Ian Christopher Hallard was born on 9 November 1974 and is an English actor and writer.
12 Facts About Ian Hallard
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Ian Hallard's work includes acting roles on television, at the National Theatre and in the West End, including the lead role of Michael in a revival of Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band.
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Ian Hallard has written and script edited for both television and stage.
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Ian Hallard played the lead role of Michael in a revival of Mart Crowley's The Boys in the Band at the Park Theatre and on a short UK tour in autumn 2016.
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Ian Hallard then reprised the role when the show transferred to the Vaudeville Theatre in February 2017.
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Ian Hallard's performance led to him being nominated as Best Actor in the Whatsonstage.
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Ian Hallard has been the resident panto dame at the Towngate Theatre in Basildon, since first appearing in Beauty and the Beast in 2021.
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Ian Hallard has appeared in cult BBC TV shows such as Doctor Who as Alan-a-Dale in the 2014 episode "Robot of Sherwood"; in Sherlock as Mr Crayhill in the 2011 episode "The Reichenbach Fall", and on the long-running BBC Daytime TV series Doctors.
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Ian Hallard played one of the original directors of Doctor Who, Richard Martin, in the BBC docu-drama An Adventure in Space and Time.
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Ian Hallard appears in the sixth episode of the second season of Netflix's series The Crown, as an employee of the minister of foreign affairs.
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Ian Hallard co-wrote The Big Four with Mark Gatiss for the ITV series Agatha Christie: Poirot, starring David Suchet.
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Ian Hallard was the Script Associate on the Poirot episodes Cat Among the Pigeons and Hallowe'en Party.