Barney Clark
Acting
Biography
Barney Ivan S. Clark (born 25 June 1993 in Hackney, London) is an English actor. Clark began acting in school plays and appeared in the 2001 film Lawless Heart. He successfully auditioned for the title role in the 2005 version of Oliver Twist, directed by Roman Polanski; 800 children had auditioned for the role. The film opened in September 2005 and was mostly considered a financial and critical disappointment, although Clark received positive reviews for his performance. His latest projects include Savage Grace and short film 'Moog'. Clark attended Central Foundation Boys' School in Islington, London, and was in the yellow form of Year 11. Clark recently attended La Swap Sixth Form, whether or not he is still studying there now is unknown. When he was on the set of Oliver Twist he kept a diary every day.
Known For
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.
Foyle's War
When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.
Oliver Twist
In a British seaside resort, several lives intertwine following the funeral of a gay restaurant owner.
Lawless Heart
The making of Roman Polanski's "Oliver Twist" as seen through the eyes of the film's child actors.
It's a Happy Movie: The Children's Making-of
Short behind-the-scenes documentary on Roman Polanski's "Oliver Twist."