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Johnny Harris

Acting
Known For

51 Years Old

Johnny Harris first burst onto our screens in 2006 in the highly acclaimed British film London to Brighton. The film was voted into Time Out Magazine’s ‘100 Greatest British Films of All Time’ and celebrated British director Shane Meadows said of Harris’ performance in the film: “It’s an incredibly bold and massively powerful performance, the best I’ve seen on celluloid for a long time.” He went on to star in Shane Meadows cult television series This Is England ’86 receiving BAFTA and Royal Television Society Award nominations for his performance. The final episode of This is England ‘86 was recently named: ‘The Greatest TV Episode of All Time’ by The Independent Newspaper. In 2017, Johnny made his debut as a screenwriter with the highly acclaimed feature film, Jawbone. Harris also starred in and co-produced the movie. He received a BAFTA Film Award nomination for Outstanding Debut, two BIFA Film Award nominations for his performance in the leading role, and a Writers Guild Award nomination for his screenplay. Song-writing icon Paul Weller composed and recorded the soundtrack for Jawbone (his first) and in October 2018, Johnny made his debut behind the camera, directing music videos for Paul’s hit singles, 'Gravity', and 'I Woke Up'. He has starred in film and TV hits including Without Sin, Great Expectations, Jawbone, A Christmas Carol, The Salisbury Poisonings, This is England 86-90, Snow White and the Huntsman, Fortitude, Troy Fall of a City, Medici, Monsters: Dark Continent, From Darkness, Welcome to the Punch, and Jack Thorne’s BAFTA Award-winning TV show The Fades. Johnny’s most recent work includes playing the iconic role of Magwitch in the BBC/FOX/Disney TV adaptation of Great Expectations, alongside Olivia Colman. The show was exec-produced by Tom Hardy and Sir Ridley Scott. He also co-starred alongside, Vicky McClure in ITV’s hit new drama series, Without Sin. Most recently he starred in ‘A Gentleman in Moscow’, alongside Ewan McGregor... an 8 part series based on Amor Towles internationally Best-Selling novel for Showtime and Paramount UK. He is current filming 'Bladerunner 2099' alongside Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer. The show is Exec-Produced by Sir Ridley Scott for Amazon.

Born

Lambeth, London, England, UK on 1st January 1974

All Credits

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Medici: Masters of Florence
Bruno Bernardi
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A Gentleman in Moscow
Osip Glebnikov
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Troy: Fall of a City
Agamemnon
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Fortitude
Ronnie Morgan
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The Salisbury Poisonings
Charlie Rowley
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This Is England '86
Mick
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This Is England '88
Mick
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This Is England '90
Mick
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Great Expectations
Magwitch
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New Tricks
Nick Kellogg
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The Fades
Neil Valentine
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From Darkness
DCI John Hind
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Without Sin
Charles Stone
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Atonement
Soldier in Bray Bar
Coming Up Image
Coming Up
Foreign John
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Coming Up
Tommy
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Snow White and the Huntsman
Quert
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Jawbone
Jimmy McCabe
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War Horse
Infantry Recruitment Officer
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Policeman
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Dorian Gray
James Vane
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RocknRolla
Gary
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The Last Days on Mars
Robert Irwin
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Welcome to the Punch
Dean Warns
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FX's A Christmas Carol
Franklin Scrooge
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Black Death
Mold
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Monsters: Dark Continent
Noah Frater
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Ray's Friend
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Gangster No. 1
Derek
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Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
Nidon (voice)
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London to Brighton
Derek
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Clapham Junction
Tough Man
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Legends
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Daylight Robbery
Terry
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Huge
Warren Duggan
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A House in Jerusalem
Michael
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Morning
Reporter
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It Was an Accident
Robbie
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Nancy, Sid and Sergio
Sid
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Derek