Ian Hart

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Ian Hart
Born Ian Davies
(1964-10-08) 8 October 1964 (age 48)
Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Occupation Actor
Years active 1982 – present

Ian Hart (born Ian Davies; 8 October 1964) is an English stage, television and film actor.

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Early life [edit]

Hart, the grandson of Irish immigrants, was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. He is one of three siblings and was brought up in a Roman Catholic family.[1] He attended the Cardinal Allen Grammar School and was in his teens a member of the Everyman Youth Theatre before studying drama at the now-defunct Mabel Fletcher College of Music and Drama in Liverpool.

Career [edit]

From 1988 to 1991, Hart studied video production at South Mersey College (now part of Liverpool Community College). He portrayed an International Brigade volunteer in the Spanish Civil War in Land and Freedom (1995), an unemployed Liverpool shipyard worker in Liam (2000), and the malevolent Professor Quirrell (and providing the voice and facial basis for the CGI generated face of Voldemort) in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001). Hart has played John Lennon twice — in The Hours and Times (1991) and in Backbeat (1994) — and has also played Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

On television, he played Doyle's creation Dr. Watson in two Sherlock Holmes television films, shown on BBC One over the Christmas seasons in 2002 and 2004.

He also played schizophrenic paparazzo Don Konkey in the FX series Dirt in 2007 and 2008.

In 2009 he played Tom Ripley in BBC Radio Four's adaptations of all five of Patricia Highsmith's "Ripliad" series.

He also teamed up with lifelong friend illy the director cast him in his episode of BBC1 drama Moving On Ian starred as Jake the father of a cross dressing teenage son, the episode was a high profile and highly regarded episode.

He is currently appearing alongside John Simm, Lucy Cohu and Kerry Fox in the Duke of York's Theatre production of Andrew Bovell's play Speaking In Tongues. After the performance on 23 November, Hart went into the audience and remonstrated with a man whom he had earlier told to "shut up" from the stage. Eye witnesses say that Hart assaulted the audience member.[2]

He also played Adolf Hitler in the BBC one-off drama The Man Who Crossed Hitler,[3] which aired in August 2011.

Personal life [edit]

Hart's wife is named Lynne. The couple have two daughters — Daisy (born 1997) and Holly (born 2001) — and live in Crouch End, North London. He is a supporter of Everton. Hart now lives in LA.

Filmography [edit]

Film [edit]

TV [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Claire Armitstead. "The Friday Interview: Ian Hart | Interviews | Guardian Unlimited Film". Film.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 
  2. ^ "Harry Potter villain 'attacks' audience member for talking during West End play". Daily Mail. 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2009-11-24. 
  3. ^ "BBC News - Dame Shirley Bassey drama to screen on BBC Two". Bbc.co.uk. 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2011-10-14. 

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