Matthew Kennard (born 12 February 1982) is an English actor, known for his role as nurse Archie Hallam in the BBC soap opera Doctors.
Career Kennard was born in Grimsby, Humberside. Kennard has played roles in soap operas including Coronation Street, Hollyoaks and Doctors. He also starred as Manchester United footballer Duncan Edwards in a BBC dramatisation of the Munich air disaster. One of Kennard's earlier roles was in the series Love in the 21st Century, broadcast on Channel 4 in 1999 and created by Red Productions.
In 2007, he Kennard joined the cast of the BBC soap opera Doctors, in the role of nurse Archie Hallam. His last episode aired on 27 April 2009 when Kennard left to concentrate on film work, including featuring in Born of Hope with his twin brother, Sam. Kennard appeared in the seventh series of Waterloo Road as Craig O'Leary.
Kennard appeared as Dave Schmidt in the film Bula Quo!, released in 2013. That same year, he had a short stint in Emmerdale as shady businessman Kirk Stoker. In 2015, Kennard and his twin played twin brothers David and Gabriel Meyer in the BBC TV series WPC 56. He appeared in CBBC's The Dumping Ground in 2016.
Personal life Kennard has a twin brother Sam, who is also an actor. He has been married to actress Laura Aikman since 2019; they met when the pair both appeared in Bluestone 42.
Acting credits Year Title Role Notes 1999 Love in the 21st Century Ryan Episode: "Toyboys" 2000 Coronation Street Duncan Styles 1 episode 2001 Heartbeat Gareth North Episode: "Gin a Body, Meet a Body" 2003 Coronation Street Jimmy Mullins 4 episodes 2004 Room 10 Julian Video release 2006 Surviving Disaster Duncan Edwards Episode: "Munich Air Crash" The Bill PC Kevin Sharpe Episode: "Smell the Roses" 2007 The Afternoon Play Mickey Episode: "Johnny Shakespeare" Doctors Eddy Skinner Episode: "Teenage Kicks" 2007–2009 Doctors Archie Hallam 281 episodes 2009 Born of Hope Elladan Film Inseparable Coil Peter Hanson Short film 2010 Comedy Lab Matt Stone Series 11 episode 3 Freight Sonny Film 2012 Waterloo Road Craig O'Leary Recurring role Lemon La Vida Loca Mark 3 episodes 2013 Emmerdale Kirk Stoker Guest role London Bridge Tom Video release Guitars, Guns and Paradise! Dave Film Drifters Josh 2 episodes 2014 Midsomer Murders Jamie Weston Episode: "Wild Harvest" Killing Time Boyd Film WPC 56 David Meyer Main role 2015 Pleasure Island Adam Film 2016 The Dumping Ground Kerr Episode: "The End of it All" Zombie Spring Breakers Rupert Film Battlefield 1 Video game; voice role Coronation Street Jude Sawyer 2 episodes 2017 I Live with Models Simon Episode: "The Twofer" 2018 Hollyoaks Theo Jones Guest role Jamie Johnson Foxborough Coach Recurring role 2020 I Am Not A Rapist Narrator Voice role 2022 CrossfireX Robert Cavanaugh (voice) Video game FBI: International John Mallory Episode: "The Kill List" My Name is Leon Tony Television film2024 We Live In TimeBenjaminFilm2026The Good Ship MurderGary Banks Guest role TBA What We Did Yesterday Jake Short film
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2008 British Soap Awards Sexiest Male Doctors 2009
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