Matthew Beard (British actor)

For the American child actor (1925-1981), see Matthew Beard (American actor).

Matthew Beard
Born	25 March 1989 (1989-03-25) (age 22) London, England
Years active	1991–present

Matthew Beard (born 25 March 1989) is an English film, model and television actor, best known for his role as Blake Morrison in the 2007 film And When Did You Last See Your Father?.

Life and career

Beard was born in London, England. He was a member of the children's acting agency in Leeds, Scala and is now with Independent, London.

He attended King Ecgbert School in Sheffield and achieved 11 A*s in his GCSEs and all As at A-level.

In 2007 he was seen as teenage Blake in And When Did You Last See Your Father?. His performance gained him rave reviews and saw him selected by Screen International as "A Star Of Tomorrow" and a "Trailblazer" at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. He was also nominated for Best Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards and Best Newcomer at the Evening Standard British Film Awards.

He appeared in the 2009 film An Education, directed by Lone Scherfig. Previously, Beard starred as Tom in the 2002 film An Angel for May directed by Harley Cokeliss.

He appears in the forthcoming film Hippie Hippie Shake. He is a student of English at the University of York. He will also appear in Chatroom, a psychological thriller, with Aaron Johnson.

In 2011, he has modelled for the luxury English label Burberry.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1991	Soldier Soldier	Matthew Wilton	TV series (3 episodes)
1997	Where the Heart Is	Various	TV series (3 episodes: 1997-2002)
2000	Big Meg, Little Meg	Freddie Johnson	TV series (5 episodes)
2002	An Angel for May	Tom	TV movie
	Fat Friends	Lee McGary	TV series (2 episodes: 2002-2004)
2003	Sons and Lovers	Young Paul	TV movie
	The Eustace Bros.	Sam Eustace	TV series (5 episodes)
2004	The Royal	Peter Blackwood	TV series (1 episode: "Reckoning")
2006	Johnny and the Bomb	Young Tom Maxwell	TV series
2007	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Blake Morrison (Teen)	Nominated - British Independent Film Award - Most Promising Newcomer
2008	The Royal Today	Luke Alexander	TV series (1 episode: "Episode #1.5")
	Trial and Retribution	Andy Harper	TV series (1 episode: "Tracks: Part 1")
2009	An Education	Graham
2010	Chatroom	Jim
	Hippie Hippie Shake	Charles	(completed)
2011	One Day		(post-production)

External links

• Matthew Beard at the Internet Movie Database
• Elley, Derek (21 August 2007). review/VE1117934468.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 "When Did You Last See Your Father? (review)". Variety. http://www.variety.com/'review/VE1117934468.html?categoryid=31&cs=1. Retrieved 2009-05-03. ^{[dead link]}

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Name	Beard, Matthew
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Date of birth	25 March 1989
Place of birth	London, England
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