<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 2003 - present </Td> </Tr> <P> married = 2017 - present)) </P> <P> Aneurin Barnard (/ əˈnaɪərɪn /; born 8 May 1987) is a Welsh stage and screen actor . He is best known for his roles as Davey in Hunky Dory, Claude in The Truth About Emanuel, Robert "Bobby" Willis Jr. in Cilla and King Richard III in The White Queen . He stars as an army private in Christopher Nolan's action - thriller Dunkirk (2017). </P> <P> Barnard was born in the former borough of Ogwr in Mid Glamorgan, Wales, the son of June, a factory worker, and Terry Barnard, a coal miner . He has a sister named Ceri . He attended Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari in Rhondda Cynon Taf during his secondary school years . He starred in HTV Wales series Jacob's Ladder as an 11 - 12 - year - old . He then trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama alongside Kimberley Nixon and Tom Cullen, graduating in 2008 . His first language is Welsh . </P>

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