Actor
Kris Hitchen
Born April 28, 1974 in Salford, Lancashire, England, UK13 films
Kristian Bartholomew Hitchen is an English actor, best known for his role in the Ken Loach directed feature Sorry We Missed You for which he received a nomination for best actor at the British Independent Film Awards.
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Born in Salford on 28 April 1974, Hitchen studied dancing as a child and tried to break into acting after leaving school but, after meeting his wife, he left the industry and started a plumbing business.
He returned to acting after visiting a retreat just before his 40th birthday and had small roles in 4 O'Clock Club and Coronation Street before landing the part of Ricky in Ken Loach's Sorry We Missed You. He has since appeared in Anne Boleyn as the Duke of Norfolk, The Long Shadow, Trigger Point and the film Speak No Evil alongside James McAvoy.
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First watchSorry We Missed You20197.3as RickyHoping that self-employment through gig economy can solve their financial woes, a hard-up delivery driver and his wife struggling to raise a family end up trapped in the vicious circle of…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
13 films as actor- 2026Frostbite
- 2024UnmooredMark
- 2024Gone FishingPete
- 2024Contact HoursThe Caretaker
- 2024Cul-de-sacTerry
- 2024Speak No EvilMike
- 2022Great Yarmouth: Provisional FiguresRichard
- 2021HollowNiall Lavin
- 2021Lilias AdieBailee
- 2021The War BelowHarold Stockford
- 2021Pink Bag
- 2019Trucker's AtlasRob
- 2019Sorry We Missed YouRicky