Johnny Harris was born in Lambeth, South East London. He left school aged 13 and at the age of 16 won the Junior ABA National boxing title. He lived in Paris, France for 2 years and on his return enrolled in acting classes at Morley College in Lambeth where he studied for 3 years. Johnny started his career in the fringe theatres of London where he performed in many stage productions.
His first screen performance was as the lead in Sara Dunlops short film ‘BIG’ winning ‘Rushes short film festival’. After numerous performances in student films and pop promos etc. he was cast in ‘Gangster No1’ by Paul McGuigan in 2000. His breakthrough came in 2006 playing ‘Derek’ in Paul Andrew Williams multi-award winning ‘London to Brighton’ and he has since worked with directors Joe Wright, Terry Gilliam, Guy Ritchie, Woody Allen, and Stephen Speilberg. His most recent screen work includes playing ‘Jim Vane’ in Ealing Studios adaptation of ‘Dorian Gray’ and ‘Mold’ in Chris Smiths ‘Black Death’ In 2009 he won the ‘Best performance’ award with his co-star ‘Keirston Wearing’ at the ‘Brest European Short Film Festival’ in France for his performance in ‘Leaving.’ In 2010 Johnny was cast and directed by Shane Meadows in ‘This is England 86’ playing the role of abusive father ‘Mick’ to critical acclaim and winning The ‘Southbank Show Sky Arts Award’ for ‘Best TV Drama’. He has a leading role in Ben Millers upcoming directorial debut ‘Huge’ due for release in 2011 and his first motion capture performance in ‘Ultramarines: The Movie’.
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