Tom Ward (born 11 January 1971) is a British film, stage and television actor.

Early life

Tom Ward was born in

Swansea Swansea (; cy, Abertawe ) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea ( cy, links=no, Dinas a Sir Abertawe). The city is the twenty-fifth largest in ...

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, the son of poet and academic John Powell Ward, and Sarah Ward OBE, a farmer. Ward was sent to the

Dragon School ("Reach for the Sun") , established = 1877 , closed = , type = Preparatory day and boarding school and Pre-Prep school , religion = Church of England , president = , head_label = Head , head = Emma Goldsm ...

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and

The King's School, Canterbury The King's School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for 13 to 18 year old pupils) in Canterbury, Kent, England. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the Eton Group. It is Britain's ...

. He read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Lincoln College,

Career

Ward is chiefly known for his role as Dr. Harry Cunningham in the long-running forensic drama series ''

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'', a role he played for 10 years. He also featured in the ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called the Doctor, an extraterrestrial being who appears to be human. The Doctor explores the u ...

'' Christmas special "

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" at the end of 2012, and in '' Death in Paradise'' in early 2013. In December 2013, Ward played Colonel Fitzwilliam in a BBC television adaptation of ''

Death Comes to Pemberley ''Death Comes to Pemberley'' is a 2011 British mystery fiction novel by P.D. James that continues Jane Austen's 1813 novel '' Pride and Prejudice'' with a murder mystery. Plot summary The novel begins in October, 1803, six years after the ev ...

''."Death Comes to Pemberley: episode 2, BBC One, review", 27 Dec 2013
Accessed 30 December 2013 In December 2015, he appeared in ''Harry Price: Ghost Hunter'', an ITV drama, alongside Rafe Spall and Cara Theobald.

Personal life

In 2005 he was a winner on the BBC quiz show ''

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''; his specialist subject was the poet

Philip Larkin Philip Arthur Larkin (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist, and librarian. His first book of poetry, '' The North Ship'', was published in 1945, followed by two novels, '' Jill'' (1946) and '' A Girl in Winter'' (1 ...

. In 2001 Ward married journalist Emily Hohler. They live in

Oxfordshire Oxfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the north west of South East England. It is a mainly rural county, with its largest settlement being the city of Oxford. The county is a centre of research and development, primarily ...

with their three children: Jack, Tabitha, and Jimmy.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ward, Tom Male actors from Swansea 1971 births People educated at The Dragon School People educated at The King's School, Canterbury Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford British male fencers Living people Welsh male television actors Welsh male film actors Welsh male stage actors 20th-century Welsh male actors 21st-century Welsh male actors