
Barry Ward
Department: Acting
Biography
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. 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).
Known For

Sunlight
2023

Bubbly
2023

Burial
2022

Songs for Amy
2012

Punch-Drunk
2021

That They May Face the Rising Sun
2024

Jimmy's Hall
2014

Prospect House
2024

Housewarming
2024

Watchmen
2001

Pursuit
2015

Restless
2025

The Truth Commissioner
2016

Salvable
2025

Realive
2016

Blood Cells
2014

The Ulysses Project
2022

Vibrations
2024

Family
1994

L'accabadora
2017

The Journey
2017

The Survivalist
2015

Maze
2017

The Claim
2000

Soft Sand, Blue Sea
1998

Extra Ordinary
2019

Insulin
2015

Time Traveller
2018

Sunburn
1999

Shooting for Socrates
2014

ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
2005

Dating Amber
2020

Lipservice
1999

Lily Meets Charlie
2019

Zoo
2018

Take Me Swimming
2017

On the Sea
2025

Ungrateful Beings
2026

Heat Haze
2025

Misterman
2011

ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
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Everybody Digs Bill Evans
2026

Anne Boleyn
2021

Rebellion
2016

ShakespeaRe-Told
2005

Plotlands
1997

Pistol
2022

Britannia
2018

Feel Good
2020

Family
1994

Clean Sweep
2023

Save Me
2018

Twice Upon a Time
2019

The End of the F***ing World
2017

Bad Sisters
2022

The Capture
2019

White Lines
2020

Des
2020

Protection
2024

Trespasses
2025