Aneurin Barnard (; ; born 8 May 1987) is a Welsh actor and musician. He is known for playing Davey in ''

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'', Claude in '' The Truth About Emanuel'', Bobby Willis in '' Cilla'', Tim in ''

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'',

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in '' The White Queen'', William in '' Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back),'' Gibson in '' Dunkirk,'' and Boris Pavlikovsky in ''The Goldfinch''.

Early life

Barnard was born in

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in Wales in the United Kingdom on 8 May 1987, the son of factory worker June and coal miner Terry Barnard. His first language is

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. He attended Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari in

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during his secondary school years. He starred in

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series ''Jacob's Ladder'' as a 16-year-old, and then trained at the

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, graduating in 2008.

Career

Barnard played Melchior, one of the three leads, in the London premiere of the

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-winning musical '' Spring Awakening'', which opened in February 2009 at the

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. The play later transferred to the

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in March 2009, running until May 2009. Barnard won a Laurence Olivier Award for his role in ''Spring Awakening'' in 2010. He has appeared in guest roles in TV series ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Shameless'', ''

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'' and ''Jacob's Ladder''. He has also appeared in the short TV films ''The Big Day'', ''Night on the Tiles'' and the BAFTA Cymru-winning ''Owl Creek Bridge''. Barnard's theatre work in

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includes '' Singin’ in the Rain'', playing Don Lockwood, for Bridgend County Youth Theatre and ''Il Miracolo'' for Elan Wales. At drama school, he appeared in productions of ''

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'', '' Hobson’s Choice'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', in which he played Tony. He was also involved in a radio production of ''

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''. In 2011 Barnard starred in ''

''. Barnard played the role of Davey and in the film sang songs from the era such as

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's "Life on Mars" and

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'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 ''

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''. Barnard then appeared in the lead role in

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's ''Guinea Pigs'', a micro-budget horror film about

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fighting for their lives after a drug trial goes wrong. Later in 2012 he starred in the horror-thriller film ''

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''. In April–June 2012 Barnard filmed the fantasy adventure movie '' The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box'' 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

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's drama thriller, '' The Truth About Emanuel''. Barnard portrayed King Richard III of England in the television series '' The White Queen'' on

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. 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

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's 3-part drama ''Cilla''. In 2016 he starred as Prince Boris Drubetskoy in Andrew Davies's television adaptation of

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's ''

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, and as Tim Hobson in the BBC 5 part drama ''

''. In 2017 Barnard had the lead role as

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in '' Interlude in Prague''. The following year, he played William in British comedy, '' Dead In A Week (or your money back)''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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