---
name: "Barnaby Kay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barnaby-kay"
fi1m_id: "barnaby-kay"
imdb_id: "nm0442997"
tmdb_id: 73947
wikidata_id: "Q8242591"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 April 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T14:54:44.279941+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Barnaby Kay

## Identity

Barnaby Kay

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barnaby-kay
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barnaby-kay
- **IMDb ID:** nm0442997
- **TMDB ID:** 73947
- **Wikidata ID:** Q8242591
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnaby_Kay, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8242591, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442997/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73947

Actor. Born 9 April 1969 in St. Pancras, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 April 1969, St. Pancras, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Kenneth Branagh](https://film.one/person/kenneth-branagh.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 79 (1), 2000s 80 (2), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, History 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $860m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnaby_Kay, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8242591, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442997/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73947

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Conspiracy*](https://film.one/film/conspiracy.md) (83)
- **Apple TV:** [*Wallander*](https://film.one/tv/wallander.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Barnaby Kay is a British actor. He was born on 9 April 1969 in St Pancras, London, and is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Kay is the son of actor Richard Kay and the grandson of entertainer Arthur Kay. He is married to actress Nicola Walker; they have one son. His film and television credits include *Shakespeare in Love* (1998), *Croupier* (1998), *Conspiracy* (2001) as Rudolf Lange, *Red Tails* (2012), *Anatomy of a Scandal* (2022) and *Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One* (2023). He has also appeared in episodes of *Midsomer Murders*, *Wallander* and *Doctor Who*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, unitedagents.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One* (2023), Fi1m 74, as Put-Pocket Passenger — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one.md)
- *Wallander* (2008), Fi1m 76, as Lennart Mattson — [page](https://film.one/tv/wallander.md)
- *Conspiracy* (2001), Fi1m 83, as Rudolf Lange — [page](https://film.one/film/conspiracy.md)
- *Shakespeare in Love* (1998), Fi1m 79, as Nol — [page](https://film.one/film/shakespeare-in-love.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One* (2023), as Put-Pocket Passenger — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-one.md)
- *Anatomy of a Scandal* (2022), series, as Detective Sergeant Willis
- *The Five* (2016), series, as D.I. Liam Townsend
- *The Deadfall* (2012), as The Previous Occupier
- *Red Tails* (2012), as Commanding General Westlake
- *Public Enemies* (2012), series, as Will
- *Treasure Island* (2012), series, as Tom Morgan
- *Treasure Island* (2012), as Tom Morgan
- *Without You* (2011), series, as Joe Lipton
- *Arn: The Knight Templar* (2010), series, as Riddare
- *Wuthering Heights* (2009), series, as Saul
- *Wallander* (2008), series, as Lennart Mattson — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/wallander.md)
- *Life Line* (2007), as Tony
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Heidi — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *The Government Inspector* (2005), as Tom Kelly
- *New Tricks* (2004), series, as Ned Hancock
- *Serious & Organised* (2003), series, as Oliver Wolcott
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as John Fortescue — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *The Many Lives of Albert Walker* (2002), as Mike Darke
- *Conspiracy* (2001), as Rudolf Lange — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/conspiracy.md)
- *Eisenstein* (2000), as Andrei
- *Shakespeare in Love* (1998), as Nol — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/shakespeare-in-love.md)
- *Croupier* (1998), as Car Dealer
- *Oscar and Lucinda* (1997), as Wardley-Fish
- *The Man Who Knew Too Little* (1997), as SWAT Team Leader
- *Jonathan Creek* (1997), series, as D.C. Spelling — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/jonathan-creek.md)
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Dr. Osgood, Adrian Sharp — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Cracker: White Ghost* (1996), as Dennis Philby
- *The Ghostbusters of East Finchley* (1995), series, as DC Asho
- *The Vet* (1995), series, as Tom Sims
- *Prime Suspect* (1991), series, as DC Michael Phillips — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/prime-suspect.md)
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Gareth Mullins — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Minder* (1979), series, as Riley — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)

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