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Matt Barber Born Matthew Barber
26 March 1983
Hammersmith, EnglandEducation • Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
• Durham UniversityOccupation Actor Years active 2007-present Matt Barber (born 26 March 1983) is an English film, television and theatre actor.
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Early life and education
He grew up in Hampshire, training classically as a chorister at Winchester Cathedral before receiving academic and music scholarships to Bradfield College, where he was head boy.
Barber studied Classics and Philosophy at Durham University [1]
He trained professionally as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School[2] graduating in 2007.
Career
He is best known for his roles as Freddie Eynsford-Hill in Peter Hall's Pygmalion at the Old Vic and internationally.
Film and TV
Year Title Role Channel Notes 2011 Bert and Dickie Merv Wood BBC One 2010 S'N'M The British Dream Mark Internet miniseries In post production 2009 Being Human Young Kemp BBC Three Season 2, Ep. 6 The Alchemistic Suitcase Youth Short Film 2008 Vivaldi, The Red Priest[3] Francois Feature Film Condor Pictures 2007 The Heart of Thomas Hardy[4] Alec D'Urberville BBC One Theatre
- Portraits (Finborough Theatre, 2011)[5] as "Joe"
- Edward II (The Rose (theatre), Bankside, 2011),[6] as "Edward II"
"Barber is an excellent Edward – naive, excitable, and ultimately pitiable. The scene of his death is mesmerising"[7]
- The Misanthrope (Bristol Old Vic, 2011),[8] as "Acaste"
- Twelfth Night (Birmingham Old Rep Theatre and International Tour, 2009), as Orsino (Twelfth Night)
- Human By Default (Old Red Lion, 2009), as "Simon"
- Pygmalion (International Tour, 2009), as "Freddie Eynsford-Hill"
- Pygmalion (Old Vic and Bath Theatre Royal,[9] 2008), as "Freddie Eynsford-Hill"
- You Can't Take It With You (Southwark Playhouse, 2007), as "Tony"
- Much Ado About Nothing (RSC and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School) as "Claudio" and "Verges"
See also
References
- ^ http://www.cuths.org/
- ^ http://www.oldvic.ac.uk/index.php?id=54&ditto_filter=YearGraduated,2007,1
- ^ http://www.condor-pictures.com/projects/vivaldi-the-red-priest/
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dh2wh
- ^ http://www.finboroughtheatre.co.uk/productions/2011/production-portraits.php
- ^ http://www.offwestend.com/index.php/plays/view/5146
- ^ http://stetjournal.org/blogs/theatre/edward-ii-at-the-rose-theatre-bankside/
- ^ http://www.bristololdvic.org.uk/1593.html
- ^ http://www.oldvictheatre.com/whatson.php?id=41
External links
- [1] Ken Mcreddie, Barber's Agency
- Matt Barber at the Internet Movie Database
- Matt Barber at the London Theatre Database
Categories:- 1983 births
- 20th-century actors
- 20th-century British people
- 21st-century actors
- 21st-century British people
- Alumni of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
- Alumni of Durham University
- English film actors
- English musical theatre actors
- English stage actors
- English television actors
- English voice actors
- Living people
- Old Bradfieldians
- People from Alton, Hampshire
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