Al Barclay

Actor  ·  Event Worker  ·  Fool

I pretend to be other people for a living. I pretend to be myself for a living.

The blog is the director's cut.

Al Barclay

What I Do

Acting

Twenty-three years of theatre, film and television. RSC. West End. Netflix. Apple TV+. A snake named Hex in the New York Times.

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Dayjob With Me

Need an extra pair of hands with a brain attached? I drive vans, operate forklifts, clear warehouses, run events. I show up, I work hard, I don't complain.

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The Fool

Tarot readings, healing work, workshops. I exist in the liminal space between the fire and the jungle. Half jaguar.

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Selected Credits

Lodovico
Othello — RSC
2024
Scrooge
A Christmas Carol — Arts Theatre, West End
2014–ongoing · People occasionally come up to me in the street and say Humbug.
Michael Howard
The Crown — Netflix
2016
King Alonso
The Tempest — Big Telly / Creation Theatre
Photo of me and my snake in the New York Times during lockdown. Caption read "King Alonso and his snake Hex".
Jimmy Vanburgh
Bright Young Things — dir. Stephen Fry
2003
Slow Horses
Apple TV+
2022

The Blog

"Mummy, Daddy, I'm going to be an ACTOR"

Daily since 2017. Hundreds of thousands of words. The director's cut of a life in progress.

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