Matt Bardock

Matthew Arthur Bardock (born 1969) is an English actor. He is best known for playing Jeff Collier in Casualty, DS Clive Barnard in A Touch of Frost, DS Davey Higgins in The Coroner, Albie in The Lakes, Mark Craig in New Blood and DS Simon Morgan in Manhunt: The Nightstalker.

Early life Bardock was born in Croydon, South London, England.

Career Bardock made his television debut in 1992, when he appeared in Prime Suspect as sadistic pornographer Jason Reynolds. The following year, he appeared in Casualty as a leading gang member who set fire to the ED. In 1995, Bardock appeared in the stage production of Mojo by Jez Butterworth at the Royal Court Theatre.

Bardock gained recognition for his role as DC Clive Barnard in the British television series A Touch of Frost. His character is the nephew of the Chief Constable, which prompts many of his colleagues to believe he was fast-tracked into CID by his uncle. Frost sees beyond that, takes Barnard under his wing, and they develop a good working rapport. Barnard is later promoted to Detective Sergeant, but the character is killed in the 1997 episode, "No Other Love."

July and August 2000 saw Bardock play the role of Danny Weir in the short-lived TV comedy Pay and Display. He appeared in The Bill in 2004 as murder suspect Scott Burnett, who begins a relationship with PC Honey Harman and later marries her, though the marriage is short-lived after it is discovered that he murdered his first wife. His character later dies in prison from having hanged himself. In 2005, Bardock had a small guest role on ITV's Midsomer Murders and played DI Tom Wilson in New Tricks. The following year, Bardock appeared as registrar Peter Compton in the Channel 4 series No Angels.

Bardock re-joined the BBC television series Casualty in February 2007 for three months, this time as paramedic Jeff Collier; he returned to the role in September of that year. On 30 June 2014, it was announced that Bardock would be leaving Casualty, and his character was killed off later that year.

From July into September 2014, Bardock appeared in the comedy play My Night With Reg at the Donmar Warehouse theatre in the West End. The Dark ... Barnaby; Donmar Warehouse, London; 23 March – 24 April 2004 (director: Anna Mackmin) Frame 312 ... Tom and Roy; Donmar Warehouse, London; 2002 (director: Josie Rourke) Kick For Touch ... Joe; Crucible Theatre, London; 2002 (director: Josie Rourke)