Sean Harris

Sean Harris is an English actor and writer. He is known for his role as Solomon Lane in the films Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) and Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018).

For the American football player, see Sean Harris (American football). For the English rock singer, see Diamond Head (English band).

Sean Harris
Born
Suffolk, England
EducationDrama Centre London
OccupationActor, writer
Years active1994–present

Harris won a British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his role in the miniseries Southcliffe (2013). He also received three consecutive BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor nominations.

Early life and education

Harris was born just outside Woodbridge, Suffolk,[1] and grew up in Lowestoft, Suffolk.[2] He attended Denes High School, now the Ormiston Denes Academy in Lowestoft, Suffolk.[3] At 23, he moved to London to train at the Drama Centre London from 1989 to 1992.[4]

Career

Stage

Harris was a member of the Glasgow Citizens Theatre, where he performed in stage productions such as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet directed by Giles Havergal [5][6] and as Carino in Don Juan directed by Robert David MacDonald.[7] He also appeared as Lysander in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Matthew Lloyd at the Haymarket Theatre (Leicester) [8] and as Johnny in a Nottingham Playhouse production of Angels Rave On, directed by Jonathan Church.[9][10]

Television

Harris' television credits include serial killer Ian Brady, on ITV1's television mini-series, See No Evil: The Moors Murders (2006), the 2007 television films hi Wedding Belles, Channel 4's drama series Cape Wrath (Meadowlands in the United States) as Gordon Ormond and the BBC series Ashes to Ashes as Arthur Layton.

In 2009, he played corrupt Detective Inspector Bob Craven in Channel 4's critically acclaimed Red Riding trilogy and as photographer Anton Blair in Dean Cavanagh's comedy series, Svengali.[11]

In the BBC TV drama Five Daughters (2010), Harris portrayed Brian Tobin, co-founder of the drug treatment facility, The Iceni Project, based in Suffolk. In preparing to play Tobin, Harris followed the real Brian Tobin around during pre-production.[12]

From 2011 to 2013, Harris appeared as the assassin Micheletto in The Borgias, a series created by Neil Jordan. In 2013, he starred as Stephen Morton in the Channel 4 drama Southcliffe,[13] for which Harris would win a British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for Best Actor in 2014. He also played Joss Merlyn in the BBC adaptation of Jamaica Inn

Film

Harris played the main cast role of Thomas the Disciple, and later Thomas the Apostle in the 1999 biblical, historical, drama television film version of Jesus.[14] His notable roles include that of Joy Division's lead singer Ian Curtis in Michael Winterbottom's 2002 film 24 Hour Party People and as Steven in the film short True Love (Once Removed), directed by Kevin Thomas. The film won Best Short Film at both the Palm Springs and Houston Film Festivals, was selected for the Clermont-Ferrand, London Raindance and Los Angeles Short Film festivals and also qualified for an Oscar nomination in 2004.[15]

Harris also played Nick Sidney in the 2005 mockumentary Brothers of the Head, directed by Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe. In 2007, he appeared in his first feature film lead role as Eddie in Saxon, directed by Greg Loftin. In 2009, he played Stretch in Harry Brown, directed by Daniel Barber.

In 2010, Harris appeared in another film short, Native Son, written and directed by Scottish director Scott Graham. It premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.[16]

In 2012, he played Fifield in Ridley Scott's Prometheus.

In 2014, Harris played Mick Santino in Deliver Us From Evil (2014), directed by Scott Derrickson and based upon the 2001 novel "Beware the Night" by Ralph Sarchie and Lisa Collier Cool. He was cast by Derrickson for the film, without an interview, based upon the director having seen the actor's performance in Harry Brown.[17] That same year, he appeared as Gene Womack in Guy Myhill's The Goob. Myhill previously directed Harris in two film shorts, Two Halftimes to Hell (1997) and The Fabulous Bilsons (2001). Harris finished the year with his performances as Captain Sandy Browning in the critically acclaimed '71, directed by Yann Demange, for which he earned a British Independent Film Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor and as Campbell in Serena (2014), directed by Susanne Bier.

In 2015, Harris appeared as Solomon Lane in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, directed by Christopher McQuarrie, and as Macduff in Justin Kurzel's Macbeth. His next project, Trespass Against Us, was released in 2016.[18]

Harris filmed Possum in 2016, a film by Matthew Holness, in which he plays the main character.[19][20] He reprised his role as Lane in the sequel Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018).[21]

Music videos

Harris did a cameo appearance as a clown in a music video for the Norwich band the Black Sharks' debut album titled Lose Control, directed by Myhill (evidently filmed at the same time as The Fabulous Bilsons).

