Arthur Darvill Biography

Arthur Darvill is an English actor, composer, and musician known for starring as Rory Williams, a companion of the Eleventh Doctor in the TV series Doctor Who from 2010 to 2012, and Rip Hunter in Legends of Tomorrow. He won the Laurence Olivier Best Actor in a Musical Award for his performance as Curly in the West End revival of Oklahoma!

Arthur Darvill Age

Darvill was born Thomas Arthur Darvill on June 17, 1982, in Birmingham, West Midlands, England. He is 43 years old as of 2025. Darvill celebrates his birthday on June 17th.

Arthur Darvill Height

Darvill stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 11 inches.

Arthur Darvill Family

Darvill was born to Ellie and Nigel. Ellie is an actress known as the puppeteer who voiced Why Bird from Playdays. She worked with masks, puppets, and live acting as a member of Cannon Hill Theatre at the Midlands Arts Centre. Nigel played the Hammond organ for artists like Ruby Turner, Fine Young Cannibals, Edwin Starr, and UB40.

Arthur Darvill Wife

Darvill married Inès De Clercq in 2015. He loves to cook and attend the theatre and concerts. He also collects taxidermy and is close friends with his Doctor Who former co-stars, Karen Gillan and Matt Smith. Darvill is non-religious.

Arthur Darvill Net Worth

Darvill has an estimated net worth ranging between $1 million – $5 million, which he has earned through being an actor, composer, and musician.

Arthur Darvill Doctor Who

Darvill started portraying Rory Williams, a companion to the Eleventh Doctor, in Season 5 of the BBC’s Doctor Who, reuniting with Matt Smith, his Swimming with Sharks co-star. He became a series regular in Season 6, confirming that he would appear in Season 7 before his co-star Karen Gillan left in the fifth episode. Moreover, he has been involved with multiple radio and voice projects, including Doctor Who audiobooks. Rory is Amy Pond’s fiancé and later becomes her husband.

Arthur Darvill Broadchurch

After leaving Doctor Who, Darvill joined the cast of Broadchurch as Reverend Paul Coates opposite David Tennant and Olivia Colman. Reverend Paul is a young Anglican priest for Broadchurch. He supports and guides the townspeople in the aftermath of the murder of 11-year-old Danny Latimer. A recovering alcoholic, he attends AA meetings and struggles with insomnia, regularly taking walks at night. Detective Inspector Alec Hardy suspects him of being involved with Danny’s death after he becomes close with his family and his death, as well as the increased number of churchgoers after his death. DI Alec suspects that he killed Danny to boost the number of people going to church.

Arthur Darvill Legends of Tomorrow

Darvill joined the cast of Legends of Tomorrow as time-traveller Rip Hunter in March 2015. However, his role was written out of the show in 2018, later returning in 2021 for the show’s one hundredth episode. Rip was a member of a group called Time Masters until he took over a ship called the Waverider, which carried an artificial intelligence, Gideon. He uses the Waverider to recruit eight people to help him throughout time and space to save the world by defeating an immortal tyrant named Vandal Savage. Vandal is a supervillain who killed his wife and child in 2166 during the Second Blitz in London.

Arthur Darvill Oklahoma!

Darvill played the role of Curly McLain, a charming and confident cowboy, in the West End revival of Oklahoma! from 2022 to 2023. Curly competes for the affection of Laurey Williams, the independent farmgirl, with Jud Fry, the hired hand. He won the Laurence Olivier Best Actor in a Musical Award for his performance as Curly.

Arthur Darvill The Sandman

Darvill starred as struggling author Richard Madoc in The Sandman episode, “Calliope,” in 2022. Richard imprisons the Greek muse Calliope after her previous abusive writer, Erasmus Fry, transfers ownership to him. After discovering that sexually assaulting her inspires him, he exploits her to get past his writer’s block and achieve success, promising to release her after she inspires his next book. However, he does not keep his word, leading Calliope to contact Morpheus, her former husband(whom she affectionately calls Oneiros), for help. Morpheus and Calliope have not been in contact with each other since the death of their son, Orpheus.

Arthur Darvill Education

Darvill studied at Bromsgrove School in Worcestershire from 1993 to 2000. He later trained in acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Moreover, he is trained in stage combat.

