Matthew Kennard (born 12 February 1982) is an English television actor, best known for his role as nurse

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in the BBC One soap opera ''

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''.

Career

Kennard was born in Grimsby, Humberside, and has played roles in soap operas including ''

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'', '' Hollyoaks'' and ''

''. He also starred as

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in a BBC dramatisation of the 1958 Munich air disaster. One of Kennard's earlier roles was in the series ''Love in the 21st Century'', broadcast on Channel 4 in 1999 and created by Red Productions, who were previously responsible for ''

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''. Kennard's character is seduced by a school teacher who believes she is giving him experience, although it later transpires he had made a bet that he could sleep with her. Kennard left a regular role in the soap opera, ''Doctors'', on 27 April 2009, to concentrate on film work, including featuring in ''

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'' with his brother Sam. He appeared in the seventh series of ''Waterloo Road'' as Craig O'Leary, he played a con-man who pretended to be interested in Janeece Bryant (

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). Kennard appeared as Dave Schmidt in the film '' Bula Quo!'', released in 2013. That same year, he had a short stint in '' Emmerdale'' as shady businessman Kirk Stoker. In 2015, Kennard and his twin brother Sam played twin brothers David and Gabriel Meyer in the BBC TV series '' WPC 56''. He appeared in CBBC's '' The Dumping Ground'' in 2016.

Personal life

Kennard has a twin brother Sam, who is also an actor. He is married to actress Laura Aikman.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kennard, Matt 1982 births Living people British identical twins English male television actors Identical twin male actors Male actors from London Male actors from Lincolnshire People from Grimsby English twins