Aneurin Barnard was born on 8 May 1987 in Wales in United Kingdom. His parents were not very rich and his father Terry Barnard worked in a coal mine where as his mother June Barnard worked in a factory. His mother tongue is Welsh as he grew up in Wales. He also has one sibling and the name of his sister is ‘Ceri Barnard’.


After completing his education Aneurin took training from Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama which is a renowned institute for learning music and acting. He graduated from Royal Welsh College in 2008. One of his batch mate was Kimberley Nixon, a known British Actress.

In an interview, Aneurin revealed that his dream job would be to do a James Bond movie as the lead actor and in the same interview he also revealed that he was fond of doing stunts and if had not received success on TV, he would have worked as a stuntman. It was surely an interesting interview. Aneurin got the exposure with TV and Cameras at the young age of 11 when he got a chance to work in HTV’s show. The show was called ‘Jacob’s Ladder’. The show received a great response from audience and was widely appreciated.

Aneurin also did a lot of short films. His work was widely appreciated by the audience. In 2012 Aneurin also performed as a lead actor in the film, ‘Guinea Pigs’. This was a horror movie with a small budget. Aneurin was featured in many entertaining movies which audience loved, one of them was Trap for Cinderella which was release in 2013 and the other one was The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box which was release in 2014.

Aneurin also earned quick fame when he did the role of ‘King Richards III’. He did this role for a TV Series which was aired on BBC One. It is also reported that at present i.e. in 2016 Aneurin is working on another TV Series for BBC One.

At present Aneurin is dating Amy Morgan and she is known to be his only girlfriend.

Aneurin also won many awards. The first award which he was honoured with was Laurence Oliver Award. He received this award in 2010 for his amazing performance is Spring Awakening. The second award which he received was the Best Actor award which was sponsored by Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. He won this award in 2012 for his indigenous work in ‘Citadel’. Indeed Aneurin was at the top of the fort.

In 2013 he again won the award for Best Acting Ensemble which was sponsored by Ashland Independent Film Award. He won this award for his work in ‘The Truth about Emanuel’.  He surely worked hard as he received all these awards for his dedication and passion towards acting. Aneurin’s annual salary is estimated to be around 606,000 US Dollars and his net worth is estimated to be around 5 million US dollars.

Last Modified: Apr 6, 2020


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