In 2007, he appeared in a video for Mark Ronson's "Stop Me".[22]

In 2012, Harris appeared in London-based music group Barbarossa's video short, Battles, directed by Montserrat Lombard.[23] Harris and Lombard have been working on the screen play for a film short, White as well as a script for a feature-length film, Imager. He will play the lead in the film short with Lombard directing once again.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1997Two Half-Times to HellTomShort film
1997Wet WorkSeanShort film
2001The Discovery of HeavenBart Bork
2001The BilsonsPerryShort film
2002True Love (Once Removed)StevenShort film
2002Tom & ThomasKevin
200224 Hour Party PeopleIan Curtis
2002Pay DayAndyShort film
2003Nicotine YellowDiggieShort film
2004TraumaRoland
2004CreepCraig, the "Creep"
2004The HareBourneShort film
2005AsylumNick
2005FrozenHurricane Frank
2005Brothers of the HeadNick Sidney
2005IsolationJamie
2007OutlawSimon Hillier
2007SaxonEddie
2009Harry BrownStretch
2010Native SonJohnShort film
2010Brighton RockHale
2011A Lonely Place to DieMr Kidd
2012PrometheusFifield
2014Deliver Us from EvilSantino
2014'71Captain Sandy BrowningNominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
2014SerenaCampbell
2015The GoobGene Womack
2015Paradise Lost?[24]SatanShort film
2015Mission: Impossible – Rogue NationSolomon Lane
2015MacbethMacduffNominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
2016Trespass Against UsGordon BennettNominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
2018Mission: Impossible – FalloutSolomon Lane
2018PossumPhilip
2019The KingWilliam Gascoigne
2019The Banishing[25]Harry Price
2020The Green KnightKing ArthurPost-production

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1994MinderDeanTV series (1 episode: "Bring Me the Head of Arthur Daley")
1994The BillMatthew Grogan / Russell Hines / Stuart KennedyTV series (3 episodes)
1995Signs and WondersCarl MaynardTV film
1995The VetNeil FairbrotherTV series (1 episode: "Home Truths")
1996A Mug's GameConTV series
1998Kavanagh QCMark HolmesTV series (1 episode: "Care in the Community")
1999JesusThomasTV film
1999Hot HouseCheddarTV film from a BBC series entitled "Acts of Passion"
2000CasualtyTim VannerTV series (1 episode: "Starting Over")
2001The HuntClem MackieTV film
2002Judge John DeedGerry HewittTV series (1 episode: "Political Expediency")
2003The ViceMiles WilsonTV series (1 episode: "Control")
2003StrangeRobin ThomasTV series (1 episode: "Asmoth")
2006See No Evil: The Moors MurdersIan BradyTV film
2007Wedding BellesAdrian CollinsTV film
2007Ashes to AshesArthur LaytonTV series (2 episodes)
2007Cape WrathGordon OrmondTV series (3 episodes)
2009Red Riding TrilogyDetective Superintendent Bob CravenTV film
2009Law & Order: UKRoland KirkTV series (1 episode: "Community Service")
2009Waking the DeadRadovan SredinicTV series (2 episodes)
2010Five DaughtersBrian TobinTV series (3 episodes)
2011–2013The BorgiasMicheletto CorellaTV series
2013SouthcliffeStephen MortonTV Miniseries (4 episodes)
Winner – British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
2014Jamaica InnJoss MerlynTV Miniseries

Screen plays
Title Notes
WhiteShort film co-written with Montserrat Lombard
ImagerFeature co-written with Montserrat Lombard

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result
2014 British Academy Television Awards Best Actor Southcliffe Won
2014 British Independent Film Award Best Supporting Actor '71 Nominated
2015 British Independent Film Award Best Supporting Actor Macbeth Nominated
2016 British Independent Film Award Best Supporting Actor Trespass Against Us Nominated
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References
  1. Hanson, Reese. "This was a good community with honest people': BAFTA winner's love of Lowestoft". Independent. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. Mottram, James. "Sean Harris: A rare interview with British acting's secret weapon". Independent. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  3. Jones, Laura. "BAFTA thank you to Lowestoft teacher". Lowestoft Journal. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. "The Borgias Cast". Showtime.
  5. "Production News: Romeo and Juliet". The Stage. 7 October 1993. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  6. "Romeo and Juliet". Scottish Theatre Archive. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  7. "Play Reviews: Don Carino". The Stage. 23 December 1993. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  8. "Theatre Reviews: A Midsummer Night's Dream". The Stage. 7 March 1996. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  9. "Theatre Review: Angels Rave On". The Stage. 2 April 1998. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  10. Troika. "Sean Harris". clients.troikatalent.com. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  11. "Live at the Foundry – Svengali". Retrieved 19 October 2014 – via Vimeo.
  12. "BBC Suffok". 20 April 2010.
  13. Robinson, John (2013) "Southcliffe: the most harrowing drama on TV", The Guardian, 26 July 2013. Retrieved 21 August 2013
  14. Jesus
  15. "Bandits Productions Kevin Thomas Films". Bandits Productions. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  16. "Semainedelacritique Cannes Native Son World Premiere, 2010". Archived from the original on 2 May 2010. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  17. Dickson, Evan. "[Interview] Scott Derrickson". Bloody Disgusting, 1 July 2014.
  18. Sandwell, Ian. "Lionsgate Acquires Trespass Against Us". Screen Daily. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  19. "Possum Sounds Like Classic Horr at its Finest".
  20. "Sean Harris to lead fyzz facility horror-'possom'".
  21. "Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie mark the end of filming on Mission: Impossible – Fallout". Retrieved 6 April 2018..
  22. "Mark Ronson – "Stop Me"". dailymotion.com. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  23. "Battles". Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  24. "Paradise Lost?(Part II)".
  25. "The Banishing". WestEnd Films. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
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