Tom Ward | |
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Born | [1] Swansea, Wales | 11 January 1971
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Alma mater | Lincoln College, Oxford |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1991–present |
Spouse |
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Children | 3 |
Tom Ward (born 11 January 1971) is a Welsh-born British film, stage, and television actor. He is best known for playing Dr. Harry Cunningham in the long-running BBC crime drama series, Silent Witness from 2002 to 2012. [2] [3]
Ward was born in Swansea in Wales. He attended Dragon School in Oxford and The King's School in Canterbury. [4] [5] He then studied at Lincoln College at the University of Oxford. [4]
In 1998, he played the role of George Osborne in the BBC miniseries, Vanity Fair , an adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel of the same name. [6]
In 2000, he appeared in the Channel 4 miniseries, Anna Karenina , an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel of the same name. [6]
In 2002, Ward joined the sixth season of the BBC forensic drama series, Silent Witness . His character, a forensic pathology student, trained under the direction of the series protagonist, Sam Ryan (Amanda Burton). [7] He stayed with the series until series 15 in 2012, when his character relocated to New York. [7]
He also featured in the Doctor Who Christmas special "The Snowmen" at the end of 2012. [8] He also appeared in Death in Paradise in early 2013.[ citation needed ]
In December 2013, Ward played Colonel Fitzwilliam in a BBC television adaptation of Death Comes to Pemberley . [9]
In December 2015, he appeared in Harry Price: Ghost Hunter, an ITV drama, alongside Rafe Spall and Cara Theobald.[ citation needed ]
He married Emily Hohler, a journalist and nutritional therapist, in 2001. They have three children together. [10]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1991 | Lethal Justice | Bartel | |
1991 | The Storyteller: Greek Myths | Athenian | TV series, episode: "Theseus & the Minotaur" |
1995 | Pride and Prejudice | Lt. Chamberlayne | TV series, episode 1.2 |
1996 | Island | Dominic | TV series, regular cast member |
1996 | Public Enemies | Paymaster | |
1996 | The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders | Lemuel | TV film |
1998 | Vanity Fair | George Osborne | TV mini-series |
1999 | Plunkett & Macleane | Backbench Heckler | |
1999 | Warriors | Capt. Richard Gurney | TV serial |
2000 | Anna Karenina | Yashvin | |
2000 | Quills | The Horseman | |
2001 | Love in a Cold Climate | Alfred | TV mini-series |
2001 | The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells | H. G. Wells | TV mini-series |
2001 | Midsomer Murders | Tristan Goodfellow | TV series, episode: "Destroying Angel" |
2001 | The Lost World | Lord John Phillip Roxton | TV film |
2001 | Red Cap | Capt. Dominic Railton | |
2002 | The Heart of Me | Kevin Brown | Short film |
2002–2012 [11] | Silent Witness | Dr. Harry Cunningham | TV series, regular cast member |
2003 | Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill | Roland | TV film |
2004 | Hawking | Roger Penrose | TV film |
2007 | Instinct | Ian Stanford | TV film |
2010 | Marple: The Pale Horse | Captain Cottam | TV film |
2012 | Doctor Who | Captain Latimer | 2012 Christmas Special, "The Snowmen" |
2013 | Death in Paradise | Alex Seymour | 1 episode |
2013 | Death Comes to Pemberley | Colonel Fitzwilliam | TV mini-series |
2015–2017 | The Frankenstein Chronicles | Sir Robert Peel | TV series |
2015 | Harry Price: Ghost Hunter | Edward Goodwin | TV film |
2017–2021 | Abandoned Engineering | Narrator | TV series |
2023–2024 | Hitler's Engineers: Building the Third Reich | Narrator | TV series |
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