Ian Hallard

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Ian Hallard
Born
Ian Christopher Hallard

(1974-11-09) 9 November 1974 (age 48)
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Education University of Sheffield
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Occupations
  • Actor
  • screenwriter
Years active1999–present
Spouse
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(m. 2008)​
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Ian Christopher Hallard (born 9 November 1974) is an English actor and writer. His work includes acting roles on television, at the National Theatre and in the West End, including the lead role of Michael in a revival of Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band . He has also written and script edited for both television and stage.

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Early and personal life

Hallard was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, on 9 November 1974. [2] Following his education at Solihull School [3] and an undergraduate degree at the University of Sheffield, he trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts on the Post Graduate Acting course, won a singing scholarship, and graduated in 1998. [4] He lives with his husband, the actor and screenwriter Mark Gatiss. [5] The couple live in Islington in London. [1]

Career

Theatre

Hallard has been acting professionally since 1999, when he appeared in a production of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at the Battersea Arts Centre. Since then his roles have included Sordo in Scenes from an Execution at the Royal National Theatre, Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream , Bill Taylor in the Michael Frayn farce Donkeys' Years , Jack Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest and Judah in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat . His recent work includes the National Theatre production Great Britain by Richard Bean in the ensemble multi-character role of Jimmy the Bins/ St. John/Felix. [4] In 2015 he played the leading role of Alan Turing in the UK premiere of the Snoo Wilson play Lovesong of the Electric Bear at the Arts Theatre. [6]

He played the lead role of Michael in a revival of Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band at the Park Theatre (London) and on a short UK tour in autumn 2016. He then reprised the role when the show transferred to the Vaudeville Theatre in February 2017. His performance led to him being nominated as Best Actor in the Whatsonstage.com theatre awards, alongside Ian McKellen, Jamie Parker, Kenneth Branagh, and Ralph Fiennes.

In 2019, he starred in the revival of Closer to Heaven , the musical written by Jonathan Harvey and Pet Shop Boys at Above the Stag Theatre.

In March 2021, he played the role of Richard in the first play he wrote, Adventurous, produced by Jermyn Street Theatre. For the 2021/22 panto season, he was the panto dame in Beauty and the Beast at the Towngate Theatre, also starring Simon Fielding, Sophie Ladds and Madeleine Leslay. For the 2022/23 panto season, he will appear as Mrs Smee in Peter Pan at the Towngate again alongside Sophie Ladds.

Television

Hallard has appeared in cult BBC TV shows such as Doctor Who as Alan-a-Dale in the 2014 episode "Robot of Sherwood"; in Sherlock as Mr Crayhill in the 2011 episode "The Reichenbach Fall", and on the long-running BBC Daytime TV series Doctors . He played one of the original directors of Doctor Who , Richard Martin, in the BBC docu-drama An Adventure in Space and Time . [4] He appears in the sixth episode of the second season (“Vergangenheit”) of Netflix's series The Crown, as an employee of the minister of foreign affairs.

Writing

Hallard co-wrote The Big Four (2013) with Mark Gatiss for the ITV series Agatha Christie: Poirot , starring David Suchet. He was the Script Associate on the Poirot episodes Cat Among the Pigeons (2008) and Hallowe'en Party (2010). [7]

His debut play Adventurous was produced by Jermyn Street Theatre, and streamed online from 16–28 March 2021.

Other writing for theatre includes Horse-Play at Riverside Studios, a comedy starring David Ames, Jake Maskall and Matt Lapinskas; and The Way Old Friends Do , which premiered at Birmingham Repertory Theatre in February 2023.

Selected filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004 Global Conspiracy Gary TalbotVideo short
2005–2006 Where The Heart Is Barman (Al)5 episodes
2006 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple Reporter YatesS2E4: “The Sittaford Mystery”
2006 Ideal OwenEpisode: "The Stag Do"
2006 Suburban Shootout Port OfficialEpisode: "Throw Momma from the Train"
2007 The Worst Journey in the World Clive WentworthTV movie
2008 Crisis Control Michael De MornayBBC Television
2008 Crooked House Felix de Momery
2009 The First Men in the Moon Phi-Oo (voice)
2010 Agatha Christie’s Poirot Edmund DrakeEpisode: "Hallowe'en Party"
2010 Hustle VicarEpisode: "Benny’s Funeral"
2011 Doctors David MossEpisode: "Life Without Yum-Yum"
2012 Sherlock Mr CrayhillEpisode: "The Reichenbach Fall"
2013 An Adventure in Space and Time Richard Martin TV movie
2013Agatha Christie’s PoirotMercutioEpisode: “The Big Four”
2013 Doctors Tim CruikshankSeries 15, Episode 58
2014 Doctor Who Alan-a-DaleEpisode: "Robot of Sherwood"
2015DoctorsDavid MossEpisode: "L'amore e la morte"
2017 The Crown AnalystEpisode: "Vergangenheit"
2018 Mary Queen of Scots Sir Richard Knightley
2019 Martin's Close Hosier
2021Doctors Ade Holland Episode: "Quality Time" [8]
2021 Endeavour Brian FrussellEpisode: "Scherzo"

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References

  1. 1 2 Randall, Lee (17 November 2008). "The Monday Interview: Mark Gatiss – Top of the League". The Scotsman. Retrieved 19 February 2013. Amid all this activity, Gatiss found time, last spring, to get married. He and Ian have been together for nearly a decade... He and Ian are the devoted 'parents' of Bunsen, a Labrador retriever.
  2. ↑ "Sherlockology Cast Bio". Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  3. ↑ "TV drama turns out to be a family affair". Solihull News. Archived from the original on 29 January 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
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  6. ↑ "Lovesong of the Electric Bear (Above the Arts)". 9 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Q&A With Ian Hallard. Investigating Poirot. http://www.agathachristie.com/news/feature/adapting-poirot Archived 15 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ Timblick, Simon. "Doctors spoilers: Can Al Haskey help an awkward family reunion?". What's on TV . Future plc . Retrieved 2 June 2021.
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