Arthur Darvill Career

Darvill became a member of Stage2 Youth Theatre Company when he was 10 years old, where he worked from 1991 to 2000. In 2000, he landed a role on CITV, where he was billed as Tom Darvill. After leaving Stage2 Youth Theatre Company in 2001, he established a theatre company called Fuego’s Men, performing in the Midlands. When he was 21, he relocated to London with four friends from the youth theatre after they secured a spot at a drama school. While in London, they moved into a house in White City

Darvill professionally debuted on stage as condemned criminal Harrison in Edmund White’s Terre Haute at the Assembly Rooms during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. His performance in the play won praise from Nicholas de Jongh of the Evening Standard and Susannah Clapp of The Observer. He also won a nomination for a Best Newcomer Awards at the 2007 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

In 2007, Darvill starred as Rob in Stacy, a performance that The Times described as compelling. Later that year, he starred in the Vaudeville Theatre’s production of Swimming with Sharks opposite Christian Slater, Helen Baxendale, and Matt Smith. In 2008, he debuted on TV with a role in ITV’s He Kills Coppers. That same year, he played the role of Edward “Tip” Dorrit in the BBC’s Little Dorrit.

Doctor Who to present;

Darvill started portraying Rory Williams, a companion to the Eleventh Doctor, in Season 5 of the BBC’s Doctor Who, reuniting with Matt Smith, his Swimming with Sharks co-star. He became a series regular in Season 6, confirming that he would appear in Season 7 before his co-star Karen Gillan left in the fifth episode. In 2010, he starred in a small role in Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood and portrayed Mick Gallagher in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll. Darvill and other British celebrities designed and signed their card for the Thomas Coram Foundation for Children, a UK-based charity. The cards were auctioned off on eBay in May 2014.

In the summer of 2011, Darvill starred as Mephistopheles in Doctor Faustus at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London. After leaving Doctor Who, he joined the cast of Broadchurch as vicar Paul Coates opposite David Tennant and Olivia Colman. On 19 April 2013, he started starring as the lead male role, Guy, in the musical Once, on Broadway, New York, with Joanna Christie. Darvill and Joanna performed a number and presented the award for best scenery at the 2013 Tony Awards. He continued playing the role in the West End production from March 17, 2014, to May 10, 2014.

Darvill joined the cast of Legends of Tomorrow as time-traveller Rip Hunter in March 2015. However, his role was written out of the show in 2018, later returning in 2021 for the show’s one hundredth episode. In 2019, he played the role of Oscar Lindquist in the West End revival of Sweet Charity. He starred as Curly McLain in the musical Oklahoma! at the Young Vic in 2022. The following year, he continued the role in the West End production.

Music and Audio Work

Darvill plays the guitar and keyboards. During his teenage years, he formed Edmund, an indie band named after Edmund Pevensie, his favorite character in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Besides acting, he is a musician and a composer who has penned songs and music for the Bush Theatre and composed the score for Che Walker’s The Frontline at Shakespeare’s Globe. Been So Long, a musical based on Ché Walker’s 1998 play, opened at the Young Vic. The Lightning Child, another collaboration, opened at the Globe in September 2013.

Since meeting at RADA, he worked with Walker for several years, developing songs and music for the show. The musical was performed at the Latitude Festival in July and had a run at the Traverse Theatre in August. He won a Judge’s Discretionary Award from MTM for his music. He helped endorse Fyfe Dangerfield’s solo album in 2010, where he played with him on sessions for Graham Norton’s show and on Xfm.

2011 to present;

Darvill has been involved with multiple radio and voice projects, including Doctor Who audiobooks. In December 2011, he starred as Keith Moon for BBC Radio 4’s Burning Both Ends. The following year, he provided the voice for Gulliver in Radio 4’s Gulliver’s Travels and Sam in the short film Penguin. He and playwright Sam Holcroft worked on the musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr. Fox, which premiered at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, in November 2016.

Darvill debuted Paperlands, a new musical collective with Ines De Clercq, in 2018. Paperlands performed at St Pancras Old Church on November 22, 2018. In December of that year, they took some time to record in a studio. He made an appearance on the concept album for Vikki Stone and Katie Mulgrew’s musical #ZoologicalSociety in 2020. Even though the concert was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the album featuring him was digitally released on March 27, 2020. A June 13, 2020, announcement revealed that he would reprise his role as Rory Williams with Big Finish Productions, in a multi-box set series named The Lone Centurion.

Arthur Darvill Movies and TV Shows

Darvill has starred in several movies and TV shows during his career such as

• Sooty
• Intangible
• Little Dorrit
• Pelican Blood
• Crazy for You
• Penguin
• Captcha
• In Wonderland
• Pond Life
• Bertie
• Danny and the Human Zoo
• Shut Up and Dig
• World on Fire
• Unprecedented
• People You May Know
• Three Little Birds
• And Mrs
• A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story