Harris Dickinson

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Harris Dickinson
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Dickinson at the 2017 Montclair Film Festival
Born (1996-06-24) 24 June 1996 (age 28)
London, England
OccupationActor
Years active2014–present

Harris Dickinson (born 24 June 1996) is an English actor. He began his career in British television and had his first starring role in the drama film Beach Rats (2017), for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. He played John Paul Getty III in the FX drama series Trust (2018).

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Dickinson has since starred in the films Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), The King's Man (2021), Triangle of Sadness (2022), Where the Crawdads Sing (2022), and The Iron Claw (2023), along with the miniseries A Murder at the End of the World (2023). He has received two BAFTA Awards nominations.

Early life

Dickinson was born 24 June 1996 [1] in Leytonstone, East London, [2] [3] and grew up in Highams Park. [4] At seventeen he dropped out of school, where he was trying to study film and theatre. [3] Dickinson almost opted for a career in the Royal Marines, before being persuaded to return to the theatre by his coach at RAW Academy in London.

Career

2010s

In 2016, Dickinson was cast as Frankie, a young man struggling with his sexuality, in Eliza Hittman's film Beach Rats . The Times critic Ed Potton highlighted Dickinson for having "perfected a south Brooklyn accent" as Frankie. [5] For his performance, Dickinson was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead and the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor. [6] [7]

In 2018, Dickinson starred in the FX drama television series Trust as John Paul Getty III. In 2019, he voiced the character Gurjin in the Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance . He also starred in The Darkest Minds .

2020s

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Dickinson in 2023

In 2021, Dickinson starred in the third installment of the Kingsman film series, The King's Man , as Conrad Oxford. The role gained him his first BAFTA Film Award nomination for the EE Rising Star Award. [8]

In 2022, he starred in Triangle of Sadness as a model on a cruise. The film premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and won the Palme d'Or. [9] [10] Reviewing the film, Variety 's Peter Debruge wrote Dickinson "brings a kind of fragile vulnerability to the Abercrombie frat-boy type". [11]

Dickinson co-starred in Where the Crawdads Sing , a film adaptation of Delia Owens' novel of the same name, which was released in July 2022. [12] Also in 2022, he was cast in the FX on Hulu limited series A Murder at the End of the World , [13] which premiered on 14 November 2023, and in the film Blitz . [14] For his role in A Murder at the End of the World, Dickinson was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. [15]

In 2023, Dickinson starred in Scrapper as Jason, an estranged father who reconnects with his daughter. The film was written and directed by Charlotte Regan, and premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. [16] [17] In the same year, he portrayed David Von Erich in The Iron Claw . The following year, he starred alongside Nicole Kidman in the erotic drama film Babygirl . [18]

Filmography

†Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017 Beach Rats Frankie
2018 The Darkest Minds Liam Stewart
Postcards from London Jim
2019County LinesSimon
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Prince Phillip
Matthias & Maxime Kevin McAfee
2021 The King's Man Conrad Oxford
The Souvenir Part II Pete
2022 Don't Look at the Demon Ben
See How They Run Richard Attenborough
Triangle of Sadness Carl
Where the Crawdads Sing Chase Andrews
2023 Scrapper Jason
The Iron Claw David Von Erich
2024 Babygirl Samuel
Blitz Jack [19]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Some Girls Tonka2 episodes
2016HomeP.K. BellTelevision film
2017 Clique SamRecurring role (series 1)
Silent Witness Aaron LoganEpisode: "Remembrance" (2 parts)
2018 Trust J. Paul Getty III Main role
2019 The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Gurjin (voice)8 episodes
2023 A Murder at the End of the World BillMiniseries

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2017 Gotham Independent Film Awards Breakthrough Actor Beach Rats Nominated [20]
Independent Spirit Awards Best Male Lead Beach RatsNominated [21]
2018 London Film Critics Circle Awards Young British/Irish PerformerBeach RatsWon [22]
2020 British Independent Film Awards Best Supporting Actor County LinesNominated [23]
2022 BAFTA Awards EE Rising Star Award —Nominated [8]
2023 British Independent Film Awards Best Joint Lead Performance (shared with Lola Campbell) Scrapper Nominated [24]
London Film Critics' Circle British/Irish Actor of the Year —Nominated [25]
2024 BAFTA Television Awards Best Supporting Actor A Murder at the End of the World Nominated [15]

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