kenneth collard
Height:5’4”
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Spotlight: 915
Training :Birmingham School of Speech of Drama
Skills: Performance Certificate of the Society of British Fight Directors at ADVANCED level, basic Horse riding.
Full Driving Licence. Good ear for accents & dialects: Authentic German. Native Kent. Qualified Electronics Engineer. Strong on improvisation.
Kenneth was born in Germany and raised in England. He has dual nationality. His mother is German/Czech and his father is English/Greek. German speaker.
Kenneth’s TV credits include THE BORGIAS for SHOWTIME directed by Neil Jordan and Simon Callan Jones; CAMPUS for Channel 4 playing P; THE TUDORS for BBC playing D'Annebaut; LIFE OF RILEY for BBC; Various characters in DANIS HOUSE for the BBC, HOMETIME for BabyCow (BBC2), THE WRONG DOOR for BBC3; MY HERO for the BBC; CALL ME a new Comedy Pilot for the BBC; CAVEGIRL for the BBC playing the regular role of CHIEF; various guest leads in HARRY & COSH for Channel 5. MORRIS 2274 for Channel 5, playing the regular role of MR BUSBY.
Film credits include FOSTER for Serendipity Films directed by Jonathan Newman, CREEPING ZERO based on the short story by Jeff Hoon; IRONCLAD for Mythic; ALBATROSS for Cinema NX; SWINGING WITH THE FINKELS; TORMENTED for BBC Films/Slingshot Films, HIPPIE HIPPIE SHAKE for Working Title, 12 in a BOX which won the audience prize for best film of the Zurich International Film Festival; A PASSION IN THE DESERT for Fineline, playing Dogeraux, a French Officer in Napoleon’s army; THE YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES for Lucas Film, playing Pierre a quirky scientist and PICCADILY COWBOY currently on limited release in the USA.
Radio credits include THE ARCHERS for BBC Radio 4, STRANGERS & BROTHERS for BBC Radio 4 playing Willy Romantovski and STALINGRAD KISS for BBC Radio 3 playing Albert and Boris.
Theatre credits include West End and No. 1 tour of THE WITCHES: EVERYMAN at the National Theatre, Dijon as part of their international season; the award–winning TWO GENTLEMEN OF SOHO and touring Canada and the UK, playing Will Kempe, Shakespeare’s clown; the controversial SHADING THE CRIME, playing a torturer, which received its world premiere at the Courtyard Theatre, Hereford, Also at Hereford ABIGAIL’S PARTY (Laurence), ENTERTAINING MR SLOANE (ED), Most recently, he played Laertes in THE AL-HAMLET SUMMIT, a multi-media production, which was performed in Kuwait, as part of the Gulf Festival and went on to tour to The National Theatre of Tunisia, The Edinburgh Festival, where it won a Fringe First, for outstanding theatre, The International Festival in Cairo, representing the UK where it won best production and best director.
As a presenter Kenneth co-presented ON THE HOOF, a pilot arts programme for Channel 5, the Wandsworth Film Festival, Volcano Film Festival & the Croydon Film Festival. He recently interviewed Brian Croucher, (EastEnders) in front of a live studio audience in CROUCHER’S BACK as part of the Wandsworth Arts Festival. He was also a presenter on SPICE TV.
Kenneth has also worked extensively in the corporate sector as a role-player.
