Johnny Harris
Johnny Harris
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 Dunlop's short film 'BIG' winning 'The Rushes Short Film Festival'. After numerous performances in student films he was cast in 'Gangster No1' by Paul McGuigan in 2000. His breakthrough came in 2006 playing 'Derek' one of the leading roles in Paul Andrew Williams multi-award winning 'London to Brighton' and he has since worked with directors including Joe Wright, Terry Gilliam, Guy Ritchie, Woody Allen, Stephen Speilberg and Shane Meadows. 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.' He has a leading role in Ben Millers directorial debut 'HUGE' due for release in 2011 and also in 'Ultramarines'.. his first motion capture performance.
