Sean Harris

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Sean Harris
Born	1966 Bethnal Green, London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–present

Sean Harris (born 1966) is an English actor, who is best known for his performance as Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis in the film 24 Hour Party People and Fifield in Ridley Scott's Prometheus. He grew up in Norwich, Norfolk, where he lived until he was 23.

Life and career

Harris was born in Bethnal Green, London, England, but grew up in Norwich, Norfolk, where he lived until he was 23. He Trained at the Drama Centre London. He also appeared in the cult horror Creep, in which he played a psychopathic killer stalking the London Underground. Harris appeared in his first British feature film lead in the independent film Saxon, released in 2008.

Other notable roles include serial killer Ian Brady, one of the notorious culprits of the Moors Murders, on ITV1's See No Evil: The Moors Murders, and Nick Sidney in the cult mockumentary Brothers of the Head. Harris played Joy Division singer Ian Curtis in Michael Winterbottom film 24 Hour Party People. He has also appeared in the 2007 film Outlaw and in the television film Wedding Belles by Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh. Harris played the drug dealer Stretch in Harry Brown. Harris played reporter Fred Hale in a new film adaptation of Brighton Rock, released in February 2011. Harris appeared in the British thriller film A Lonely Place to Die previously known as The Grave at Angel's Peak directed by Julian Gilbey.

Harris appeared in a short film, Native Son, playing a troubled young soldier who returns home to the Highlands from a war overseas but finds difficulty settling back into rural life. The film was written and directed by Scottish director Scott Graham and premiered the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. He played Fifield in the Ridley Scott 2012 sci-fi film, Prometheus. It was regarded as one of the worst performances of the film by critics.

Television

Harris's television credits include Channel 4's drama series Cape Wrath as Gordon Ormond, the BBC series Ashes to Ashes as Arthur Layton, the Waking the Dead episode Pietà as former Serb war criminal Radovan Sredinić and as the corrupt Inspector Bob Craven in Channel 4's critically acclaimed Red Riding series. In the recent BBC TV drama Five Daughters, he played Brian Tobin, co-founder of The Iceni Project, a drugs treatment facility based in Suffolk, England. He currently appears as the assassin Don Miguel "Michelotto" de Corella in The Borgias, a historical television series created by Neil Jordan.

Notable appearances

• Music video for Mark Ronson's 2007 single "Stop Me".
• Svengali, an Internet comedy series written by Dean Cavanagh. Harris played photographer Anton Blair.
• Music video for Barbarossa's song Battles, directed by Montserrat Lombard.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1994	Minder	Dean	TV series (1 episode: "Bring Me the Head of Arthur Daley")
1994	The Bill	Matthew / Russell Hines / Stuart Kennedy	TV series (3 episodes)
1995	Signs and Wonders	Carl Maynard	TV Movie
1995	The Vet	Neil Fairbrother	TV series (1 episode: "Home Truths")
1996	A Mug's Game	Con	TV series
1998	Kavanagh QC	Ian Curtis	TV series (1 episode: "Care in the Community")
1999	Jesus	Thomas	TV movie
2000	Casualty	Tim Vanner	TV series (1 episode: "Starting Over")
2001	The Hunt	Clem Mackie	TV movie
2002	Judge John Deed	Gerry Hewitt	TV series (1 episode: "Political Expediency")
2003	The Vice	Miles Wilson	TV series (1 episode: "Control")
2003	Strange	Robin Thomas	TV series (1 episode: "Asmoth")
2006	See No Evil: The Moors Murders	Ian Brady	TV movie
2007	Wedding Belles	Adrian Collins	TV movie
2007	Cape Wrath	Gordon Ormond	TV series (3 episodes)
2007	Ashes to Ashes	Arthur Layton	TV series (2 episodes)
2009	Red Riding Trilogy	Detective Superintendent Bob Craven	TV movie
2009	Law & Order: UK	Roland Kirk	TV series (1 episode: "Community Service")
2010	Five Daughters	Brian Tobin	TV series (3 episodes)
2011–present	The Borgias	Michelotto Corella	TV series

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	The Discovery of Heaven	Bart Bork
2002	Tom & Thomas	Kevin
2002	24 Hour Party People	Ian Curtis	Nominated - Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor
2004	Trauma	Roland
2004	Creep	Craig, the "Creep"
2005	Asylum	Nick
2005	Frozen	Hurricane Frank
2005	Brothers of the Head	Nick Sidney
2005	Isolation	Jamie
2007	Outlaw	Simon Hillier
2009	Harry Brown	Stretch
2009	Native Son	John	Short film
2010	Brighton Rock	Hale
2011	A Lonely Place to Die	Mr Kidd
2012	Prometheus	Fifield
2013	Serena	Campbell	(post-production)

External links

• Sean Harris at the Internet Movie Database