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Johnny Harris
Actor, Producer, WriterBorn January 1, 1974 (51 years)
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.
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2024 | A Gentleman in Moscow (TV Series) · as Osip Glebnikov |
| 2023 | A House in Jerusalem · as Michael |
| 2023 | Great Expectations (2023) (TV Series) · as Magwitch |
| 2022 | Without Sin (TV Series) · as Charles Stone |
| 2020 | The Salisbury Poisonings (TV Series) · as Charlie Rowley |
| 2019 | FX's A Christmas Carol · as Franklin Scrooge |
| 2019 | A Christmas Carol (TV Series) · as Franklin Scrooge |
| 2018 | Troy: Fall of a City (TV Series) · as Agamemnon |
| 2017 | Jawbone · as Jimmy Mccabe |
| 2016 | Medici (TV Series) · as Bruno Bernardi |
| 2015 | From Darkness (TV Series) · as Dci John Hind |
| 2015 | This Is England '90 (TV Series) · as Mick |
| 2015 | Fortitude (TV Series) · as Ronnie Morgan |
| 2014 | Monsters: Dark Continent · as Noah Frater |
| 2013 | The Last Days on Mars · as Robert Irwin |
| 2013 | Welcome to the Punch · as Dean Warns |
| 2012 | Snow White and the Huntsman · as Quert |
| 2011 | War Horse · as Infantry Recruitment Officer |
| 2011 | This Is England '88 (TV Series) · as Mick |
| 2011 | The Fades (TV Series) · as Neil Valentine |
| 2011 | Nancy, Sid & Sergio · as Sid |
| 2010 | Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie · as Nidon (voice) |
| 2010 | This Is England (TV Series) · as Mick |
| 2010 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger · as Ray's Friend |
| 2010 | Huge · as Warren Duggan |
| 2010 | Black Death · as Mold |
| 2009 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus · as Policeman |
| 2009 | Dorian Gray · as James Vane |
| 2009 | Law & Order: UK (TV Series) · as Harry Lucas |
| 2009 | Whitechapel (TV Series) · as Dc Sanders |
| 2008 | RocknRolla · as Gary |
| 2008 | Daylight Robbery · as Terry |
| 2008 | The Passion (TV Series) · as Asher |
| 2008 | The Cottage · as Smoking Joe |
| 2008 | City of Vice (TV Series) · as William Flynn |
| 2008 | Leaving · as Jim |
| 2007 | Heroes and Villains (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 2007 | Atonement · as Soldier In Bray Bar |
| 2007 | Clapham Junction · as Tough Man |
| 2007 | Holby Blue (TV Series) · as Garry Drake |
| 2006 | London to Brighton · as Derek |
| 2005 | The Ghost Squad (TV Series) · as Charlie |
| 2003 | Coming Up (TV Series) · as Foreign John |
| 2003 | New Tricks (TV Series) · as Nick Kellogg |
| 2001 | Royalty · as Derek |
| 2000 | It Was an Accident · as Robbie |
| 2000 | Gangster No. 1 · as Derek |
| 1999 | Holby City (TV Series) · as Sammy Briscoe |
| 1997 | Trial & Retribution (TV Series) · as Terry Dyer |
| 1985 | EastEnders (TV Series) · as Sean |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) · as Danny Hines |
Blade Runner 2099 (TV Series) · as Cast |