Arthur Darvill

At 42 years old, Arthur Darvill has this physical status:

Career

Darvill joined Stage2 Youth Theatre Company at the age of 10. He served on CITV from 1991 to 2000, and appeared on CITV in 2000, presenting continuity links between the shows; during this period he was billed as Tom Darvill. He left in 2001 and founded Fuego's Men, a male theatre company that performed in the Midlands. Darvill and four others from youth theatre met in London at the age of 21, with each gaining a spot in a drama academy. They both moved into a house in White City together. Darvill studied drama at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and is also an actor trained in stage combat.

In Edmund White's Terre Haute, which ran in Edmund White's Assembly Rooms during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Darvill made his professional debut playing criminal Harrison. Nicholas de Jongh of the Evening Standard and Susannah Clapp of The Observer praised his work. Darvill appeared in Terre Haute's relocating to Trafalgar Studios in 2007. At the 2007 Evening Standard Theatre Awards, his appearance earned him a Best Newcomer award.

In a performance the Times described as "compelling," Darvill played Rob in the 2007 monologue Stacy. He appeared in the Vaindeville Theatre's production of Swimming with Sharks with Christian Slater, Helen Baxendale, and Matt Smith (which earned him a London Newcomer Award nomination) later this year.

Darvill made his television debut in the ITV crime drama He Kills Coppers in 2008. Edward "Tip" Dorrit played him in the BBC serial "Under Fire" in the same year. In the fifth series of the BBC's science fiction series Doctor Who, Darvill's companion to the Eleventh Doctor (reuniting with his Swimming with Sharks co-star Matt Smith). He appeared in the sixth series as a regular character and announced that he would be appearing in the seventh film before his co-star Karen Gillan (on-screen wife Amy Pond) died in the fifth episode.

Darvill appeared in Ridley Scott's Robin Hood's Affair, as a stable groom, and in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, 2010. He appeared in Doctor Faustus "an agent of the Devil in human form" in Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, which later became available on DVD. After his departure from Doctor Who, Paul Coates appeared in Broadchurch as vicar Paul Coates, alongside David Tennant and Olivia Colman.

On Broadway, New York, opposite new co-star Joanna Christie, he took over Guy from the musical Once character Guy. The two artists also appeared on the 2013 Tony Awards to perform a variety of roles and present the award for best scenery. Darvill played a key role in the West End production from 17 March 2014 to 10 May 2014.

Darvill appeared in the series Legends of Tomorrow in March 2015. By the time of the third season, he was written out of the show in 2018. Nevertheless, he returned in 2021 for the show's one hundredth episode in 2021. Darvill played Oscar Lindquist in the West End revival of Sweet Charity in 2019.

Darvill has written songs and recordings for the Bush Theatre, as well as composing the score for Che Walker's 2008 play The Frontline at Shakespeare's Globe. The musical Been So Long, based on Ché Walker's 1998 play, opened at the Young Vic in June 2009, and The Lightning Child, a new venture, opened at the Globe in September 2013. Darvill had been performing with Walker for a number of years since they first met in RADA, arranging the show's songs and music. The musical premiered at the Latitude Festival in July and had a run at the Traverse Theatre in August. Darvill was given a Judge's Discretionary Award from MTM for his music. Darvill appeared on Graham Norton's show and on Xfm in 2010, promoting Fyfe Dangerfield's solo album.

Darvill has worked on a variety of radio and voice projects, including Doctor Who audiobooks. He appeared on BBC Radio 4's Burning Both Ends in December 2011. In the short film Penguin, Gulliver's Travels and Sam starred Gulliver in 2012.

He collaborated with playwright Sam Holcroft on a stage production of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr. Fox, which premiered at the Nuffield Theatre in Southampton in November 2016.

Darvill formed Paperlands, a new musical group formed in 2018, with Ines De Clercq. On Sunday, the group appeared at St Pancras Old Church. In December of this year, they took a long time to film in a studio.

Darvill performed on the concept album for Vikki Stone and Katie Mulgrew's musical #ZoologicalSociety in 2020. Despite the concert being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Darvill's album was released digitally on March 27, 2020.

Darvill would reprise his role as Rory Williams with Big Finish Productions, chronicling the character's time between "The Pandorica Opens" and "The Big Bang" on June 13, 2020.

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