Matthew Kennard (born 12 February 1982) is an English actor, known for his role as nurse Archie Hallam in the BBC soap opera Doctors.
[2] He also starred as Manchester United footballer Duncan Edwards in a BBC dramatisation of the Munich air disaster.
[3][4] One of Kennard's earlier roles was in the series Love in the 21st Century, broadcast on Channel 4 in 1999 and created by Red Productions, who were previously responsible for Queer as Folk.
Kennard's character is seduced by a school teacher who believes she is giving him experience, although it later transpires he had made a bet that he could sleep with her.
[5] Kennard left a regular role in the soap opera Doctors on 27 April 2009 to concentrate on film work, including featuring in Born of Hope with his brother Sam.