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Johnny Harris

Actor

Johnny Harris

Born January 1, 1974 in Lambeth, London, England, UK24 films

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.”

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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.

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Essential films

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Filmography

24 films as actor
  1. 2023A House in JerusalemMichael
  2. 2019FX's A Christmas CarolFranklin Scrooge
  3. 2017JawboneJimmy McCabe
  4. 2014Monsters: Dark ContinentNoah Frater
  5. 2013The Last Days on MarsRobert Irwin
  6. 2013Welcome to the PunchDean Warns
  7. 2012MorningReporter
  8. 2012Snow White and the HuntsmanQuert
  9. 2011War HorseInfantry Recruitment Officer
  10. 2011Nancy, Sid and SergioSid
  11. 2010Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 MovieNidon (voice)
  12. 2010You Will Meet a Tall Dark StrangerRay's Friend
  13. 2010HugeWarren Duggan
  14. 2010Black DeathMold
  15. 2009The Imaginarium of Doctor ParnassusPoliceman
  16. 2009Dorian GrayJames Vane
  17. 2008RocknRollaGary
  18. 2008Daylight RobberyTerry
  19. 2007Clapham JunctionTough Man
  20. 2007AtonementSoldier in Bray Bar
  21. 2006London to BrightonDerek
  22. 2001RoyaltyDerek
  23. 2000It Was an AccidentRobbie
  24. 2000Gangster No. 1Derek