Tom Ward

Last updated

Tom Ward
OccupationActor

Tom Ward is a Welsh-born film, stage, and television actor.

Contents

Career

Ward is chiefly known for his role as Dr. Harry Cunningham in the long-running forensic drama series Silent Witness , a role he played for 10 years. [1] He also featured in the Doctor Who Christmas special "The Snowmen" at the end of 2012, and 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 . [2]

In December 2015, he appeared in Harry Price: Ghost Hunter, an ITV drama, alongside Rafe Spall and Cara Theobald.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Film and television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1991Lethal JusticeBartel
1991 The Storyteller: Greek Myths AthenianTV series, episode: "Theseus & the Minotaur"
1995 Pride and Prejudice Lt. ChamberlayneTV series, episode 1.2
1996IslandDominicTV series, regular cast member
1996 Public Enemies Paymaster
1996The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll FlandersLemuelTV film
1998 Vanity Fair George OsborneTV mini-series
1999 Plunkett & Macleane Backbench Heckler
1999 Warriors Capt. Richard GurneyTV serial
2000 Anna Karenina Yashvin
2000 Quills The Horseman
2001 Love in a Cold Climate AlfredTV mini-series
2001 The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells H. G. Wells TV mini-series
2001 Midsomer Murders Tristan GoodfellowTV series, episode: "Destroying Angel"
2001 The Lost World Lord John Phillip RoxtonTV film
2001 Red Cap Capt. Dominic Railton
2002 The Heart of Me Kevin BrownShort film
2002–2012 [3] Silent Witness Dr. Harry CunninghamTV series, regular cast member
2003 Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill RolandTV film
2004 Hawking Roger Penrose TV film
2007 Instinct Ian StanfordTV film
2010 Marple: The Pale Horse Captain CottamTV film
2012 Doctor Who Captain Latimer2012 Christmas Special, "The Snowmen"
2013 Death in Paradise Alex Seymour1 episode
2013 Death Comes to Pemberley Colonel FitzwilliamTV mini-series
2015–2017 The Frankenstein Chronicles Sir Robert Peel TV series
2015Harry Price: Ghost HunterEdward GoodwinTV film

Related Research Articles

<i>Silent Witness</i> British crime drama television series

Silent Witness is a British crime drama television series produced by the BBC, which focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in 1996, the series was created by Nigel McCrery, a former murder squad detective based in Nottingham. Twenty-seven series of Silent Witness have been broadcast since 1996, with series 27 airing in January/February 2024.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jim Broadbent</span> British actor (born 1949)

James Broadbent is an English actor. A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1972, he came to prominence as a character actor for his many roles in film and television. He has received various accolades including an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award.

Rebecca Louise Front is an English actress, writer and comedian. She won the 2010 BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for The Thick of It (2009–2012). She is also known for her work in numerous other British comedies, including the radio show On The Hour (1992), The Day Today (1994), Knowing Me, Knowing You… with Alan Partridge (1994), Time Gentlemen Please (2000–2002), sketch show Big Train (2002), and Nighty Night (2004–2005).

Lorcan Cranitch is an Irish actor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matthew Macfadyen</span> English actor (born 1974)

David Matthew Macfadyen is an English actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he gained prominence for his role as Mr. Darcy in Joe Wright's Pride & Prejudice (2005). He rose to international fame for his role as Tom Wambsgans in the HBO drama series Succession (2018–2023), for which he received two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards, two BAFTA Television Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

Timothy Charles Robert Noel Bentinck, 12th Earl of Portland, Count Bentinck of Waldeck Limpurg,, commonly known as Tim Bentinck, is an English actor and writer, known for his long-running role as David Archer in the BBC Radio 4 series, The Archers.

