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Johnny Harris was born in Lambeth, London.
He started his career on stage, in the fringe theatres of London, performing in many venues, including The White Bear Theatre and The Landor Theatre. He became a company member of The Union Theatre in Southwark where he performed in many plays.
His first screen role was in Sara Dunlop's short film 'BIG'. He played the leading role and the film won the 'Best Film Award' at The Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival
Johnny Harris was born in Lambeth, London.
He started his career on stage, in the fringe theatres of London, performing in many venues, including The White Bear Theatre and The Landor Theatre. He became a company member of The Union Theatre in Southwark where he performed in many plays.
His first screen role was in Sara Dunlop's short film 'BIG'. He played the leading role and the film won the 'Best Film Award' at The Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival.
In 2000 he was cast in his first feature film, Paul McGuigan's Gangster No. 1.
His first breakthrough role came in 2006 when he received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Derek in Paul Andrew Williams' award-winning and BAFTA-nominated film 'London to Brighton'.
He has since worked with directors including Stephen Spielberg, Woody Allen, Guy Ritchie, Joe Wright, and Terry Gilliam.
In 2009 he won the Best Actor Award at the Brest European Short Film Festival for his performance in the short film 'Leaving' He also played James Vane in Ealing Studios big screen adaptation of 'Dorian Gray'.
Harris then starred in Chris Smith's 'Black Death' as well as giving his first motion capture performance in Ultramarines: The Movie, alongside John Hurt and Terence Stamp.
His next breakthrough came in 2011 in Shane Meadows highly acclaimed and multi-award winning This is England '86. Harris was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor BAFTA and a Royal Television Society Best Actor Award for his portrayal of an abusive father 'Mick' in the show.
In 2012 he worked with Shane Meadows again, reprising his role for This is England '88. The show won the Bafta TV Award for Best Mini-Series.
In the same year, Harris starred in a six-part BBC Three drama 'The Fades', written by Jack Thorne, who co-wrote 'This is England '86'. The show won The BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series.
In the summer of 2012, Harris appeared as one of the Eight Dwarves, alongside Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, Nick Frost, Toby Jones, Eddie Marsan and Brian Gleeson in Snow White & the Huntsman, for Universal Pictures, starring Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth.
In 2013 he starred in Welcome to the Punch, a new film by Eran Creevy and co-produced by Ridley Scott, alongside James McAvoy, Mark Strong, Peter Mullen, Andrea Riseborough, and David Morrissey.
Harris has also completed filming on a new sic-fi feature film, Last Days on Mars. Directed by Oscar Nominee Ruairi Robinson, the film stars an international ensemble and will be released by Universal Pictures in 2013.
He also starred in Morning, a short film directed by NFTS student Cathy Brady. The film won the Irish Bafta IFTA and is nominated at the European Film Academy Prix UIP Awards to be held later in 2013.
In March 2013 Harris has been cast in a leading role in Monsters 2: Dark Continent, the follow up to the highly acclaimed Gareth Edwards film of 2010. The film is shooting in Jordan throughout March/April and will be released in 2014.
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