Barnaby Kay

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Barnaby Kay
Born
Barnaby Kay

(1969-04-09) 9 April 1969 (age 56)
OccupationActor
Years active1993–present
Spouse
(m. 2006)
Children1
Father Richard Kay

Barnaby Kay (born 9 April 1969) is a British actor who has played roles in television, stage, film and performance art. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

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Personal life

Kay was born at St Pancras, London and is the son of actor Richard Kay (1937–1987) and Jaqueline (née Maxwell) and the grandson of entertainer Arthur Kay, born Arthur Kautzenbach in the Silesian province in 1882 - died as US citizen Arthur Kay in 1969 in Los Angeles at the age of 87 https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Kay

He met actress Nicola Walker when they worked together with the Out of Joint Theatre Company, in a 1994 touring production of The Man of Mode and The Libertine ; [1] they married in 2006, and have a son together. [2]

Career

Among other roles, Kay has appeared in The Five (2016), Wallander (2012–15), Doctor Who (2015), New Tricks (2013–14), Frankie (2013), Public Enemies (2011), Wuthering Heights (2009), Holby City (2008), Midsomer Murders (2005), Spooks (2004), Prime Suspect (2003), Serious and Organised (2003), Silent Witness (2002), Conspiracy (2001), The Bill (2000), Casualty (1999), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Croupier (1998), Jonathan Creek (1997), Cracker (1996), The Vet (1995) and Minder (1994).

Theatre

Kay's theatre work includes A Streetcar Named Desire at the Donmar Warehouse (2009), [3] Orlando in As You Like It at the Novello Theatre (2006), Closer at the National Theatre (1999–2000), Pierre Bezuhov in Warring Peas at the Hampstead Theatre (2008), Tinky Winky, Teletubbies tour (2011-2016), Steve Calhanm in Eric Larue at the Soho Theatre (2006), and Alexander Petrovich Kalabushkin in Dying For It at the Almeida Theatre (2007). [4]

Radio

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1997 The Man Who Knew Too Little SWAT Team Leader
Oscar and Lucinda Wardley-Fish
1998 Croupier Car Dealer
Shakespeare in Love Nol
2000 Eisenstein Andrei
2008 Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End A knight
2010 Arn: The Knight Templar A knight
2012 Red Tails Commanding General Westlake
The DeadfallThe Previous Occupier Short film
2013Fire HorseRoddyShort film
2023 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Put-Pocket Passenger

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
1994 Minder RileyEpisode: "The Long Good Thursday"
1995The VetTom SimsEpisode: "Relative Values"
The Ghostbusters of East Finchley DC AshoEpisode: "Episode 6"
1996 Cracker Dennis PhilbyEpisode: "White Ghost"
1997 Jonathan Creek D.C. SpellingEpisode: "The House of Monkeys"
1999 Casualty Gareth MullinsEpisode: "Mother's Day"
The Blonde Bombshell Alan Lake Miniseries; 1 episode
2000 The Bill Howard FallonRecurring role; 6 episodes
2001Life As We Know ItHarry CameronRecurring role; 3 episodes
2001 Conspiracy Rudolf Lange TV movie
2002AKA Albert WalkerMike DarkeTV movie
2002 Silent Witness DS Clive JohnsonEpisode: "The Fall Out"
2003 Serious & Organised Oliver WolcottEpisode: "Unfaithful"
Prime Suspect DC Michael PhilipsEpisode: "The Last Witness"
2004 Spooks John FortescueEpisode: "Love and Death"
2005 Midsomer Murders Dr. OsgoodEpisode: "Bantling Boy"
2005 The Government Inspector Tom KellyTV movie
2007Life LineTonyTV movie
2008 Holby City Aaron FellowsRecurring role; 4 episodes
The Fixer Danny SpaderEpisode: "Episode 4"
2009 Wuthering Heights SaulMiniseries; 2 episodes
2010 Dispatches NarratorRecurring role; 2 episodes
2011Without YouJoe LiptonMiniseries; 3 episodes
2012 Treasure Island Tom MorganMiniseries; 2 episodes
Public Enemies WillMiniseries; 3 episodes
Dead Boss JustinMiniseries; 4 episodes
Midsomer Murders Adrian SharpEpisode: "Written in the Stars"
Holby City Eamonn GleesonEpisode: "Hail Caesar"
2012–2015 Wallander Lennart MattsonRecurring role; 5 episodes
2013 Frankie Toby EllisEpisode: "Episode 4"
2013–2014 New Tricks DAC Ned HancockRecurring role; 4 episodes
2014 One Child Mr. AndersonMiniseries; 2 episodes
2015 Doctor Who HeidiEpisode: "The Girl Who Died"
2016 The Five DI Liam TownsendMiniseries; 5 episodes
2022 Anatomy of a Scandal Detective Sergeant WillisEpisode: "Episode 1"
2023 Screw Governor MayhewSeries regular; 6 episodes

References

  1. "Past Productions: The Man of Mode / The Libertine | by George Etherege, Stephen Jeffreys | 1994". Out of Joint Theatre Company. 1994. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2025. ... at the University of Warwick Arts Centre on 20 October 1994 and then on tour, culminating at the Royal Court Theatre, London, on 6 December 1994.
  2. Palmer, Katie (9 May 2022). "How did Nicola Walker meet husband Barnaby Kay?". Daily Express . Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 18 February 2024. The pair were together for almost 20 years before they married in 2006.
  3. whatsonstage.com Archived 16 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine What's On Stage website
  4. "Barnaby Kay". London Theatre Database. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  5. "The Lovecraft Investigations". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  6. "BBC Radio 4 - The Whisperer in Darkness, Ep 1. The Case of Charles Dexter Ward". BBC. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  7. "BBC Radio 4 - The Whisperer in Darkness, Ep 1. The Whisperer in Darkness". BBC. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  8. "BBC Radio 4 - the Lovecraft Investigations, Ep. 8 – the Shadow over Innsmouth". www.bbc.co.uk. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.