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Barry Ward

Actor

Barry Ward

Born January 13, 1971 in Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland43 films

Barry Ward is an Irish actor. He began his career as a child actor in the RTÉ/BBC series Family (1994) and Plotlands (1997), and the film Sunburn (1999). His films since include Jimmy's Hall, Blood Cells (both 2014), Extra Ordinary (2019), and Dating Amber (2020), the latter of which won him an IFTA.

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On television, he is more recently known for his roles in the RTÉ series Rebellion (2016) and Taken Down (2018), the Sky Atlantic series Britannia (2017–2019) and Save Me (2018–2020), and the BBC series The Capture (2019).

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Dating Amber posterFirst watchDating Amber20207.1as IanEddie and Amber decide to stage a relationship in order to stop everyone speculating about their sexuality. Eddie is keen to follow his dad into the military, while Amber dreams of moving…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Survivalist poster6.2The Survivalist2015Extra Ordinary poster6.4Extra Ordinary2019Jimmy's Hall poster6.7Jimmy's Hall2014Realive poster6.1Realive2016Zoo poster6.7Zoo2018The Claim poster6.0The Claim2000Maze poster5.8Maze2017The Journey poster6.3The Journey2017

Filmography

43 films as actor
  1. TBAThe Flying Mountain
  2. 2026Everybody Digs Bill EvansHarry Evans Junior
  3. 2026Bucking Fastard
  4. 2026Ungrateful Beings
  5. 2025On the SeaJack
  6. 2025Heat HazeRussell
  7. 2025SalvablePaddy
  8. 2025RestlessKevin
  9. 2024HousewarmingCraig
  10. 2024Vibrations
  11. 2024That They May Face the Rising SunJoe Ruttledge
  12. 2024Prospect HouseLorcan / Robert Dawson
  13. 2023SunlightLeon
  14. 2023BubblyRay
  15. 2022BurialMikhail 'Tor' Oleynik
  16. 2022The Ulysses ProjectLeopold bloom
  17. 2021Punch-DrunkColin
  18. 2020Dating AmberIan
  19. 2019Lily Meets CharlieCharlie
  20. 2019Extra OrdinaryMartin Martin
  21. 2018Time TravellerJohn Paul McDonagh
  22. 2018ZooVoice of Older Tom
  23. 2017Take Me SwimmingThady
  24. 2017MazeGordon Close
  25. 2017The JourneyIan Paisley, Jr.
  26. 2016RealiveWest
  27. 2016The Truth CommissionerMichael Madden
  28. 2015PursuitDiarmuid
  29. 2015The SurvivalistForager (uncredited)
  30. 2015L'accabadoraAlbert
  31. 2015InsulinThe Pharmacist
  32. 2014Shooting for SocratesJimmy Quinn
  33. 2014Jimmy's HallJames Gralton
  34. 2014Blood CellsAdam
  35. 2012Songs for AmyRory
  36. 2011MistermanVoice
  37. 2005ShakespeaRe-Told: MacbethRoddy
  38. 2001WatchmenRay
  39. 2000The ClaimYoung Dillon
  40. 1999SunburnRobert Fiske
  41. 1999LipserviceDarren O Murchu
  42. 1998Soft Sand, Blue SeaTrevor
  43. 1994FamilyJohn Paul Spencer