1974-01-01 ( 51 years old ) in 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.
Movies
A House in Jerusalem
2023-07-13
FX's A Christmas Carol
2019-12-19
Jawbone
2017-05-12
Monsters: Dark Continent
2014-10-09
The Last Days on Mars
2013-08-11
Welcome to the Punch
2013-03-15
Morning
2012-10-12
Snow White and the Huntsman
2012-05-30
War Horse
2011-12-25
Nancy, Sid and Sergio
2011-01-01
Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
2010-12-10
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010-09-22
Huge
2010-06-18
Black Death
2010-06-07
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
2009-10-01
Dorian Gray
2009-09-09
RocknRolla
2008-09-04
Daylight Robbery
2008-08-29
Clapham Junction
2007-07-22
Atonement
2007-02-27
London to Brighton
2006-12-01
Royalty
2001-11-17
It Was an Accident
2000-10-27
Gangster No. 1
2000-06-09
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