Matt Kennard
Born (1982-02-12) 12 February 1982
Grimsby, Humberside, England
OccupationActor
Spouse
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(m. 2019)​

Matthew Kennard (born 12 February 1982) is an English actor, known for his role as nurse Archie Hallam in the BBC soap opera Doctors.[1]

Career

Kennard was born in Grimsby, Humberside. Kennard has played roles in soap operas including Coronation Street, Hollyoaks and Doctors.[2] He also starred as Manchester United footballer Duncan Edwards in a BBC dramatisation of the Munich air disaster.[3][4] One of Kennard's earlier roles was in the series Love in the 21st Century, broadcast on Channel 4 in 1999 and created by Red Productions, who were previously responsible for Queer as Folk. Kennard's character is seduced by a school teacher who believes she is giving him experience, although it later transpires he had made a bet that he could sleep with her.[5]

Kennard left a regular role in the soap opera Doctors on 27 April 2009 to concentrate on film work, including featuring in Born of Hope with his brother Sam.[6] Kennard appeared in the seventh series of Waterloo Road as Craig O'Leary.[2]

Kennard appeared as Dave Schmidt in the film Bula Quo!, released in 2013.[7][8] That same year, he had a short stint in Emmerdale as shady businessman Kirk Stoker.[9] In 2015, Kennard and his twin Sam played twin brothers David and Gabriel Meyer in the BBC TV series WPC 56.[10] He appeared in CBBC's The Dumping Ground in 2016.

Personal life

Kennard has a twin brother Sam, who is also an actor.[11] He has been married to actress Laura Aikman since 2019; they met when she joined the cast for the final season (2015) of Bluestone 42.[12]

Acting credits

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Love in the 21st Century Ryan Episode: "Toyboys"
2000 Coronation Street Duncan Styles 1 episode
2001 Heartbeat Gareth North Episode: "Gin a Body, Meet a Body"
2003 Coronation Street Jimmy Mullins 4 episodes
2004 Room 10 Julian Video release
2006 Surviving Disaster Duncan Edwards Episode: "Munich Air Crash"
The Bill PC Kevin Sharpe Episode: "Smell the Roses"
2007 The Afternoon Play Mickey Episode: "Johnny Shakespeare"
2007 Doctors Eddy Skinner Episode: "Teenage Kicks"
2007–2009 Doctors Archie Hallam 281 episodes
2009 Born of Hope Elladan Film
Inseparable Coil Peter Hanson Short film
2010 Comedy Lab Matt Stone Series 11 episode 3
Freight Sonny Film
2012 Waterloo Road Craig O'Leary Recurring role
Lemon La Vida Loca Mark 3 episodes
2013 Emmerdale Kirk Stoker Guest role
London Bridge Tom Video release
Guitars, Guns and Paradise! Dave Film
Drifters Josh 2 episodes
2014 'Midsomer Murders Jamie Weston Episode: "Wild Harvest"
Killing Time Boyd Film
WPC 56 David Meyer Main role
2015 Pleasure Island Adam Film
2016 The Dumping Ground Kerr Episode: "The End of it All"
Zombie Spring Breakers Rupert Film
Battlefield 1 Video game; voice role
Coronation Street Jude Sawyer 2 episodes
2017 I Live with Models Simon Episode: "The Twofer"
2018 Hollyoaks Theo Jones Guest role
Jamie Johnson Foxborough Coach Recurring role
2020 I Am Not A Rapist Narrator Voice role
2022 CrossfireX Robert Cavanaugh (voice) Video game
FBI: International John Mallory Episode: "The Kill List"
My Name is Leon Tony Television film
TBA What We Did Yesterday Jake Short film

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2008 British Soap Awards Sexiest Male Doctors Nominated [13]
2009 Nominated [14]

References

  1. ↑ Green, Kris (5 July 2007). "'Doctors' gains new GP and practice nurse". Digital Spy.
  2. 1 2 O'Flaherty, Rachael (9 April 2018). "Grimsby actor joins the cast of Hollyoaks". GrimsbyLive. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "London Marathon 2014: celebrity runners". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  4. ↑ "BBC Drama – Surviving Disaster". Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  5. ↑ Wolf, Matt (15 August 1999). "Parables Of Female Sexuality (Published 1999)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  6. ↑ Green, Kris (20 April 2009). "Playing Away". Digital Spy. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Rock legends go on the run in 'Bula Quo'". Irish Examiner. 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
  8. ↑ "- YouTube". www.youtube.com.
  9. ↑ "Soap stars past and present from Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Louth". GrimsbyLive. 2020-12-27. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  10. ↑ Jew, Linda. "WPC 56: Series 3 of Daytime Drama Premieres in the US on Public TV Stations – The British TV Place". Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  11. ↑ "Doctors star on working with twin". Metro. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  12. ↑ Waddell, Lily (26 December 2019). "Gavin & Stacey's Sonia is Keith Lemon's' ex-girlfriend' Laura". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 8 February 2021. In real life, actress Laura has recently married her actor boyfriend Matt Kennard.
  13. ↑ Hilton, Beth; Green, Kris (4 May 2008). "The British Soap Awards 2008: The Winners". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  14. ↑ McLennan, Patrick. "British Soap Awards 2009: Nominations revealed!". What's on TV. Future plc. Archived from the original on 9 April 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
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