Matt Kennard
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Matthew Kennard is an English
television
actor
, best known for starring in UK daytime drama Doctors, as nurse Archie Hallam
.
Kennard has had several notable roles in British drama series, including Coronation Street
, Hollyoaks
and The Bill
. He also starred as Manchester United footballer Duncan Edwards
in a BBC dramatisation of the 1958 Munich Air Disaster
. One of Matt's earlier roles was in the series 'Love in the 21st Century', broadcast on Channel 4
in 1999, created by Red Productions, who were previously responsible for the acclaimed 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.
Kennard left Doctors on 27 April 2009, to concentrate on film work, including featuring in Born of Hope
with his brother Sam.
Kennard lives with his twin brother Sam, who is also an actor, in London
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, best known for starring in UK daytime drama Doctors, as nurse Archie Hallam
Archie Hallam
Archie Hallam was a fictional character in the soap opera Doctors. He was played by Matt Kennard and made his first appearance on 21 August 2007. His last appearance was on the 27th April 2009.-Character:...
.
Kennard has had several notable roles in British drama series, including Coronation Street
Coronation Street
Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...
, Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...
and The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
. He also starred as Manchester United footballer Duncan Edwards
Duncan Edwards
Duncan Edwards was an English footballer who played for Manchester United and the England national team. He was one of the Busby Babes, the young United team formed under manager Matt Busby in the mid 1950s, and one of eight players who died as a result of the Munich air disaster.Born in Dudley,...
in a BBC dramatisation of the 1958 Munich Air Disaster
Munich air disaster
The Munich air disaster occurred on 6 February 1958, when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at Munich-Riem Airport in Munich, West Germany. On board the plane was the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the "Busby Babes",...
. One of Matt's earlier roles was in the series 'Love in the 21st Century', broadcast on Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
in 1999, created by Red Productions, who were previously responsible for the acclaimed Queer as Folk
Queer as Folk (UK TV series)
Queer as Folk is a 1999 British television series that chronicles the lives of three gay men living in Manchester's gay village around Canal Street. Both Queer as Folk and Queer as Folk 2 were written by Russell T Davies...
. 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.
Kennard left Doctors on 27 April 2009, to concentrate on film work, including featuring in Born of Hope
Born of Hope
Born of Hope: The Ring of Barahir is a 2009 fantasy-adventure fan film directed by Kate Madison and written by Paula DiSante that is based on the appendices of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings...
with his brother Sam.
Kennard lives with his twin brother Sam, who is also an actor, in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
.
External links
- IMDb: Matt Kennard