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Matthew Barber (born 26 March 1983) is an English actor.

Matt Barber
Born	Matthew Barber (1983-03-26) 26 March 1983 (age 39) Hammersmith, London, England
Education	Bradfield College (independent boarding school) Durham University Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007–present

Early life and education

Born in Hammersmith, London, he grew up in Hampshire, training classically as a chorister at Winchester Cathedral before receiving academic and music scholarships to Bradfield College, where he was head boy.^{[citation needed]}

Barber read Classical Studies and Philosophy at St Cuthbert's Society, Durham, graduating in 2005.[1]

He trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School[2] graduating in 2007.

Career

He is best known for his role as Atticus Aldridge in Downton Abbey. Previous roles include Freddie Eynsford-Hill in Peter Hall's Pygmalion opposite Michelle Dockery at the Old Vic and internationally and Lysander in Jonathan Kent's The Fairy-Queen at Glyndebourne.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014-2015	Downton Abbey	Atticus Aldridge	Season 5, 6 episodes
2014	Deadly Virtues: Love. Honour. Obey	Tom
2013	Dracula	Campbell	2 episodes
2013	Plastic	Dave
2012	The Other Wife	Ben
2011	Bert and Dickie	Merv Wood
2009	Being Human	Young Kemp	Season 2, episode 6
	The Alchemistic Suitcase	Youth	Short Film
2008	Vivaldi, The Red Priest[3]	Francois
2007	The Heart of Thomas Hardy[4]	Alec D'Urberville

Theatre

• Breakfast at Tiffany’s, directed by Nikolai Foster (the Curve, Leicester on 3 March 2016, UK & Ireland Tour, at the Haymarket Theatre in London’s West End from 30 June to 17 September 2016) as "Fred"
• Savage Beauty, directed by James Albrecht (St James's Theatre, 2013) as "Paris (mythology)/Orestes/Jason/Oedipus"
• The Fairy-Queen, directed by Jonathan Kent (director) (Glyndebourne, 2012) as "Lysander"
• Portraits, directed by Alex Marker (Finborough Theatre, 2011)[5] as "Joe"
• Edward II, directed by Peter Darney (The Rose (theatre), Bankside, 2011),[6] as "Edward II"

"Barber is an excellent Edward – naive, excitable, and ultimately pitiable... mesmerising"[7]

• The Misanthrope, directed by Andrew Hilton (Bristol Old Vic, 2011),[8] as "Acaste"
• Twelfth Night, directed by Andrew Normington (Birmingham Old Rep Theatre and International Tour, 2009), as Orsino (Twelfth Night)
• Human By Default, directed by Louisa Fitzgerald (Old Red Lion, 2009), as "Simon"
• Pygmalion, directed by Peter Hall (director) (Old Vic, Bath Theatre Royal, 2008, and International Tour, 2009[9] 2008), as "Freddie Eynsford-Hill"
• You Can't Take It with You, directed by Gavin McAlinden (Southwark Playhouse, 2007), as "Tony"
• Much Ado About Nothing, directed by John Hartoch (RSC and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School) as "Claudio" and "Verges"

References

External links

• Matt Barber at IMDb

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