Rik Barnett

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Rik Barnett (born 20 March 1990) is an English actor, and the 2010 winner of the best supporting actor award from Ibiza International Film Festival, [1] [2] [3] for his work in Rebels Without a Clue. [4]

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Life and career

Barnett was born in Macclesfield, England, the son of Deborah, a chef, and Peter, who has his own building company. Rik Barnett attended City College Manchester formerly 'The Shena Simon Performing Arts School' in Manchester, where he earned distinctions in acting. [1] He then attended the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Los Angeles. He has previously acted for ITV and Ealing Studios. [1] [3] In 2012, he graduated from his acting program at UCLA. [1] [3]

In 2010, Barnett worked on the Independent film Rebels Without A Clue, [4] [5] working alongside such actors as Doctor Who's John Leeson. It was his work in this film that earned him the Best Supporting Actor award at Ibiza International Film Festival, [1] [2] [3] [6] some of the former recipients of this award have been Enrique Murciano and Alfred Molina. Actress Jacqueline Bisset who was Jury President along with Carlos Bardem presented the award.[ citation needed ]

Rebels Without A Clue was also nominated for Best UK Feature at Raindance Film Festival, [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] showing at Apollo Cinema: Piccadilly Circus, [7] [12] [13] [14] and was screened during Cannes Film Festival. [15] [16]

One reviewer reported that Barnett's performance was "glorious to watch", [14] another said that "Barnett, who plays Mark, (or 'wanker', as he is affectionately referred to throughout) is able to switch seamlessly between the genuinely touching dialogue about his father to keeping up with dim-witted banter". [11]

In September 2012 Barnett was featured on the cover of the Thai lifestyle magazine OUT In Thailand. [17]

In 2013 Barnett worked alongside filmmaker Jonathan Sheldon on the "Fifty Shades of Grey Gardens" spoof for Funny or Die [18] Currently he is working on his own play 'Bosie'. [1] [3] He is also a monthly contributor to Prodijee, an Australian magazine.

Personal life

It was reported in a 26 May 2012 story in the Omaha World-Herald newspaper, that Barnett was engaged to be married to Tony Award-winning Broadway producer Adam Epstein, one of the producers of the original Broadway musical production of Hairspray . [19]

Barnett uses swimming to manage stress, to focus and to learn his lines. [20]

List of credits

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013Romney: 2012NarratorUnited States Thunk Enterprises
2010Rebels Without A ClueMark Independent UK
2011BirdMatt UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
2010HARTLawrence Ealing Studios

Theatre

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012Bosie -Reading-BosieAE Company
2010The PoseidonRobertOrlin ProductionsUK
2010 Pygmalion Freddy Eynsford HillLittle Theatre, Cheshire UK
2009 The Caucasian Chalk Circle The SingerCCM ProductionsUK
2009 Animal Farm Moses RSC UK
2009 Christmas Carol Bob CratchitCCM Productions, UK
2008 Romeo & Juliet Romeo RSC Productions, UK
2008 Miss Julie JeanCCM Productions, UK
2008 Twelfth Night Sebastian (Twelfth Night) CCM Productions, RSC Production, UK
2008 The Train EnsembleCCM ProductionsUK

Radio and commercial

YearTitleRoleNotes
2010A to Z -Commercial-Bumper Car Boy Vodafone Telecom
2010The Poseidon -Radio-RobertOrlin Productions UK BBC
2010 Hearing Dogs for Deaf People -Commercial-NarratorUK Polka Dot Productions

New Media

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013Fifty Shades of Grey Gardens -Funny Or Die- Christian Grey United States Thunk Enterprises

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  19. ↑ Kelly, Michael (26 May 2012). "Showbiz not easy biz, producer says". Omaha World Herald. Omaha, USA. Retrieved 6 May 2014. Adam Epstein, who won a Tony Award as one of the producers of the mega-hit on Broadway. . . . A native of Miami, Adam spent 16 years in New York but has relocated to Los Angeles to produce films and TV shows. He is engaged to marry British actor Rik Barnett.
  20. ↑ "Swimming is a Lifelong Sport for Actor Rik Barnett". 21 July 2016.
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