---
name: "Barry Ward"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barry-ward"
fi1m_id: "barry-ward"
imdb_id: "nm0911395"
tmdb_id: 1307013
wikidata_id: "Q17198860"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 January 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-07T18:19:39.784539+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."
---

# Barry Ward

## Identity

Barry Ward

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barry-ward
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barry-ward
- **IMDb ID:** nm0911395
- **TMDB ID:** 1307013
- **Wikidata ID:** Q17198860
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Ward_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17198860, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911395/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1307013

Actor. Born 13 January 1971 in Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 January 1971, Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 5 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 66 (1), 2010s 80 (3), 2020s 79 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 79 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Crime 3, Comedy 1, Mystery 1, War & Politics 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Ward_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17198860, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0911395/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1307013

## Biography

Barry Ward is an Irish actor. He made his screen debut at the age of 13 in the RTÉ/BBC series *Family* (1994), directed by Michael Winterbottom, and appeared in *Plotlands* (1997) and the film *Sunburn* (1999). He has also worked extensively in theatre, beginning with *Buddleia* at the Dublin Theatre Festival.

Ward is known for his film roles in *Jimmy's Hall* (2014), *Extra Ordinary* (2019) and *Dating Amber* (2020), for which he won an IFTA for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. On television he has appeared in *Rebellion* (2016), *Britannia* (2018–2020), *Save Me* (2018–2020), *The Capture* (2019), *Bad Sisters* (2022–2024) and *Des* (2020).

More recent credits include the series *Trespasses* (2025), in which he plays Victor McIntyre, and *Protection* (2024–2025).

*Sources: imdb.com, tvinsider.com, en.wikipedia.org, independent.ie, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (6)

### Performed in (5) — the average rests on these

- *Trespasses* (2025), Fi1m 80, as Victor McIntyre — [page](https://film.one/tv/trespasses.md)
- *Bad Sisters* (2022), Fi1m 78, as Fergal Loftus — [page](https://film.one/tv/bad-sisters.md)
- *Save Me* (2018), Fi1m 84, as Barry McGory — [page](https://film.one/tv/save-me.md)
- *The End of the F***ing World* (2017), Fi1m 80, as Leslie — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-end-of-the-f-ing-world.md)
- *ShakespeaRe-Told* (2005), Fi1m 66, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/shakespeare-told.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *The Survivalist* (2015), Fi1m 77, as Forager (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-survivalist.md)

## Complete filmography (61)

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

- *Everybody Digs Bill Evans* (2026), as Harry Evans Junior
- *Bucking Fastard* (2026), Actor
- *On the Sea* (2026), as Jack
- *Ungrateful Beings* (2026), Actor
- *Trespasses* (2025), series, as Victor McIntyre — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/trespasses.md)
- *Heat Haze* (2025), as Russell
- *Salvable* (2025), as Paddy
- *Restless* (2025), as Kevin
- *Protection* (2024), series, as DS Paul Brandice
- *Housewarming* (2024), as Craig
- *Vibrations* (2024), Actor
- *That They May Face the Rising Sun* (2024), as Joe Ruttledge
- *Prospect House* (2024), as Lorcan / Robert Dawson
- *Sunlight* (2023), as Leon
- *Clean Sweep* (2023), series, as Jason Mohan
- *Bubbly* (2023), as Ray
- *Burial* (2022), as Mikhail 'Tor' Oleynik
- *Bad Sisters* (2022), series, as Fergal Loftus — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/bad-sisters.md)
- *The Ulysses Project* (2022), as Leopold bloom
- *Pistol* (2022), series, as John's Dad
- *Punch-Drunk* (2021), as Colin
- *Anne Boleyn* (2021), series, as Thomas Cromwell
- *Des* (2020), series, as DI Steve McCusker
- *Dating Amber* (2020), as Ian
- *White Lines* (2020), series, as Mike
- *Feel Good* (2020), series, as Arnie Rivers
- *Lily Meets Charlie* (2019), as Charlie
- *Extra Ordinary* (2019), as Martin Martin
- *The Capture* (2019), series, as Charlie Hall
- *Twice Upon a Time* (2019), series, Actor
- *Time Traveller* (2018), as John Paul McDonagh
- *Zoo* (2018), as Voice of Older Tom
- *Save Me* (2018), series, as Barry McGory — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/save-me.md)
- *Britannia* (2018), series, as Sawyer
- *Take Me Swimming* (2017), as Thady
- *The End of the F***ing World* (2017), series, as Leslie — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-end-of-the-f-ing-world.md)
- *Maze* (2017), as Gordon Close
- *The Journey* (2017), as Ian Paisley, Jr.
- *Realive* (2016), as West
- *The Truth Commissioner* (2016), as Michael Madden
- *Rebellion* (2016), series, as Arthur Mahon
- *Pursuit* (2015), as Diarmuid
- *The Survivalist* (2015), as Forager (uncredited) — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-survivalist.md)
- *L'accabadora* (2015), as Albert
- *Insulin* (2015), as The Pharmacist
- *Shooting for Socrates* (2014), as Jimmy Quinn
- *Jimmy's Hall* (2014), as James Gralton
- *Blood Cells* (2014), as Adam
- *Songs for Amy* (2012), as Rory
- *Misterman* (2011), as Voice
- *ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth* (2005), as Roddy
- *ShakespeaRe-Told* (2005), series, Actor — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/shakespeare-told.md)
- *Watchmen* (2001), as Ray
- *The Claim* (2000), as Young Dillon
- *Sunburn* (1999), as Robert Fiske
- *Lipservice* (1999), as Darren O Murchu
- *Soft Sand, Blue Sea* (1998), as Trevor
- *Plotlands* (1997), series, as Fionn Mulligan
- *Family* (1994), as John Paul Spencer
- *Family* (1994), series, as John Paul Spencer
- *The Flying Mountain*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Barry Ward](https://film.one/media/person/23609/gallery-9abeae33c11b.jpg) Barry Ward — Dublin Film Festival, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Barry_Ward_at_diff_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Barry Ward](https://film.one/media/person/23609/gallery-ee292a3fae38.jpg) Barry Ward — Image via TMDB
- ![Barry Ward](https://film.one/media/person/23609/gallery-09792f270c08.jpg) Barry Ward — Image via TMDB

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