Ian Hallard

Ian Hallard Biography

Ian Christopher Hallard (born 9 November 1974) is an English actor.

Personal life

Hallard was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, England on 9 November 1974. He trained at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts on the Post Graduate Acting course, won a singing scholarship, and graduated in 1998. He lives with his husband, the actor Mark Gatiss. The couple live in Islington in London and have a Labrador Retriever called Bunsen.

Career

Theatre

Hallard has been acting professionally since 1999, when he appeared in a production of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers at the Battersea Arts Centre. Since then his roles have included Sordo in Scenes from an Execution at the Royal National Theatre, Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Bill Taylor in the Michael Frayn farce Donkeys' Years, Jack Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest and Judah in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. His recent work includes the National Theatre production Great Britain by Richard Bean in the ensemble multi-character role of Jimmy the Bins/ St. John/Felix. In 2015 he played the leading role of Alan Turing in the UK premiere of the Snoo Wilson play Lovesong of the Electric Bear at the Arts Theatre.

He is due to play the role of Michael in a revival of Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band (play) at the Park Theatre (London) this autumn.

TV

Hallard has appeared in cult BBC TV shows such as Doctor Who as Alan-a-Dale in the 2014 episode Robot of Sherwood, Sherlock as Mr Crayhill in the 2011 episode The Reichenbach Fall and on the long-running BBC Daytime TV series Doctors. He played one of the original directors of Doctor Who, Richard Martin, in the BBC docu-drama An Adventure in Space and Time.

Writing

Hallard co-wrote The Big Four (2013) with Mark Gatiss for the ITV series Agatha Christie: Poirot, starring David Suchet. He was the Script Associate on the Poirot episodes Cat Among the Pigeons (2008) and Hallowe'en Party (2010).

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Global Conspiracy	Gary Talbot	Video short
2005-2006	Where The Heart Is	Barman
2006	Ideal	Owen	Episode: "The Stag Do"
2006	Suburban Shootout	Port Official	Episode: "Throw Momma from the Train"
2007	The Worst Journey in the World	Clive Wentworth	TV movie
2008	Crooked House	Felix de Momery
2010	The First Men In The Moon	Phi-Oo (voice)
2010	Agatha Christie: Poirot	Edmund Drake	Episode: "Hallowe'en Party"
2011	Hustle	Vicar	Episode: "Benny"?s Funeral"
2011	Doctors	David Moss	Episode: "Life Without Yum-Yum"
2012	Sherlock	Mr. Crayhill	Episode: "The Reichenbach Fall"
2013	An Adventure in Space and Time	Richard Martin
2014	Doctor Who	Alan-a-Dale	Episode: "Robot of Sherwood"
2015	Doctors (2000 TV series)	David Moss	Episode: "L'amore e la morte"

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