Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1993-06-25

Place of Birth

Hackney, London, England, UK

Barney Clark

Biography

Barney Ivan S. Clark (born 25 June 1993 in Hackney, London) is an English actor. Clark began acting in school plays and appeared in the 2001 film Lawless Heart. He successfully auditioned for the title role in the 2005 version of Oliver Twist, directed by Roman Polanski; 800 children had auditioned for the role. The film opened in September 2005 and was mostly considered a financial and critical disappointment, although Clark received positive reviews for his performance. His latest projects include Savage Grace and short film 'Moog'. Clark attended Central Foundation Boys' School in Islington, London, and was in the yellow form of Year 11. Clark recently attended La Swap Sixth Form, whether or not he is still studying there now is unknown. When he was on the set of Oliver Twist he kept a diary every day.

Known for

Foyle's War

As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.

Oliver Twist

An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagin, and eventually finds a better life, exposing the cruelties of poverty and child labor in Victorian England.

Lawless Heart

In a British seaside resort, several lives intertwine following the funeral of a gay restaurant owner.

It's a Happy Movie: The Children's Making-of

The making of Roman Polanski's "Oliver Twist" as seen through the eyes of the film's child actors.

Kidding with Oliver Twist: Barney Clark's Diary

Short behind-the-scenes documentary on Roman Polanski's "Oliver Twist."