Aneurin Barnard (/əˈnaɪrɪn/; Welsh: [aˈnɛirɪn]; born 8 May 1987) is a Welsh actor and musician. He is known for playing Davey in Hunky Dory, Claude in The Truth About Emanuel, Bobby Willis in Cilla, Tim in Thirteen, King Richard III in The White Queen, William in Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back), Gibson in Dunkirk, and Boris Pavlikovsky in The Goldfinch.
Aneurin Barnard | |
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Born | (1987-05-08) 8 May 1987 (age 35) Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2003–present |
Spouse | Lucy Faulks
(m. 2017) |
Children | 1 |
Barnard was born in Bridgend on 8 May 1987, the son of factory worker June and coal miner Terry Barnard.[1][2] His first language is Welsh.[3] He attended Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari in Rhondda Cynon Taf during his secondary school years. He starred in HTV Wales series Jacob's Ladder as a 16-year-old, and then trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, graduating in 2008.
Barnard played Melchior, one of the three leads, in the London premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening, which opened in February 2009 at the Lyric Hammersmith.[4][5] The play later transferred to the Novello Theatre in March 2009, running until May 2009. Barnard won a Laurence Olivier Award for his role in Spring Awakening in 2010.[6] He has appeared in guest roles in TV series Doctors, Casualty, Shameless, Y Pris and Jacob's Ladder.[7] He has also appeared in the short TV films The Big Day, Night on the Tiles and the BAFTA Cymru-winning Owl Creek Bridge.[8]
Barnard's theatre work in Wales includes Singin’ in the Rain, playing Don Lockwood, for Bridgend County Youth Theatre and Il Miracolo for Elan Wales.[9] At drama school, he appeared in productions of The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Hobson’s Choice, The Importance of Being Earnest and West Side Story, in which he played Tony. He was also involved in a radio production of Under Milk Wood.[10]
In 2011 Barnard starred in Hunky Dory. Barnard played the role of Davey and in the film sang songs from the era such as David Bowie's "Life on Mars" and The Who's "Love Reign O'er Me".
In January 2012 Barnard starred as photographer David Bailey in the television film We'll Take Manhattan. He also appeared in the 2012 horror movie Elfie Hopkins.
Barnard then appeared in the lead role in Vertigo Films's Guinea Pigs,[11] a micro-budget horror film about volunteers fighting for their lives after a drug trial goes wrong. Later in 2012 he starred in the horror-thriller film Citadel.
In April–June 2012 Barnard filmed the fantasy adventure movie The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box[12] throughout the South West of England, playing the title role of Mariah Mundi. The movie was released in 2014. Barnard also featured in Trap for Cinderella (2013), and as Claude in Francesca Gregorini's drama thriller, The Truth About Emanuel.
Barnard portrayed King Richard III of England in the television series The White Queen on BBC One. He also appeared as John Trenchard in a two-part adaptation of Moonfleet that was broadcast on Sky1 in December 2013.
He also appeared in the 2017 film Bitter Harvest. He played the music manager Bobby Willis in ITV's 3-part drama Cilla.
In 2016 he starred as Prince Boris Drubetskoy in Andrew Davies's television adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, broadcast on BBC One,[13] and as Tim Hobson in the BBC 5 part drama Thirteen.
In 2017 Barnard had the lead role as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Interlude in Prague. The following year, he played William in British comedy, Dead In A Week (or your money back).
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2005 | A Night On The Tiles | Bev | Short film |
2007 | Owl Creek Bridge | Damien | Short film |
2008 | In Deep | Phil Matthews | Short film |
2011 | Elsewhere | Nick | Short film |
Ironclad | Guy the Squire | ||
Powder | Miguel | ||
Queen of Hearts | Bad Knight | Short film | |
Hunky Dory | Davey | ||
2012 | Citadel | Tommy | |
Elfie Hopkins | Dylan Parker | ||
The Facility | Adam | ||
2013 | The Truth About Emanuel | Claude | |
Trap for Cinderella | Jake | ||
Mary Queen of Scots | Darnley | ||
2014 | The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box | Mariah Mundi | |
2017 | Bitter Harvest | Mykola | |
Interlude in Prague | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||
Dunkirk | Gibson | ||
2018 | Run | Jorey | Short film |
Bigger | Ben Weider | ||
Dead In A Week (or your money back) | William | ||
2019 | The Personal History of David Copperfield | James Steerforth | |
The Goldfinch | Boris Pavlikovsky | ||
Radioactive | Paul Langevin |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | Jacob's Ladder | Young Jonathan | |
2007 | Y Pris | Tupac | |
2008 | Casualty | Damien | 1 episode: "Hurt" |
2009 | Doctors | Chas Murdoch | 1 episode: "Filmflam Thank You Man" |
2012 | We'll Take Manhattan | David Bailey | TV Movie |
2013 | The White Queen | Richard III | TV Mini-series 10 episodes |
Agatha Christie's Marple | Robbie Hayman | 1 episode: "Endless Night" | |
Moonfleet | John Trenchard | TV Mini-series | |
2014 | Under Milk Wood | Drowned | TV Movie Voice role |
Cilla | Robert "Bobby" Willis Jr. | TV Mini-series 3 episodes | |
2015 | The Scandalous Lady W | Captain George Bisset | TV Movie |
Killing Jesus | James, son of Zebedee | TV Mini-series | |
2016 | War & Peace | Boris Drubetskoy | BBC TV Mini-series |
Thirteen | Tim Hobson | TV Series | |
2017 | SS-GB | PC Jimmy Dunn | BBC TV Mini series |
2019 | Sherwood | Gisbourne | Voice role |
Midsomer Murders | Freddie Lamb | 1 Episode: "With Baited Breath" | |
2020 | Barkskins | Hamish Goames | TV Series |
2021 | The Pact | Jack Evans | TV Series |
Time | Bernard | TV Series | |
2022 | Peaky Blinders | Doctor Holford | 2 Episodes: Sapphire, Lock and Key |
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