Aneurin Barnard

Aneurin Barnard is the kind of actor I quietly trust to elevate whatever he's in. A Welshman trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, he's got that Olivier-winning stage pedigree, yet I know him best from screen work like Dunkirk, where he barely speaks and still leaves a mark, and as Boris in The Goldfinch. He moves between Cilla, The White Queen, and Thirteen without ever feeling like he's coasting on looks. What I appreciate is the restraint; he's a character actor in a leading man's frame, and that combination tends to age very well.

Name (English)

Aneurin Barnard

Name (Japanese)

アノイリン・バーナード

Reading

あのいりん・ばーなーど

Born

May 8, 1987 (age 39)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rabbit

Origin

Ogwr, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / stage actor / film actor / television actor

University

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama

Awards & achievements

• Laurence Olivier Awards

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/aneurin.b/
• Xhttps://x.com/aneurinBarnard
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneurin%20Barnard
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q245880

Tags

• actor
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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