Arthur Hughes (British actor)

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Arthur Hughes
Born1992 (age 32–33)
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
NationalityBritish
Alma mater Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
OccupationActor
Years active2012–present

Arthur Hughes (born 1992) is a British actor known for his roles as Ryan McDaniel in the Netflix series The Innocents [1] and Ruairi Donovan in BBC Radio 4 series The Archers . [2] [3] His stage appearances include the role of Laurent in La Cage aux Folles at the Park Theatre, London, [4] Phil in The Solid Life of Sugar Water with Graeae Theatre Company. [5] and the title role in Richard III for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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Personal life

Hughes attended Aylesbury Grammar School, [3] and graduated in 2013 from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. [6] He has radial dysplasia affecting his right arm. [1]

In between acting roles, Hughes has worked as a bartender, a meet and greeter, and a sales and marketing representative. [7]

Career

After starting his career in theatre and radio, Hughes landed his first big television role in 2018 with the Netflix series The Innocents , in the series regular role of Ryan McDaniel. [1]

In 2022, he played disability activist Alan Holdsworth in the BBC's Then Barbara Met Alan ; [8] The Independent 's reviewer said that "Hughes is excellent as the emotionally unstable and tense Holdsworth". [9] In the same year, he took the title role in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Richard III , being the first disabled actor to do so. [10] [11] [12] The Guardian 's reviewer said that "Hughes's Richard is every bit the schemer, dead-eyed and unmoved by the body count he leaves on the way to the throne, but he also has a smarmy mischief about him, delivering news of another dispatched victim in a breezy tone of voice and eking comic asides out of his character's darkness." [13] Other stage credits have included Our Town , One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , Julius Caesar , Saint Joan and Romeo and Juliet . [14]

Hughes plays the title character in the Disney+ period drama Shardlake , which was released on 1 May 2024. [15]

Screen International named Hughes as one of its 2023 "Stars of Tomorrow". [16]

Filmography

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
TracyTom White Bear Theatre [17]
2015Alix in WundergartenToby GreyThe Other Room [17] [18]
2016 Romeo and Juliet Mercutio/Lady Capulet Taking Flight [17] [19]
The Solid Life of Sugar Water Phil Graeae Theatre Company [17] [5]
2016–2017 Saint Joan Ladvenu/The Page Donmar Warehouse [17] [20]
2017 Julius Caesar Lucius Sheffield Theatres [17] [21]
2018 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Billy Bibbit Sheffield Theatres [17] [22]
2019 Our Town George Gibbs Regent's Park Open Air Theatre [17] [23]
VassaPavel Almeida Theatre [17] [24]
2020 La Cage aux Folles Laurent Park Theatre [17] [25]
2022 Wars of the Roses Richard, Duke of Gloucester Royal Shakespeare Company [17] [26]
Richard III Richard III Royal Shakespeare Company [17] [27]

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 Saint Joan Ladvenu / The PageFilmed recording of the Donmar Warehouse stage production, streamed in cinemas [28]
2018Frank BlueArresting Detective 2
2022 Richard III Richard III Filmed recording of the RSC stage production, streamed in cinemas [29]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Doctors Danny HooperEpisode: "Survivors"
2014 Ordeal by Innocence Jacko3 episodes
2018 The Innocents Ryan McDaniel7 episodes
2021 Help TimTelevision film
On the EdgeMarkEpisode: "Mincemeat"
2022 Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Dean ParollesEpisode: "If It Be Man's Work"
Then Barbara Met Alan Alan Holdsworth Television film
2024 Shardlake Matthew Shardlake 4 episodes
2024 The Jetty Liam Ashby2 episodes

