Portrait of Matthew Beard

Acting

Matthew Beard

Career

Active from 2000 to 2026, busiest in 2018 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for National Theatre Live: Skylight
National Theatre Live: Skylight
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Matthew Beard Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    4.1, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.6, average 4.8
  • Physical Comedy
    1.4, average 2.4
  • Violence
    3.3, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Emotional Catharsis 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Melancholic Tone 2
  • Psychological Depth 2
  • Psychological Portrait 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

35
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

8 titles · average score 72
Elsinore
Elsinore (2026)
GoodWatch score 65

as Sean

The Testament of Ann Lee
The Testament of Ann Lee (2025)
GoodWatch score 73

as James Whittaker

Monsieur Spade
Monsieur Spade (2024)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as George Fitzsimmons

Moonflower Murders
Moonflower Murders (2024)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as James Taylor

Funny Woman
Funny Woman (2023)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Bill Gardiner

Magpie Murders
Magpie Murders (2022)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as James Taylor / Fraser

Avenue 5
Avenue 5 (2020)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Alan Lewis

Dracula
Dracula (2020)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Jack

2010s

18 titles · average score 59
Vienna Blood
Vienna Blood (2019)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Max Liebermann

Kiss Me First
Kiss Me First (2018)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show · as Adrian

The Party's Just Beginning
The Party's Just Beginning (2018)
GoodWatch score 70

as Alistair

Elizabeth Harvest
Elizabeth Harvest (2018)
GoodWatch score 56

as Oliver

Johnny English Strikes Again
Johnny English Strikes Again (2018)
GoodWatch score 48

as P

Decline and Fall
Decline and Fall (2017)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Arthur Potts

The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets
The Pity of War: The Loves and Lives of the War Poets (2016)

as Wilfred Owen

The Imitation Game
The Imitation Game (2014)
GoodWatch score 80

as Peter Hilton

National Theatre Live: Skylight
National Theatre Live: Skylight (2014)
GoodWatch score 86

as Edward Sergeant

Rogue
Rogue (2013)
GoodWatch score 59

TV show · as Max Laszlo

One Day
One Day (2011)
GoodWatch score 53

as Murray Cope

Chatroom
Chatroom (2010)
GoodWatch score 29

as Jim

2000s

8 titles · average score 62
An Education
An Education (2009)
GoodWatch score 81

as Graham

And When Did You Last See Your Father?
And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)
GoodWatch score 68

as Blake Morrison (Teen)

Johnny and the Bomb
Johnny and the Bomb (2006)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show · as Young Tom Maxwell

Sons & Lovers
Sons & Lovers (2003)
GoodWatch score 63

as Young Paul

The Royal
The Royal (2003)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show · as Peter Blackwood

The Eustace Bros.
The Eustace Bros. (2003)

TV show · as Sam Eustace

An Angel for May
An Angel for May (2002)
GoodWatch score 69

as Tom

Big Meg, Little Meg
Big Meg, Little Meg (2000)

TV show

1990s

1 title · average score 68
Soldier Soldier
Soldier Soldier (1991)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Matthew Wilton