Name Barnaby Kay Children Harry Kay | Role Actor Siblings Adam Kay | |
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Movies and TV shows Wallander, Croupier, Shakespeare in Love, Oscar and Lucinda, Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End Similar People Nicola Walker, Richard Kay, Mike Hodges, Tamzin Outhwaite, Gillian Armstrong |
Barnaby Kay (born 11 April 1969 in Dawlish, London) is an English actor who has played roles in television, stage, film and performance art. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Kay is the son of actor Richard Kay (1937 - 1985), and the grandson of entertainer Arthur Kay (died 1970). He is married to fellow actor Nicola Walker, with whom he has a son, Harry.

Among other roles, Kay has appeared in The Five (2016), Wallander (2012–15), Doctor Who (2015), New Tricks (2013–14), Frankie (2013), Public Enemies (2011), Wuthering Heights (2009), Holby City (2008), Midsomer Murders (2005), Spooks (2004), Prime Suspect (2003), Serious and Organised (2003), Silent Witness (2002), Conspiracy (2001), The Bill (2000), Casualty (1999), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Croupier (1998), Jonathan Creek (1997), Cracker (1996), The Vet (1995) and Minder (1994).

His theatre work includes A Streetcar Named Desire at the Donmar Warehouse (2009), Orlando in As You Like It at the Novello Theatre (2006), Closer at the National Theatre (1999 - 2000), Pierre Bezuhov in Warring Peas at the Hampstead Theatre (2008), Tinky Winky, Telly Tubbies, tour (2011-2016), Steve Calhanm in Eric Larue at the Soho Theatre (2006), and Alexander Petrovich Kalabushkin in Dying For It at the Almeida Theatre (2007).