Mark Preston Curry is an English actor as well as a television and radio presenter. He is best known for his career on the British-television children's show Blue Peter (1986–1989) as a host, as well as his run as host on ITV British gameshow Catchphrase (2002).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caroline John</span> English actress (1940–2012)

Caroline Frances John was an English actress. She played classical roles on the stage and also portrayed Elizabeth "Liz" Shaw in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, as well as several other television roles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Will Mellor</span> British actor (born 1976)

William Mellor is an English actor, singer and model. He is known for his roles as Jambo Bolton in Hollyoaks, Gaz Wilkinson in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, Warren Stamp in EastEnders, DC Spike Tanner in No Offence, Steve Connolly in Broadchurch, Georgie in Barking! and Ollie Curry in White Van Man. He appeared in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street as Harvey Gaskell. In 2024, he appeared as sub-postmaster Lee Castleton in the ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office, about the British Post Office scandal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emilia Fox</span> British actress and presenter (born 1974)

Emilia Rose Elizabeth Fox is an English actress and presenter whose career is primarily in British television. Her feature film debut was in Roman Polanski's film The Pianist (2002). Her other motion pictures include the Italian–French–British romance-drama The Soul Keeper (2002), for which she won the Flaiano Film Award for Best Actress; the drama The Republic of Love (2003); the comedy-drama Things to Do Before You're 30 (2005); the black comedy Keeping Mum (2005); the romantic comedy-drama Cashback (2006); the drama Flashbacks of a Fool (2008); the drama Ways to Live Forever (2010); the drama-thriller A Thousand Kisses Deep (2011); and the fantasy-horror drama Dorian Gray (2009).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matthew Goode</span> British actor (born 1978)

Matthew William Goode is a British actor. Goode made his screen debut in 2002 with ABC's television film Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister. His breakthrough role was in the romantic comedy Chasing Liberty (2004), for which he received a nomination at the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout Movie Star – Male. He then appeared in a string of supporting roles in films, such as Woody Allen's Match Point (2005), the romantic comedy Imagine Me and You (2006), and the period drama Copying Beethoven (2006). He earned praise for his performances as Charles Ryder in the 2008 film adaptation of the novel Brideshead Revisited and as Ozymandias in the superhero film Watchmen (2009). He then starred in the romantic comedy Leap Year (2010) and Australian drama Burning Man (2011), the latter earning him a nomination for Best Actor at the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matthew Rhys</span> Welsh actor (born 1974)

Matthew Rhys Evans is a Welsh actor. He gained recognition for playing Kevin Walker in the family drama series Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011) and Philip Jennings in the spy drama series The Americans (2013–2018), the latter of which earned him the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2018. He was Emmy-nominated for his guest role in Girls (2017) and for playing the title role in the period series Perry Mason (2020–2023).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Simon Ward</span> British stage and film actor

Simon Anthony Fox Ward was a British stage and film actor. He was known chiefly for his performance as Winston Churchill in the 1972 film Young Winston. He played many other screen roles, including those of Sir Monty Everard in Judge John Deed and Bishop Gardiner in The Tudors.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jenna Coleman</span> English actress (born 1986)

Jenna-Louise Coleman is an English actress. She began her career in television, making her acting debut as Jasmine Thomas in the soap opera Emmerdale in 2005, followed by a recurring role in the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2009). She made her film debut with a small role in the American superhero film Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and made appearances on diverse British period miniseries, including Titanic (2012), and Death Comes to Pemberley (2013).

William Gaminara is a Rhodesian-born British actor, screenwriter and playwright, probably best known for playing pathologist Professor Leo Dalton on the television series Silent Witness, from 2002 to 2013. His plays include According to Hoyle, The Three Lions and The Nightingales.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stephen Wight</span> English actor

Stephen Wight is an English actor. He won the Milton Shulman Award for Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards for his performances in Don Juan in Soho (2007) at the Donmar Warehouse, He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for his performance in Dealer's Choice (2007).

Jessica Faye Gunning is an English television and theatre actress. She has appeared in the TV series White Heat (2012), What Remains (2013), Back (2017–2021), The Outlaws (2021-2024), and Baby Reindeer (2024).

<i>Death Comes to Pemberley</i> (TV series) 2013 British television series

Death Comes to Pemberley is a three-part British television drama based on the best-selling 2011 P. D. James novel of the same name. Her murder mystery was based on the style and characters of Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice.

Stuart Graham is a Northern Irish film, television, and stage actor, born and brought up in Northern Ireland.

References

  1. "Dead end: Silent Witness star Tom Ward quits as hunk Harry after 10 years", Mirror, 6 August 2012. Accessed 8 March 2013
  2. "Death Comes to Pemberley: episode 2, BBC One, review", 27 Dec 2013. Accessed 30 December 2013
  3. "Tom Ward quits 'Silent Witness' – TV News". Digital Spy. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.