Matt Barber (actor)

Matt Barber (born 26 March 1983) is an English film, television, and theatre actor.

Matt Barber
Born	Matthew Barber (1983-03-26) 26 March 1983 Hammersmith, London, England
Education	Bradfield College (independent boarding school) Durham University Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2007-present

Early life and education

Born in Hammersmith, London, 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 read Classical Studies and Philosophy at St Cuthbert's Society, Durham, graduating in 2005.[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 role as Atticus Aldridge in Downton Abbey. Previous roles include Freddie Eynsford-Hill in Peter Hall's Pygmalion opposite Michelle Dockery at the Old Vic and internationally and Lysander in Jonathan Kent's The Fairy-Queen at Glyndebourne.

Film and television

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes
2015	Downton Abbey	Atticus Aldridge	ITV / PBS	The Finale, Carnival Film and Television
2014	Downton Abbey	Atticus Aldridge	ITV / PBS	A Moorland Holiday, Carnival Film and Television
2014	Downton Abbey	Atticus Aldridge	ITV / PBS	Season 5, Carnival Film and Television
2014	Deadly Virtues: Love. Honour. Obey	Tom	Feature Film	Raindance/ Mullholland films
2013	Dracula (2013 TV series)	Campbell	NBC / Sky Living	Season 1, Eps. 1 & 2 - Carnival Film and Television
2013	Plastic (film)	Dave	Feature Film	Gateway Films
2012	The Other Wife	Ben	ZDF	Gate Television
2011	Bert and Dickie	Merv Wood	Feature Film	BBC One
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

• Breakfast at Tiffany’s, directed by Nikolai Foster (the Curve, Leicester on 3 March 2016, UK & Ireland Tour, at the Haymarket Theatre in London’s West End from 30 June to 17 September 2016) as "Fred"
• Savage Beauty, directed by James Albrecht (St James's Theatre, 2013) as "Paris (mythology)/Orestes/Jason/Oedipus"
• The Fairy-Queen, directed by Jonathan Kent (director) (Glyndebourne, 2012) as "Lysander"
• Portraits, directed by Alex Marker (Finborough Theatre, 2011)[5] as "Joe"
• Edward II, directed by Peter Darney (The Rose (theatre), Bankside, 2011),[6] as "Edward II"

"Barber is an excellent Edward – naive, excitable, and ultimately pitiable... mesmerising"[7]

• The Misanthrope, directed by Andrew Hilton (Bristol Old Vic, 2011),[8] as "Acaste"
• Twelfth Night, directed by Andrew Normington (Birmingham Old Rep Theatre and International Tour, 2009), as Orsino (Twelfth Night)
• Human By Default, directed by Louisa Fitzgerald (Old Red Lion, 2009), as "Simon"
• Pygmalion, directed by Peter Hall (director) (Old Vic, Bath Theatre Royal, 2008, and International Tour, 2009[9] 2008), as "Freddie Eynsford-Hill"
• You Can't Take It with You, directed by Gavin McAlinden (Southwark Playhouse, 2007), as "Tony"
• Much Ado About Nothing, directed by John Hartoch (RSC and Bristol Old Vic Theatre School) as "Claudio" and "Verges"

See also

• List of British actors and actresses

References

1. "St Cuthbert's Society : Famous Alumni". Durham University. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
2. Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. "Home - Bristol Old Vic Theatre School". oldvic.ac.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "BBC One - The Heart of Thomas Hardy". BBC. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
5. "Portraits - 2011 Productions - Finborough Theatre". finboroughtheatre.co.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
6. "London UK - more on OffWestEnd.com - Listings and showtimes for over 80 Off West End theatres in London UK". offwestend.com. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
7. "Edward II at the Rose Theatre, Bankside". stetjournal.org. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
8. "Bristol Old Vic". bristololdvic.org.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 May 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• Ken Mcreddie, Barber's Agency
• Matt Barber on IMDb
• Matt Barber at the London Theatre Database