Kieran Bew

Kieran Bew (born 18 August 1980, Hartlepool, County Durham, England) is an English actor, known for portraying Hans Christian Andersen for Hallmark Entertainment, Avi Gellman in Personal Affairs for BBC Three, and Gary Parr in Jimmy McGovern's BAFTA award winning The Street.

Background

Bew comes from Hartlepool, County Durham, England and attended English Martyrs School and Sixth Form College. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.^[1]

Career

On television, Bew has made guest appearances in The Whistleblowers, Midsomer Murders, The Street and Crusoe. In 2009 he appeared in BBC Three drama Personal Affairs, playing Avi Gellman. He has also appeared in two Hallmark television films, and the 2008 independent film 1234. Additionally, Kieran made six appearances on TV series The Bill between 2005 and 2006.

Bew appeared in a crime film in 2007 called Rise of the Footsoldier. In 2009, he played a football hooligan called Ike in the popular movie Green Street alongside Elijah Wood and Charlie Hunnam.

He is currently appearing as DI Jack Burns in the daytime drama WPC 56.

Stage

• King Lear by William Shakespeare as Edmund. Directed by Michael Attenborough at the Almeida Theatre, 2012.
• After Miss Julie by Patrick Marber as John. Directed by Natalie Abrahami at the Young Vic Theatre, 2012.
• Reasons To Be Pretty by Neil LaBute as Kent. Directed by Michael Attenborough at the Almeida Theatre, 2011-2012.
• The Knot of the Heart by David Eldridge as The Men. Directed by Michael Attenborough at the Almeida Theatre, 2011.
• Moscow Live by Serge Cartwright as Richard. Directed by Jonathan Humphreys at the HighTide Festival, 2010.
• The House of Special Purpose by Heidi Thomas as Yakunin. Directed by Howard Davies at the Minerva Theatre Chichester, 2009.
• Richard II by William Shakespeare as Exton/Fitzwater. Directed by Trevor Nunn at the Old Vic Theatre, 2005.

Narration

• Strictly Baby Disco Channel 4 2012
• Gladiators:Rome Unwrapped National Geographic Channel, Channel 5 2011
• Julius Caesar:Rome Unwrapped National Geographic Channel, Channel 5 2011
• The Colosseum:Rome Unwrapped National Geographic Channel, Channel 5 2011
• The Real Caligula:Rome Unwrapped National Geographic Channel, Channel 5 2011
• Birth Of Rome:Rome Unwrapped National Geographic Channel, Channel 5 2011
• Ancient Superpower:Rome Unwrapped National Geographic Channel, Channel 5 2011
• War Machine:Rome Unwrapped National Geographic Channel, Channel 5 2011
• Doomsday Pompeii:Rome Unwrapped National Geographic Channel, Channel 5 2011
• Engineering The Impossible: Egypt National Geographic Channel, Channel 5 2011
• Engineering The Impossible: Rome National Geographic Channel, Channel 5 2011

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

• Kieran Bew at the Internet Movie Database
• Kieran Bew at http://sueterryvoices.com/profile/kieran-bew/
• Hans Christian Andersen at RHI Entertainment http://rhitv.com/movies/hans-christian-andersen-my-life-as-a-fairytale
• Strictly Baby Disco http://www.channel4.com/programmes/strictly-baby-disco/4od
• After Miss JulieYoung Vic Theatre http://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/after-miss-julie