---
name: "Tom Beard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-beard"
fi1m_id: "tom-beard"
imdb_id: "nm0063947"
tmdb_id: 123071
wikidata_id: "Q20725487"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 April 1965"
died: "20 July 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T16:25:16.266988+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."
---

# Tom Beard

## Identity

Tom Beard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-beard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-beard
- **IMDb ID:** nm0063947
- **TMDB ID:** 123071
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20725487
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20725487, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063947/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/123071

Actor. Born 25 April 1965 in Lambeth, London, England. Died 20 July 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 April 1965, Lambeth, London, England
- **Died:** 20 July 2015
- **Active:** 2008–2012
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 76 (1), 2010s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20725487, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063947/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/123071

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Wallander*](https://film.one/tv/wallander.md) (76)

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

## Biography

Tom Beard (1965–2015) was an English actor. Born in Lambeth, London, he was educated at Westminster School and the University of Sussex, where he read German and politics, and trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

His stage breakthrough came playing Laertes in Peter Hall’s 1994 West End production of *Hamlet*. He appeared in several Royal Shakespeare Company productions and later in plays including *Tusk Tusk* (2009) and *Hotel* (2014). On television he played Svedberg in the 2008 series *Wallander* and had roles in *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (2000), *Midsomer Murders* (2002 and 2008), *Foyle's War* (2002) and *Spooks* (2002). Film credits include *Hereafter* (2010) and *Salmon Fishing in the Yemen* (2011).

Beard died of cancer on 20 July 2015. His brother Alex Beard is chief executive of the Royal Opera House.

*Sources: theguardian.com, imdb.com, thetvdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Hollow Crown* (2012), Fi1m 82, as Sir William Lucy — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-hollow-crown.md)
- *Wallander* (2008), Fi1m 76, as Svedberg — [page](https://film.one/tv/wallander.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

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

- *Finding Michael* (2023), Director
- *Silent Hours* (2021), as Mr. Bowles
- *Hampstead Theatre At Home: Drawing The Line* (2020), as Cyril Radcliffe
- *New Worlds* (2014), series, as Lord Howard
- *Side by Side* (2013), as Dr. Pritchard
- *The Guilty* (2013), series, as DSI Alan Reece
- *The Hollow Crown* (2012), series, as Sir William Lucy — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-hollow-crown.md)
- *Salmon Fishing in the Yemen* (2012), as Peter Maxwell
- *Case Histories* (2011), series, as Brian Steel
- *Silk* (2011), series, as Lieutenant Colonel Jack Clemence — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/silk.md)
- *National Theatre Live: King Lear* (2011), as Duke of Albany
- *Hereafter* (2010), as Priest
- *Wallander* (2008), series, as Svedberg — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/wallander.md)
- *The Fixer* (2008), series, Actor
- *Clapham Junction* (2007), as Roger Hopkirk
- *Kingdom* (2007), series, as Andrew Risden
- *Robin Hood* (2006), series, Actor
- *The Government Inspector* (2005), as Godric Smith
- *Vanity Fair* (2004), as Officer
- *Hustle* (2004), series, as Nigel Chambers
- *Three Sisters* (2003), as Solyony
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, as Captain McDonald — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/foyles-war.md)
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Andrew Starkey — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *Holby City* (1999), series, as Mr. Solis
- *Ain't Misbehavin'* (1997), series, as Roger Horace Brown
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Tim Galsworthy, Martin Fulmer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Staying Alive* (1996), series, as Dr. Miles Vincent
- *Peak Practice* (1993), series, as Dr. Daniel Acres
- *Bad Girl* (1992), as Dave Gregg
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Gerry
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as Duke of Merton — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)

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