# Matt Kennard (actor)

Matthew Kennard (born 12 February 1982) is an English actor, known for his role as nurse Archie Hallam in the BBC soap opera Doctors.

## Career

Kennard was born in Grimsby, Humberside. Kennard has played roles in soap operas including Coronation Street, Hollyoaks and Doctors. He also starred as Manchester United footballer Duncan Edwards in a BBC dramatisation of the Munich air disaster. One of Kennard's earlier roles was in the series Love in the 21st Century, broadcast on Channel 4 in 1999 and created by Red Productions, who were previously responsible for Queer as Folk. Kennard's character is seduced by a school teacher who believes she is giving him experience, although it later transpires he had made a bet that he could sleep with her.
Kennard left a regular role in the soap opera Doctors on 27 April 2009 to concentrate on film work, including featuring in Born of Hope with his brother Sam. Kennard appeared in the seventh series of Waterloo Road as Craig O'Leary.
Kennard appeared as Dave Schmidt in the film Bula Quo!, released in 2013. That same year, he had a short stint in Emmerdale as shady businessman Kirk Stoker. In 2015, Kennard and his twin Sam played twin brothers David and Gabriel Meyer in the BBC TV series WPC 56. He appeared in CBBC's The Dumping Ground in 2016.

## Personal life

Kennard has a twin brother Sam, who is also an actor. He has been married to actress Laura Aikman since 2019; they met when she joined the cast for the final series (2015) of Bluestone 42.

## Acting credits

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1999 | Love in the 21st Century | Ryan | Episode: "Toyboys" |
| 2000 | Coronation Street | Duncan Styles | 1 episode |
| 2001 | Heartbeat | Gareth North | Episode: "Gin a Body, Meet a Body" |
| 2003 | Coronation Street | Jimmy Mullins | 4 episodes |
| 2004 | Room 10 | Julian | Video release |
| 2006 | Surviving Disaster | Duncan Edwards | Episode: "Munich Air Crash" |
| 2006 | The Bill | PC Kevin Sharpe | Episode: "Smell the Roses" |
| 2007 | The Afternoon Play | Mickey | Episode: "Johnny Shakespeare" |
| 2007 | Doctors | Eddy Skinner | Episode: "Teenage Kicks" |
| 2007–2009 | Doctors | Archie Hallam | 281 episodes |
| 2009 | Born of Hope | Elladan | Film |
| 2009 | Inseparable Coil | Peter Hanson | Short film |
| 2010 | Comedy Lab | Matt Stone | Series 11 episode 3 |
| 2010 | Freight | Sonny | Film |
| 2012 | Waterloo Road | Craig O'Leary | Recurring role |
| 2012 | Lemon La Vida Loca | Mark | 3 episodes |
| 2013 | Emmerdale | Kirk Stoker | Guest role |
| 2013 | London Bridge | Tom | Video release |
| 2013 | Guitars, Guns and Paradise! | Dave | Film |
| 2013 | Drifters | Josh | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | 'Midsomer Murders | Jamie Weston | Episode: "Wild Harvest" |
| 2014 | Killing Time | Boyd | Film |
| 2014 | WPC 56 | David Meyer | Main role |
| 2015 | Pleasure Island | Adam | Film |
| 2016 | The Dumping Ground | Kerr | Episode: "The End of it All" |
| 2016 | Zombie Spring Breakers | Rupert | Film |
| 2016 | Battlefield 1 | | Video game; voice role |
| 2016 | Coronation Street | Jude Sawyer | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | I Live with Models | Simon | Episode: "The Twofer" |
| 2018 | Hollyoaks | Theo Jones | Guest role |
| 2018 | Jamie Johnson | Foxborough Coach | Recurring role |
| 2020 | I Am Not A Rapist | Narrator | Voice role |
| 2022 | CrossfireX | Robert Cavanaugh (voice) | Video game |
| 2022 | FBI: International | John Mallory | Episode: "The Kill List" |
| 2022 | My Name is Leon | Tony | Television film |
| 2024 | We Live In Time | Benjamin | Film |
| TBA | What We Did Yesterday | Jake | Short film |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2008 | British Soap Awards | Sexiest Male | Doctors | Nominated | |
| 2009 | British Soap Awards | Sexiest Male | Doctors | Nominated | |