Tom Ward

Tom Ward (born 11 January 1971) is a Welsh-born British film, stage and television actor. He is best known for playing Dr. Harry Cunningham in the long-running BBC crime drama series Silent Witness from 2002 to 2012.

Early life Ward was born in Swansea in Wales. He attended Dragon School in Oxford and The King's School in Canterbury. He then studied at Lincoln College at the University of Oxford.

Career In 1998, he played the role of George Osborne in the BBC miniseries Vanity Fair, an adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel of the same name.

In 2002, Ward joined the sixth season of the BBC forensic drama series Silent Witness. His character, a forensic pathology student, trained under the direction of the series protagonist Sam Ryan (Amanda Burton). He stayed with the series until series 15 in 2012, when his character relocated to New York. He also appeared in Death in Paradise in early 2013.

In December 2013, Ward played Colonel Fitzwilliam in a BBC television adaptation of Death Comes to Pemberley.

In December 2015, he appeared in Harry Price: Ghost-Hunter, an ITV drama, alongside Rafe Spall and Cara Theobald.

Personal life He married Emily Hohler, a journalist and nutritional therapist, in 2001. They have three children together.

Filmography + Film and television Year Title Role Notes 1991 Lethal Justice Bartel 1991 Athenian TV series, episode: "Theseus & the Minotaur" 1995 Pride and Prejudice Lt. Chamberlayne TV series, episode 1.2 1996 Island Dominic TV series, regular cast member 1996 Public Enemies Paymaster 1996 Lemuel TV film 1998 Vanity Fair George Osborne TV mini-series 1999 Plunkett & Macleane Backbench Heckler 1999 Warriors Capt. Richard Gurney TV serial 2000 Anna Karenina Yashvin 2000 Quills The Horseman 2001 Love in a Cold Climate Alfred TV mini-series 2001 H. G. Wells TV mini-series 2001 Midsomer Murders Tristan Goodfellow TV series, episode: "Destroying Angel" 2001 Lord John Phillip Roxton TV film 2001 Red Cap Capt. Dominic Railton 2002 Kevin Brown Short film 2002–2012 Silent Witness Dr. Harry Cunningham TV series, regular cast member 2003 Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill Roland TV film 2004 Hawking Roger Penrose TV film 2007 Instinct Ian Stanford TV film 2010 Marple: The Pale Horse Captain Cottam TV film 2012 Doctor Who Captain Latimer 2012 Christmas Special, "The Snowmen" 2013 Death in Paradise Alex Seymour 1 episode 2013 Death Comes to Pemberley Colonel Fitzwilliam TV mini-series 2015–2017The Frankenstein ChroniclesSir Robert PeelTV series 2015Harry Price: Ghost HunterEdward GoodwinTV film 2017–2021Abandoned EngineeringNarratorTV series 2023–2024Hitler's Engineers: Building the Third ReichNarratorTV series