{{short description|British film, stage and television actor (born 1971)}} {{Redirect-distinguish-for|Tom Ward (actor)|Thomas Ward (actor)|other similarly named people|Thomas Ward (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox person |image = <!--Tom ward 396x222.jpg only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people. Non-free and "fair use" images, e.g. promo photos, CD/DVD covers, posters, screen captures, etc., will be deleted – see WP:NONFREE --> | |imagesize = | name = Tom Ward | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|1|11}}<ref>[https://www.tvinsider.com/people/tom-ward/ Tom Ward] ''TV Insider''. Retrieved on 12 September 2024</ref> | birth_place = Swansea, Wales | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | alma_mater = Lincoln College, Oxford | homepage = | occupation = Actor | citizenship = United Kingdom | yearsactive = 1991–present | spouse = {{unbulleted list | {{marriage|Emily Hohler|2001}} }} | children = 3 }} '''Tom Ward''' (born 11 January 1971) is a Welsh-born British film, stage and television actor. He is best known for playing Dr. Harry Cunningham in the long-running BBC crime drama series ''Silent Witness'' from 2002 to 2012.<ref>[https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/silent-witness-tom-ward-quits-1224080 "Dead end: Silent Witness star Tom Ward quits as hunk Harry after 10 years", ''Mirror'', 6 August 2012]. Accessed 8 March 2013</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00cy7kq Tom Ward talks about his character Dr. Harry Cunningham] BBC. 23 December 2010</ref>
==Early life== Ward was born in Swansea in Wales. He attended Dragon School in Oxford and The King's School in Canterbury.<ref name=ox/><ref>[https://www.tvsa.co.za/actors/viewactor.aspx?actorid=4778 Tom Ward] TVSA. Retrieved on 11 September 2024</ref> He then studied at Lincoln College at the University of Oxford.<ref name=ox>[https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/9373547.tv-star-signs-concert/ TV star signs up for concert] ''Oxford Mail''. 22 November 2011</ref>
==Career== In 1998, he played the role of George Osborne in the BBC miniseries ''Vanity Fair'', an adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1848 novel of the same name.<ref name=index/>
In 2000, he appeared in the Channel 4 miniseries ''Anna Karenina'', an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel of the same name.<ref name=index>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/people/tom_ward_person_page.shtml Tom Ward] BBC. Retrieved on 11 September 2024</ref>
In 2002, Ward joined the sixth season of the BBC forensic drama series ''Silent Witness''. His character, a forensic pathology student, trained under the direction of the series protagonist Sam Ryan (Amanda Burton).<ref name=exp>[https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1614583/Silent-Witness-Why-Tom-Ward-leave-Harry-Cunningham-series Silent Witness: Why did Tom Ward leave as Harry Cunningham?] ''Daily Express''. 24 May 2022</ref> He stayed with the series until series 15 in 2012, when his character relocated to New York.<ref name=exp/>
He also featured in the ''Doctor Who'' Christmas special "The Snowmen" at the end of 2012.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/doctorwhosnowmen/tom-ward/ Tom Ward talks about his character, Captain Latimer] BBC. Retrieved on 11 September 2024</ref> He also appeared in ''Death in Paradise'' in early 2013.{{Citation needed |date=November 2020}}
In December 2013, Ward played Colonel Fitzwilliam in a BBC television adaptation of ''Death Comes to Pemberley''.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/10537136/Death-Comes-to-Pemberley-episode-2-BBC-One-review.html "Death Comes to Pemberley: episode 2, BBC One, review", 27 Dec 2013]. Accessed 30 December 2013</ref>
In December 2015, he appeared in ''Harry Price: Ghost-Hunter'', an ITV drama, alongside Rafe Spall and Cara Theobald.{{cn|date=June 2024}}
==Personal life== He married Emily Hohler, a journalist and nutritional therapist, in 2001. They have three children together.<ref>[https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/i-used-to-fall-in-love-every-45-1602337 I USED TO FALL IN LOVE EVERY 45 MINUTES.. BUT BECOMING A DAD CHANGED MY LIFE] ''Sunday People''. 26 September 2004</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Film and television |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1991 | ''Lethal Justice'' | Bartel | |- | 1991 | ''{{sortname|The|Storyteller: Greek Myths|The Storyteller (TV series)}}'' | Athenian | TV series, episode: "Theseus & the Minotaur" |- | 1995 | ''Pride and Prejudice'' | Lt. Chamberlayne | TV series, episode 1.2 |- | 1996 | ''Island'' | Dominic | TV series, regular cast member |- | 1996 | ''Public Enemies'' | Paymaster | |- | 1996 | ''{{sortname|The|Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders|nolink=1}}'' | Lemuel | TV film |- | 1998 | ''Vanity Fair'' | George Osborne | TV mini-series |- | 1999 | ''Plunkett & Macleane'' | Backbench Heckler | |- | 1999 | ''Warriors'' | Capt. Richard Gurney | TV serial |- | 2000 | ''Anna Karenina'' | Yashvin | |- | 2000 | ''Quills'' | The Horseman | |- | 2001 | ''Love in a Cold Climate'' | Alfred | TV mini-series |- | 2001 | ''{{sortname|The|Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells}}'' | H. G. Wells | TV mini-series |- | 2001 | ''Midsomer Murders'' | Tristan Goodfellow | TV series, episode: "Destroying Angel" |- | 2001 | ''{{sortname|The|Lost World|The Lost World (2001 film)}}'' | Lord John Phillip Roxton | TV film |- | 2001 | ''Red Cap'' | Capt. Dominic Railton | |- | 2002 | ''{{sortname|The|Heart of Me|dab=film}}'' | Kevin Brown | Short film |- | 2002–2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a397576/tom-ward-quits-silent-witness.html |title=Tom Ward quits 'Silent Witness' – TV News |work=Digital Spy |date=13 April 2012 |accessdate=8 August 2012}}</ref> | ''Silent Witness'' | Dr. Harry Cunningham | TV series, regular cast member |- | 2003 | ''Ready When You Are, Mr. McGill'' | Roland | TV film |- | 2004 | ''Hawking'' | Roger Penrose | TV film |- | 2007 | ''Instinct'' | Ian Stanford | TV film |- | 2010 | ''Marple: The Pale Horse'' | Captain Cottam | TV film |- | 2012 | ''Doctor Who'' | Captain Latimer | 2012 Christmas Special, "The Snowmen" |- | 2013 | ''Death in Paradise'' | Alex Seymour | 1 episode |- | 2013 | ''Death Comes to Pemberley'' | Colonel Fitzwilliam | TV mini-series |- | 2015–2017 |''The Frankenstein Chronicles'' |Sir Robert Peel |TV series |- | 2015 |''Harry Price: Ghost Hunter'' |Edward Goodwin |TV film |- | 2017–2021 |''Abandoned Engineering'' |Narrator |TV series |- | 2023–2024 |''Hitler's Engineers: Building the Third Reich'' |Narrator |TV series |- |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0911886}}
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