Matt Kennard (actor)

For the journalist and author, see Matt Kennard (journalist).

Matt Kennard
Born	(1982-02-12) 12 February 1982 (age 43) Grimsby, Humberside, England
Occupation	Actor
Spouse	Laura Aikman ​ (m. 2019)​

Matthew Kennard (born 12 February 1982) is an English actor, known for his role as nurse Archie Hallam in the BBC soap opera Doctors . ^[1]

Career

Kennard was born in Grimsby, Humberside. Kennard has played roles in soap operas including Coronation Street , Hollyoaks and Doctors . ^[2] He also starred as Manchester United footballer Duncan Edwards in a BBC dramatisation of the Munich air disaster. ^{[3] [4]} One of Kennard's earlier roles was in the series Love in the 21st Century, broadcast on Channel 4 in 1999 and created by Red Productions, who were previously responsible for Queer as Folk . Kennard's character is seduced by a school teacher who believes she is giving him experience, although it later transpires he had made a bet that he could sleep with her. ^[5]

Kennard left a regular role in the soap opera Doctors on 27 April 2009 to concentrate on film work, including featuring in Born of Hope with his brother Sam. ^[6] Kennard appeared in the seventh series of Waterloo Road as Craig O'Leary. ^[2]

Kennard appeared as Dave Schmidt in the film Bula Quo! , released in 2013. ^{[7] [8]} That same year, he had a short stint in Emmerdale as shady businessman Kirk Stoker. ^[9] In 2015, Kennard and his twin Sam played twin brothers David and Gabriel Meyer in the BBC TV series WPC 56 . ^[10] He appeared in CBBC's The Dumping Ground in 2016.

Personal life

Kennard has a twin brother Sam, who is also an actor. ^[11] He has been married to actress Laura Aikman since 2019; they met when she joined the cast for the final series (2015) of Bluestone 42 . ^[12]

Acting credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Love in the 21st Century	Ryan	Episode: "Toyboys"
2000	Coronation Street	Duncan Styles	1 episode
2001	Heartbeat	Gareth North	Episode: "Gin a Body, Meet a Body"
2003	Coronation Street	Jimmy Mullins	4 episodes
2004	Room 10	Julian	Video release
2006	Surviving Disaster	Duncan Edwards	Episode: "Munich Air Crash"
	The Bill	PC Kevin Sharpe	Episode: "Smell the Roses"
2007	The Afternoon Play	Mickey	Episode: "Johnny Shakespeare"
2007	Doctors	Eddy Skinner	Episode: "Teenage Kicks"
2007–2009	Doctors	Archie Hallam	281 episodes
2009	Born of Hope	Elladan	Film
	Inseparable Coil	Peter Hanson	Short film
2010	Comedy Lab	Matt Stone	Series 11 episode 3
	Freight	Sonny	Film
2012	Waterloo Road	Craig O'Leary	Recurring role
	Lemon La Vida Loca	Mark	3 episodes
2013	Emmerdale	Kirk Stoker	Guest role
	London Bridge	Tom	Video release
	Guitars, Guns and Paradise!	Dave	Film
	Drifters	Josh	2 episodes
2014	Midsomer Murders	Jamie Weston	Episode: "Wild Harvest"
	Killing Time	Boyd	Film
	WPC 56	David Meyer	Main role
2015	Pleasure Island	Adam	Film
2016	The Dumping Ground	Kerr	Episode: "The End of it All"
	Zombie Spring Breakers	Rupert	Film
	Battlefield 1		Video game; voice role
	Coronation Street	Jude Sawyer	2 episodes
2017	I Live with Models	Simon	Episode: "The Twofer"
2018	Hollyoaks	Theo Jones	Guest role
	Jamie Johnson	Foxborough Coach	Recurring role
2020	I Am Not A Rapist	Narrator	Voice role
2022	CrossfireX	Robert Cavanaugh (voice)	Video game
	FBI: International	John Mallory	Episode: "The Kill List"
	My Name is Leon	Tony	Television film
2024	We Live In Time	Benjamin	Film
TBA	What We Did Yesterday	Jake	Short film

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2008	British Soap Awards	Sexiest Male	Doctors	Nominated	[13]
2009				Nominated	[14]

References

1. Green, Kris (5 July 2007). "'Doctors' gains new GP and practice nurse". Digital Spy.
2. O'Flaherty, Rachael (9 April 2018). "Grimsby actor joins the cast of Hollyoaks". GrimsbyLive. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 5 December 2020.
3. "London Marathon 2014: celebrity runners". The Daily Telegraph. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
4. "BBC Drama – Surviving Disaster" . Retrieved 2020-12-06.
5. Wolf, Matt (15 August 1999). "Parables Of Female Sexuality (Published 1999)". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 5 December 2020.
6. Green, Kris (20 April 2009). "Playing Away". Digital Spy. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
7. "Rock legends go on the run in 'Bula Quo'". Irish Examiner. 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
8. "- YouTube". www.youtube.com.^{[ dead YouTube link ]}
9. "Soap stars past and present from Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Louth". GrimsbyLive. 2020-12-27. ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved 2021-02-08.
10. Jew, Linda. "WPC 56: Series 3 of Daytime Drama Premieres in the US on Public TV Stations – The British TV Place" . Retrieved 2020-12-05.
11. "Doctors star on working with twin". Metro. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
12. Waddell, Lily (26 December 2019). "Gavin & Stacey's Sonia is Keith Lemon's' ex-girlfriend' Laura". Daily Mirror . Retrieved 8 February 2021. In real life, actress Laura has recently married her actor boyfriend Matt Kennard.
13. Hilton, Beth; Green, Kris (4 May 2008). "The British Soap Awards 2008: The Winners". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
14. McLennan, Patrick. "British Soap Awards 2009: Nominations revealed!". What's on TV . Future plc. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

External links

• Matt Kennard at IMDb