Patrick Kennedy (born 26 August 1977) is an English actor and director.
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Education
He studied English literature and language at St John's College, Oxford, and then attended LAMDA.
Career
Kennedy's first screen role was in Peter Greenaway's The Tulse Luper Suitcases, followed by the role of Julian Bell in the BBC's Cambridge Spies.
Kennedy's first lead role was playing Richard Carstone in the BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' Bleak House, and he followed this with roles in Joe Wright's Atonement, Steven Spielberg's Munich, Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles, and Michael Hoffman's The Last Station.
Kennedy recurred on the television series Boardwalk Empire in 2012, earning a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, and played the role of McKechnie in the Susanna White-directed and Tom Stoppard-written Parade's End.
Kennedy's recent television roles have included Will in Atlanta (season 3), Mark Bolton in Liaison, Neil in Peep Show (series 8), a principal role in ITV's Murder on the Home Front, alongside Tamzin Merchant, a lead opposite Brendan Gleeson in the HBO pilot The Money, Sampson in ITV's Downton Abbey, Jock Colville in Churchill's Secret with Michael Gambon and directed by Charles Sturridge, and recurring roles in Hulu's The First, Mrs Wilson for the BBC, and Allston Wheatley in Scott Frank's The Queen's Gambit for Netflix. He appeared in several episodes of The Day of the Jackal as the target UDC's partner.
