Barnaby Kay

Acting

Barnaby Kay

Born 1969-04-09 · St. Pancras, London, England, UK

Barnaby Kay (born 9 April 1969) is a British actor, noted for his roles in television, stage and film, and as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Kay is the son of the actor Richard Kay (1937 - 1985), and the grandson of entertainer Arthur Kay (died 1970). He is married to fellow actress Nicola Walker, with whom he has a son, Harry. Among other roles, Kay has appeared in Wuthering Heights (2009), Holby City (2008), Midsomer Murders (2005), Spooks (2004), Silent Witness (2002), Conspiracy (2001), Casualty (1999), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Croupier (1998),Jonathan Creek (1997) and Minder (1994). His theatre work includes A Streetcar Named Desire at the Donmar Warehouse (2009), Orlando in As You Like It at the Novello Theatre (2006), Closer at the National Theatre (1999 - 2000), Pierre Bezuhov in War And Peace at the Hampstead Theatre (2008), Steve Calhanm in Eric Larue at the Soho Theatre (2006), and Alexander Petrovich Kalabushkin in Dying For It at the Almeida Theatre (2007). Description above from the Wikipedia article Barnaby Kay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Acting credits

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One poster
7.5

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the world's fate at stake and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan must consider that nothing can matter more than his mission—not even the lives of those he cares about most.

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

2023

Shakespeare in Love poster
6.8

Young William Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter', before it's even written. When lovely noblewoman Viola de Lesseps auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love — and Shakespeare's play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship intensifies, the comedy soon transforms into tragedy.

Shakespeare in Love

1998

Conspiracy poster
7.3

At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.

Conspiracy

2001

The Man Who Knew Too Little poster
6.4

An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot unravels around him, he thinks it's all part of the act.

The Man Who Knew Too Little

1997

Red Tails poster
6.7

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

Red Tails

2012

Croupier poster
6.7

Jack Manfred is an aspiring writer who to make ends meet, takes a job as a croupier. Jack remains an observer, knowing that everything in life is a gamble and that gamblers are born to lose. Inevitably, he gets sucked into the world of the casino which takes its toll on his relationships and the novel he is writing.

Croupier

1998

Oscar and Lucinda poster
6.4

After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.

Oscar and Lucinda

1997

Life Line poster
3.3

A supernatural love story focusing on a successful entrepreneur, Peter Brisco, who encounters his true love, Katy, but then loses her in a tragic accident. He seeks solace on Life Line, a mysterious chat line for the bereaved.

Life Line

2007

The Government Inspector poster
8.0

The Government Inspector is a 2005 television drama based on the life of Dr. David Kelly and the lead-up to the Iraq War in the United Kingdom.

The Government Inspector

2005

Cracker: White Ghost poster
7.0

A British businessman operating in Hong Kong has feelings of inferiority and turns to murder when he faces bankruptcy.

Cracker: White Ghost

1996

The Many Lives of Albert Walker poster
10.0

After killing his English partner, a Canadian businessman assumes his identity. Things begin to fall apart for him when the murdered man's body is found.

The Many Lives of Albert Walker

2002

Eisenstein poster
6.2

A glimpse at the life of legendary Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein.

Eisenstein

2000

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NR

After falling into a hidden recess in his new house, a bully finds himself in an unforgiving netherworld - and he may not be alone.

The Deadfall

2012