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Acting

Barry Ward

Career

Active from 1994 to 2026, with a break from 2002 to 2011, busiest in 2025 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
25
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Family
Family
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Barry Ward Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Physical Comedy
    1.3, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.8, average 2.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    1.3, average 2.0
  • Pop Culture
    1.5, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 7
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Character-Driven Narrative 3
  • Love and Loss 2
  • Family Secrets 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Irish Film 2
  • Slice-of-Life 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Social Realism 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

57
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

23 titles · average score 63
On the Sea
On the Sea (2025)
GoodWatch score 72

as Jack

Restless
Restless (2025)
GoodWatch score 43

as Kevin

Trespasses
Trespasses (2025)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as Victor McIntyre

Salvable
Salvable (2025)
GoodWatch score 52

as Paddy

Protection
Protection (2024)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show · as DS Paul Brandice

That They May Face the Rising Sun
That They May Face the Rising Sun (2024)
GoodWatch score 68

as Joe Ruttledge

Clean Sweep
Clean Sweep (2023)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Jason Mohan

Burial
Burial (2022)
GoodWatch score 55

as Mikhail 'Tor' Oleynik

Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn (2021)
GoodWatch score 38

TV show · as Thomas Cromwell

Punch-Drunk
Punch-Drunk (2021)

as Colin

Des
Des (2020)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as DI Steve McCusker

Dating Amber
Dating Amber (2020)
GoodWatch score 75

as Ian

2010s

24 titles · average score 68
Extra Ordinary
Extra Ordinary (2019)
GoodWatch score 75

as Martin Martin

The Capture
The Capture (2019)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Charlie Hall

Time Traveller
Time Traveller (2018)

as John Paul McDonagh

Britannia
Britannia (2018)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Sawyer

Maze
Maze (2017)
GoodWatch score 58

as Gordon Close

The End of the F***ing World
The End of the F***ing World (2017)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Leslie

Rebellion
Rebellion (2016)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Arthur Mahon

The Truth Commissioner
The Truth Commissioner (2016)
GoodWatch score 51

as Michael Madden

Realive
Realive (2016)
GoodWatch score 55

as West

Pursuit
Pursuit (2015)

as Diarmuid

L'accabadora
L'accabadora (2015)

as Albert

Jimmy's Hall
Jimmy's Hall (2014)
GoodWatch score 68

as James Gralton

2000s

4 titles · average score 70
ShakespeaRe-Told
ShakespeaRe-Told (2005)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show

ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth
ShakespeaRe-Told: Macbeth (2005)
GoodWatch score 74

as Roddy

Watchmen
Watchmen (2001)
GoodWatch score 70

as Ray

The Claim
The Claim (2000)
GoodWatch score 60

as Young Dillon

1990s

6 titles · average score 76
Sunburn
Sunburn (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

as Robert Fiske

Lipservice
Lipservice (1999)

as Darren O Murchu

Soft Sand, Blue Sea
Soft Sand, Blue Sea (1998)

as Trevor

Plotlands
Plotlands (1997)

TV show · as Fionn Mulligan

Family
Family (1994)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as John Paul Spencer

Family
Family (1994)
GoodWatch score 82

as John Paul Spencer