Audio

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Ordeal by Innocence Jacko/ConstableBBC Radio, 2 episodes [30]
Andy Warhol's WigInterviewerBBC Radio Drama on 4 [31]
The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde Robbie Ross BBC Radio Saturday Drama [32]
2014–2015 Home Front Archie TulliverBBC Radio [33] [34]
2018–present The Archers Ruairi DonovanBBC Radio [35]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Shefferd, Neil (10 September 2018). "The Innocents: Briton with rare disability, lands starring role". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Ruari Donovan". The Archers. BBC. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 "From Aylesbury Grammar to Ambridge: Arthur's delight at Archers role". www.bucksherald.co.uk. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  4. ↑ Clarendon, Emma (5 February 2020). "Interview With…Arthur Hughes". Love London Love Culture.
  5. 1 2 "The Solid Life of Sugar Water". Graeae. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Arthur Hughes". ws-rwcmd.rwcmd.ac.uk. Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Arthur Hughes". LinkedIn . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "First look images released for BBC's Then Barbara Met Alan". Royal Television Society. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  9. ↑ O'Grady, Shaun (22 March 2022). "Then Barbara Met Alan is a moving love story within a revolution – review". The Independent. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  10. ↑ Sherwood, Harriet (8 February 2022). "'There's a truth to it': RSC casts disabled actor as Richard III". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  11. ↑ Sutherland, Gill (9 July 2022). "Villainy never felt so good". Stratford Herald. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "Arthur Hughes: 'We can reclaim Richard III as the disabled man he was'". The Stage. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  13. ↑ Akbar, Arifa (1 July 2022). "Richard III review – Shakespeare's supervillain breezes through the bloodbath". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  14. ↑ "Arthur Hughes". curtisbrown.co.uk . Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  15. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (31 March 2023). "Disney+ Sets Series Adaptation of C.J. Sansom's 'Shardlake' Murder Mystery Novels". Variety . Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  16. ↑ Wilkinson, Amber. "Stars of Tomorrow 2023: Arthur Hughes (actor)". Screen International. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Arthur Hughes". curtisbrown.co.uk . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  18. ↑ Garside, Emily (5 December 2015). "Alix In Wundergarten (The Other Room)". walesartsreview.org. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  19. ↑ Garside, Emily (21 June 2016). "Taking Flight Theatre: Romeo & Juliet". buzzmag.co.uk. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  20. ↑ "Saint Joan". donmarwarehouse.com . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  21. ↑ "Julius Caesar (Sheffield Theatres) @ The Crucible". blogs.nottingham.ac.uk . June 2017. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  22. ↑ Akbar, Arifa (16 June 2016). "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest review – McMurphy's misogyny laid bare". theguardian.com . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  23. ↑ Billington, Michael (23 May 2019). "Our Town review – Ellen McDougall's Wilder revival hits home with force". theguardian.com . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  24. ↑ Billington, Michael (22 October 2019). "Vassa review – revolutionary attack on moribund politics". theguardian.com . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  25. ↑ Eastham, Terry (20 February 2020). "La Cage aux Folles [The Play] at Park Theatre". londontheatre1.com. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  26. ↑ Brennan, Clare (24 April 2022). "Wars of the Roses review – a little too much shock and awe". theguardian.com . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  27. ↑ Marshall, Alex (24 June 2022). "The 'Most Real Richard III There's Ever Been'". nytimes.com . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  28. ↑ "National Theatre Live: Saint Joan". ifccenter.com . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  29. ↑ "Royal Shakespeare Company's Richard III to be shown in cinemas". thestage.co.uk . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  30. ↑ "Agatha Christie". BBC Radio. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  31. ↑ "Andy Warhol's Wig". BBC Radio. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  32. ↑ "Nick Stafford - The Real Trial of Oscar Wilde". BBC Radio. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  33. ↑ "Characters". BBC Radio. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  34. ↑ Spencer, Samuel (31 August 2018). "The Innocents on Netflix: Who is Arthur Hughes? Who plays June's brother Ryan McDaniel?". www.express.co.uk . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  35. ↑ "Ruairi Donovan". BBC Radio. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
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