Barnaby Kay

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Barnaby Kay
Born
Barnaby Kay

(1969-04-09) 9 April 1969 (age 55)
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 (died 1970).

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

YearTitleRoleNotes
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 Riddare
2010 Arn: The Knight Templar Riddare
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

YearTitleRoleNotes
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

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