Aneurin Barnard

Career Theatre Barnard was aged five when he began to be involved in the theatre at the Bridgend County Youth Theatre in 1992.

He 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. The play later transferred to the Novello Theatre in March 2009, running until May 2009. For his performance, Barnard won the Laurence Olivier Award.

Screen Barnard starred in the HTV Wales series Jacob's Ladder as a 16-year-old. He has appeared in guest roles in TV series Doctors, Casualty, Shameless, and Y Pris. He has also appeared in the short TV films The Big Day, Night on the Tiles and the BAFTA Cymru-winning Owl Creek Bridge.

In 2011 Barnard starred in Hunky Dory, 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. throughout the South West of England, playing the title role of Mariah Mundi alongside Michael Sheen. for which he was nominated for Best Actor (Yr Actor Gorau).

Also in 2017, Barnard had the lead role as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Interlude in Prague. The following year, he played William in the British comedy, Dead in a Week or Your Money Back. In 2022 it was announced that Barnard would appear in the fourteenth series of Doctor Who as Roger ap Gwilliam.

In 2021 Barnard starred in the BBC One prison drama Time alongside Sean Bean and Stephen Graham, earning a fifteenth nomination for Best Actor (Yr Actor Gorau). alongside Jason Watkins and Poppy Gilbert.

Filmography

Film Year Title RoleNotes2011 Ironclad Guy the Squire Powder Miguel Hunky Dory Davey 2016 BAFTA Cymru Best Actor (Yr Actor Gorau) War & Peace