Arthur Hughes (British actor)

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Arthur Hughes
Born1992 (age 31–32)
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]

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