Tom Ward
Tom Ward | |
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Occupation | Actor |
Spouse(s) | Emily Hohler (2001–present) |
Children | 3 |
Tom Ward (born 11 January 1971) is a British film, stage and television actor.
Early life[]
Tom Ward was born in Swansea, Wales, the son of poet and academic John Powell Ward, and Sarah Ward OBE, a farmer.
Ward was sent to the Dragon School in Oxford and The King's School, Canterbury. He read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Lincoln College, Oxford.
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 ten 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.
Personal life[]
In 2005 he was a winner on the BBC quiz show Celebrity Mastermind; his specialist subject was the poet Philip Larkin.
In 2001 Ward married journalist Emily Hohler. They live in Oxfordshire with their three children: Jack, Tabitha, and Jimmy.
Filmography[]
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[3] | 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 |
References[]
- ^ "Dead end: Silent Witness star Tom Ward quits as hunk Harry after 10 years", Mirror, 6 August 2012. Accessed 8 March 2013
- ^ "Death Comes to Pemberley: episode 2, BBC One, review", 27 Dec 2013. Accessed 30 December 2013
- ^ "Tom Ward quits 'Silent Witness' – TV News". Digital Spy. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
External links[]
- Male actors from Swansea
- 1971 births
- People educated at The Dragon School
- People educated at The King's School, Canterbury
- Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford
- British male fencers
- Living people
- Welsh male television actors
- Welsh male film actors
- Welsh male stage actors
- 20th-century Welsh male actors
- 21st-century Welsh male actors