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in '' Cilla'', Tim in '' Thirteen'', King Richard III in '' The White Queen'', William in '' Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back),'' Gibson in ''

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Early life

Barnard was born in Bridgend in Wales in the United Kingdom on 8 May 1987, the son of factory worker June and coal miner Terry Barnard. His first language is

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. He attended Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari in Rhondda Cynon Taf during his secondary school years. He starred in HTV Wales series ''Jacob's Ladder'' as a 16-year-old, and then trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, graduating in 2008.

Career

Barnard played Melchior, one of the three leads, in the London premiere of the Tony Award-winning musical '' Spring Awakening'', which opened in February 2009 at the Lyric Hammersmith. The play later transferred to the Novello Theatre in March 2009, running until May 2009. Barnard won a Laurence Olivier Award for his role in ''Spring Awakening'' in 2010. He has appeared in guest roles in TV series '' Doctors'', '' Casualty'', '' Shameless'', '' Y Pris'' and ''Jacob's Ladder''. He has also appeared in the short TV films ''The Big Day'', ''Night on the Tiles'' and the

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-winning ''Owl Creek Bridge''. Barnard's theatre work in Wales includes ''

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'', playing Don Lockwood, for Bridgend County Youth Theatre and ''Il Miracolo'' for Elan Wales. At drama school, he appeared in productions of '' The Caucasian Chalk Circle'', ''

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'', '' The Importance of Being Earnest'' and '' West Side Story'', in which he played Tony. He was also involved in a radio production of '' Under Milk Wood''. In 2011 Barnard starred in '' Hunky Dory''. Barnard played the role of Davey and in the film sang songs from the era such as David Bowie's "Life on Mars" and The Who's "Love Reign O'er Me". In January 2012 Barnard starred as photographer

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in the television film '' We'll Take Manhattan''. He also appeared in the 2012 horror movie '' Elfie Hopkins''. Barnard then appeared in the lead role in Vertigo Films's ''Guinea Pigs'', a

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film about volunteers fighting for their lives after a drug trial goes wrong. Later in 2012 he starred in the horror-thriller film '' Citadel''. In April–June 2012 Barnard filmed the fantasy adventure movie '' The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box'' throughout the South West of England, playing the title role of Mariah Mundi. The movie was released in 2014. Barnard also featured in '' Trap for Cinderella'' (2013), and as Claude in Francesca Gregorini's drama thriller, ''

''. Barnard portrayed King

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in the television series '' The White Queen'' on BBC One. He also appeared as John Trenchard in a two-part adaptation of ''

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in December 2013. He also appeared in the 2017 film '' Bitter Harvest''. He played the music manager

in ITV's 3-part drama ''Cilla''. In 2016 he starred as Prince Boris Drubetskoy in Andrew Davies's

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of Leo Tolstoy's '' War and Peace'', broadcast on BBC One, and as Tim Hobson in the BBC 5 part drama '' Thirteen''. In 2017 Barnard had the lead role as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in ''

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''. The following year, he played William in British comedy, '' Dead In A Week (or your money back)''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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