# Barnaby Kay

Barnaby Kay (born 9 April 1969) is a British actor who has played roles in television, stage, film and performance art. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

## Personal life

Kay was born at St Pancras, London and is the son of actor Richard Kay (1937–1987) and Jaqueline (née Maxwell) and the grandson of entertainer Arthur Kay (died 1970).
He met actress Nicola Walker when they worked together with the Out of Joint Theatre Company, in a 1994 touring production of The Man of Mode and The Libertine; they married in 2006, and have a son together.

## Career

Among other roles, Kay has appeared in The Five (2016), Wallander (2012–15), Doctor Who (2015), New Tricks (2013–14), Frankie (2013), Public Enemies (2011), Wuthering Heights (2009), Holby City (2008), Midsomer Murders (2005), Spooks (2004), Prime Suspect (2003), Serious and Organised (2003), Silent Witness (2002), Conspiracy (2001), The Bill (2000), Casualty (1999), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Croupier (1998), Jonathan Creek (1997), Cracker (1996), The Vet (1995) and Minder (1994).

### Theatre

Kay's 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 Warring Peas at the Hampstead Theatre (2008), Tinky Winky, Teletubbies tour (2011-2016), Steve Calhanm in Eric Larue at the Soho Theatre (2006), and Alexander Petrovich Kalabushkin in Dying For It at the Almeida Theatre (2007).

### Radio

* The Lovecraft Investigations
   * 2018 The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. BBC Radio 4.
   * 2019 The Whisperer in Darkness. BBC Radio 4.
   * 2020 The Shadow Over Innsmouth. BBC Radio 4.
   * 2023 The Haunter of the Dark. BBC Radio 4.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1997 | The Man Who Knew Too Little | SWAT Team Leader | |
| 1997 | Oscar and Lucinda | Wardley-Fish | |
| 1998 | Croupier | Car Dealer | |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love | Nol | |
| 2000 | Eisenstein | Andrei | |
| 2008 | Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End | A knight | |
| 2010 | Arn: The Knight Templar | A knight | |
| 2012 | Red Tails | Commanding General Westlake | |
| 2012 | The Deadfall | The Previous Occupier | Short film |
| 2013 | Fire Horse | Roddy | Short film |
| 2023 | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Put-Pocket Passenger | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Minder | Riley | Episode: "The Long Good Thursday" |
| 1995 | The Vet | Tom Sims | Episode: "Relative Values" |
| 1995 | The Ghostbusters of East Finchley | DC Asho | Episode: "Episode 6" |
| 1996 | Cracker | Dennis Philby | Episode: "White Ghost" |
| 1997 | Jonathan Creek | D.C. Spelling | Episode: "The House of Monkeys" |
| 1999 | Casualty | Gareth Mullins | Episode: "Mother's Day" |
| 1999 | The Blonde Bombshell | Alan Lake | Miniseries; 1 episode |
| 2000 | The Bill | Howard Fallon | Recurring role; 6 episodes |
| 2001 | Life As We Know It | Harry Cameron | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
| 2001 | Conspiracy | Rudolf Lange | TV movie |
| 2002 | AKA Albert Walker | Mike Darke | TV movie |
| 2002 | Silent Witness | DS Clive Johnson | Episode: "The Fall Out" |
| 2003 | Serious & Organised | Oliver Wolcott | Episode: "Unfaithful" |
| 2003 | Prime Suspect | DC Michael Philips | Episode: "The Last Witness" |
| 2004 | Spooks | John Fortescue | Episode: "Love and Death" |
| 2005 | Midsomer Murders | Dr. Osgood | Episode: "Bantling Boy" |
| 2005 | The Government Inspector | Tom Kelly | TV movie |
| 2007 | Life Line | Tony | TV movie |
| 2008 | Holby City | Aaron Fellows | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| 2008 | The Fixer | Danny Spader | Episode: "Episode 4" |
| 2009 | Wuthering Heights | Saul | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Dispatches | Narrator | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| 2011 | Without You | Joe Lipton | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Treasure Island | Tom Morgan | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Public Enemies | Will | Miniseries; 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Dead Boss | Justin | Miniseries; 4 episodes |
| 2012 | Midsomer Murders | Adrian Sharp | Episode: "Written in the Stars" |
| 2012 | Holby City | Eamonn Gleeson | Episode: "Hail Caesar" |
| 2012–2015 | Wallander | Lennart Mattson | Recurring role; 5 episodes |
| 2013 | Frankie | Toby Ellis | Episode: "Episode 4" |
| 2013–2014 | New Tricks | DAC Ned Hancock | Recurring role; 4 episodes |
| 2014 | One Child | Mr. Anderson | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| 2015 | Doctor Who | Heidi | Episode: "The Girl Who Died" |
| 2016 | The Five | DI Liam Townsend | Miniseries; 5 episodes |
| 2022 | Anatomy of a Scandal | Detective Sergeant Willis | Episode: "Episode 1" |
| 2023 | Screw | Governor Mayhew | Series regular; 6 episodes |