Tim Hardy

Tim trained at R.A.D.A. In Vienna he has appeared as The Spartan in Lysistrata directed by Peter Hall and Don Magnifico in Cenerentola for Music Theatre London which played in the Music Festival.

London appearances include Marat Sade directed by Peter Brook and Henry Vboth for the RSC and the Broadway transfers, Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof, Hotspur in Henry IV and Dauphin in Henry V, Rupert in Melon by Simon Gray, Dougie in Mary Barnes by David Edgar, Joe Manjkiewicz in Judy, Dad in Mad and her Dad and Cavafy in Days of Cavafy.
In America Tim has played Leontes in Winters Tale and Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet.

For Music Theatre London he has played Sarastro in Magie Flute, Bartholo in Figaro, Commendatore in Don Giovanni all of which were performed in London, Hamburg and Amsterdam.

Tim’s TV work includes Arthur Taylor in Oscar Wilde, running characters in Take Three Women, Eastenders and Families, Ross in Macbeth and Eleventh Hour. His film credits inlude The Duellist, Marat Sade, Nothing But the Best and most recently Captain Corellis Mandolin. Tim has also narrated over 50 documentaries for the Discovery and History channels.

After playing Michael in Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me in Vienna last autumn, Tim returned to London to sing the role of Don Magnifico in Rossini’s Cenerentola at the Drill Hall. He then played Peer in Ibsen’s Peer Gynt at the Battersea Arts Centre, also in London.

Tim has directed since 1989. His productions include The Royal Hunt of the Sun, by Peter Shaffer, in Michigan, and The Merchant of Venice in Illinois. In England he has directed an all-female production of Troilus and Cressida and The Dolls House by Ibsen, both in Guildford.

Tim has directed many plays at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, including Measure for Measure, Julius Caesar, Othello and Henry V.