Johnny Harris

Known for ActingBorn 1974-01-01 (age 52)Lambeth, London, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

This Is England '90

Legends

Medici: Masters of Florence

This Is England '86

Atonement

This Is England '88

War Horse

FX's A Christmas Carol

New Tricks

The Fades

The Salisbury Poisonings

RocknRolla

Royalty

A Gentleman in Moscow

Fortitude

Without Sin

It Was an Accident

Clapham Junction

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

London to Brighton

Gangster No. 1

Jawbone

Black Death

Dorian Gray

Morning

Snow White and the Huntsman

A House in Jerusalem

Welcome to the Punch

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Troy: Fall of a City

Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie

Great Expectations

From Darkness

Huge

Coming Up

The Last Days on Mars

Daylight Robbery

Monsters: Dark Continent

Nancy, Sid and Sergio