Patrick Kennedy (actor)

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Patrick Kennedy
Born (1977-08-26) 26 August 1977 (age 47)
London, England
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
Years active2002–present

Patrick Kennedy (born 26 August 1977) is an English actor and director.

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Life and career

He studied English literature and language at St John's College, Oxford, and then attended LAMDA. [1]

Kennedy's first screen role was in Peter Greenaway's The Tulse Luper Suitcases , [1] followed by the role of Julian Bell in the BBC's Cambridge Spies . [2]

Kennedy's first lead role was playing Richard Carstone in the BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' Bleak House , [2] and he followed this with roles in Joe Wright's Atonement , [3] Steven Spielberg's Munich , Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles , [3] and Michael Hoffman's The Last Station . [3]

Kennedy recurred on the television series Boardwalk Empire in 2012, [3] earning a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, and played the role of McKechnie in the Susanna White directed, Tom Stoppard written, Parade's End . [1]

Kennedy's recent television roles have included Will in Atlanta (season 3), Mark Bolton in Liaison , Neil in Peep Show (series 8), a principal role in ITV's Murder on the Home Front , alongside Tamzin Merchant, [4] a lead opposite Brendan Gleeson in the HBO pilot The Money, Sampson in ITV's Downton Abbey , Jock Colville with Michael Gambon in Churchill's Secret , directed by Charles Sturridge, and recurring roles in Hulu's The First , [1] Mrs Wilson for the BBC, and Allston Wheatley in Scott Frank's The Queen's Gambit for Netflix. [1] He appeared in several episodes of The_Day_of_the_Jackal_(TV_series) as the target UDC's partner.

Kennedy's other film roles include Lieutenant Waverly in Spielberg's War Horse , [3] Roger Donaldson's November Man , Bill Condon's Mr Holmes (with Ian McKellen), Babak Najafi's London Has Fallen , [3] Lt. Col. Guy L'Estrange in Mike Leigh's Peterloo ; [1] and as Edward Aveling opposite Romola Garai in Susanna Nicchiarelli's Miss Marx . [3]

Kennedy's stage roles include Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bristol Old Vic (directed by David Farr); George Holly in Michael Grandage's production of Suddenly Last Summer with Diana Rigg and Victoria Hamilton in the West End; the lead role of Jonathan in Everything is Illuminated at The Hampstead Theatre; [1] Camille in Therese Raquin , at the National Theatre, directed by Marianne Elliott; [1] Tom in The Glass Menagerie , for Shared Experience; Oliver in Polly Stenham's No Quarter , directed by Jeremy Herrin at the Royal Court; and Don Caspar in Anna Ziegler's Photograph 51 , with Nicole Kidman, directed by Michael Grandage at the Noel Coward Theatre. [1]

In 2017, Kennedy took the lead roles in Harold Pinter's The Lover and The Collection , directed by Michael Kahn for the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Lansburgh Theatre, Washington D.C.

Kennedy has worked on several films with the British artist Nathaniel Mellors, playing the recurring Neanderthal character Voggen Williams in The Sophisticated Neanderthal Interview, Neanderthal Container, and the pub lecher, Uncle Tommy, in the Ourhouse series. [1]

In 2018, Kennedy wrote and directed the short film The Human Voice , starring Rosamund Pike, adapted from the Jean Cocteau play La Voix Humaine . [1]

Kennedy portrayed astronaut Michael Collins in the documentary of the Apollo 11 mission, 8 Days: To the Moon and Back, shown on BBC2 on 10 July 2019. [1]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Nine Lives Tim
2003 The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story Joris Salmon
2005 Mrs Henderson Presents Pilot
Munich English Reporter in Munich Underground
2006 A Good Year Trader #2
2007 Atonement Leon Tallis
2008 In Tranzit Peter
Me and Orson Welles Grover Burgess (Ligarius)
ScratchSimonShort film
2009 The Last Station Sergeyenko
2011 War Horse Lt. Charlie Waverley
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides English Father
2014 The November Man Edgar Simpson
Dreaming of LeoJonathanShort film
2015 Mr. Holmes Thomas Kelmot
2016 London Has Fallen John Lancaster, MI5 Intelligence Chief
So Good to See YouShort film
2018 Peterloo Lt. Col. Guy L'EstrangeDirected by Mike Leigh
2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker First Order Officer
2020 Miss Marx Edward Aveling

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Spooks Radio Operator (uncredited)Episode: "Traitor's Gate"
2003 Cambridge Spies Julian Bell Miniseries; 2 episodes
2004 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Gideon MartinEpisode: "A Traitor to Memory"
2005The SommeSgt. R. H. Tawney TV film
Bleak House Richard CarstoneMiniseries; 12 episodes
2008 The 39 Steps Hellory SinclairTV film
Consuming Passion: 100 Years of Mills & BoonGerard MillsTV film
Einstein and Eddington William MarstonTV film
2010 Married Single Other Dr. DominicEpisode: "Chink"
2011 Black Mirror Section Chief WalkerEpisode: "The National Anthem"
2012 Parade's End McKechnie3 episodes
Boardwalk Empire Dr. Douglas Mason7 episodes
Peep Show Neil3 episodes
2013 Murder on the Home Front Lennox CollinsTV film
Downton Abbey Terence Sampson3 episodes
2014The MoneyJohn CastmanTV film
2015 Person of Interest Dr. Shane EdwardsEpisode: "Karma"
2016 The Collection Gambon2 episodes
2018 Mrs Wilson Dennis Wilson Miniseries; 3 episodes
The First Ollie Bennett3 episodes
20198 Days: To the Moon and BackAstronaut Michael Collins BBC2 TV documentary
World on Fire CampbellEpisode #1.3
2020 The Queen's Gambit Allston Wheatley3 episodes
2021 Around the World in 80 Days Sir Henry RowbothamEpisode #1.5
2022 Atlanta WillEpisode: "The Old Man and the Tree"
2023 Death in Paradise David Cartwright2 episodes
Liaison Mark Bolton6 episodes
2024 Franklin Strachey2 episodes
Senna Ron DennisPost-production

Theatre

YearProductionRoleVenueNotes/Ref.
2002Maps of DesireCharles Southwark Playhouse, London
2003A Midsummer Night's DreamLysander Bristol Old Vic
Les Liaisons dangereuses DancenyBristol Old Vic
2004 Suddenly, Last Summer GeorgeUK Tour
2006 Everything is Illuminated Jonathan Hampstead Theatre, London
Therese RaquinCamille National Theatre, London
2010 The Glass Menagerie TomShared Experience Tour
Measure for Measure LucioTouring Company, London
2013No QuarterOliver Royal Court Theatre
2015 Photograph 51 Donald Caspar Noël Coward Theatre
2016 Oil Samuel Almeida Theatre
2017 The Lover Richard Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.
The Collection JamesShakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, D.C.

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Patrick Kennedy". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Patrick Kennedy Credits". tvguide.com. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Murder on the Home Front". kpbs.org. 14 February 2014.
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