Johnny Harris

Birthday: 1974-01-01
Birthplace: Lambeth, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

Year Title Character
2023-07-13 A House in Jerusalem Michael
2019-12-19 FX's A Christmas Carol Franklin Scrooge
2017-05-12 Jawbone Jimmy McCabe
2014-10-09 Monsters: Dark Continent Noah Frater
2013-08-11 The Last Days on Mars Robert Irwin
2013-03-15 Welcome to the Punch Dean Warns
2012-10-12 Morning Reporter
2012-05-30 Snow White and the Huntsman Quert
2011-12-25 War Horse Infantry Recruitment Officer
2011-01-01 Nancy, Sid and Sergio Sid
2010-12-10 Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie Nidon (voice)
2010-09-22 You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Ray's Friend
2010-06-18 Huge Warren Duggan
2010-06-07 Black Death Mold
2009-10-01 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Policeman
2009-09-09 Dorian Gray James Vane
2008-09-04 RocknRolla Gary
2008-08-29 Daylight Robbery Terry
2007-07-22 Clapham Junction Tough Man
2007-02-27 Atonement Soldier in Bray Bar
2006-12-01 London to Brighton Derek
2001-11-17 Royalty Derek
2000-10-27 It Was an Accident Robbie
2000-06-09 Gangster No. 1 Derek