of King Adam and Queen Belle of Beauty and the Beast and serves as the love interest to Maleficent’s daughter, Mal. He stars alongside Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson, Booboo Stewart, and Cameron Boyce. The series proved to be a huge success, with the original trilogy accumulating over 781 million hours of viewing in the United States…