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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.

Early life

Ward was born in Swansea in Wales. He attended Dragon School in Oxford and The King's School in Canterbury. He then studied at Lincoln College at the University of Oxford.

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.

In 2000, he appeared in the Channel 4 miniseries, Anna Karenina, an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel of the same name.

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). He stayed with the series until series 15 in 2012, when his character relocated to New York.

He also featured in the Doctor Who Christmas special "The Snowmen" at the end of 2012. He also appeared in Death in Paradise in early 2013.

In December 2013, Ward played Colonel Fitzwilliam in a BBC television adaptation of Death Comes to Pemberley.

In December 2015, he appeared in Harry Price: Ghost Hunter, an ITV drama, alongside Rafe Spall and Cara Theobald.

Personal life

He married Emily Hohler, a journalist and nutritional therapist, in 2001. They have three children together.

Filmography

References

1. Tom Ward TV Insider. Retrieved on 12 September 2024
2. "Dead end: Silent Witness star Tom Ward quits as hunk Harry after 10 years", Mirror, 6 August 2012. Accessed 8 March 2013
3. Tom Ward talks about his character Dr. Harry Cunningham BBC. 23 December 2010
4. ^ TV star signs up for concert Oxford Mail. 22 November 2011
5. Tom Ward TVSA. Retrieved on 11 September 2024
6. ^ Tom Ward BBC. Retrieved on 11 September 2024
7. ^ Silent Witness: Why did Tom Ward leave as Harry Cunningham? Daily Express. 24 May 2022
8. Tom Ward talks about his character, Captain Latimer BBC. Retrieved on 11 September 2024
9. "Death Comes to Pemberley: episode 2, BBC One, review", 27 Dec 2013. Accessed 30 December 2013
10. I USED TO FALL IN LOVE EVERY 45 MINUTES.. BUT BECOMING A DAD CHANGED MY LIFE Sunday People. 26 September 2004
11. "Tom Ward quits 'Silent Witness' – TV News". Digital Spy. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2012.

External links

• Tom Ward at IMDb

• Living people
• 1971 births
• People educated at The Dragon School
• People educated at The King's School, Canterbury
• Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford
• British male fencers
• British male television actors
• British male film actors
• British male stage actors
• 20th-century British male actors
• 21st-century British male actors
• Welsh male television actors
• Welsh male film actors
• Welsh male stage actors
• 20th-century Welsh male actors
• 21st-century Welsh male actors