Ian Hart

For other people named Ian Hart, see Ian Hart (disambiguation).

Ian Hart
Hart in 2016
Born	Ian Davies (1964-10-08) 8 October 1964 (age 60) Liverpool, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1982–present
Spouse	Lynn Hart
Children	2

Ian Davies (born 8 October 1964), better known by his stage name Ian Hart, is an English actor. His most notable roles have been in One Summer (1983), Backbeat (1994), Land and Freedom and Nothing Personal (1995), Michael Collins (1996), Liam (2000), as Professor Quirrell in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), as Ludwig van Beethoven in Eroica (2003), My Mad Fat Diary (2013–2015), as Father Beocca in The Last Kingdom (2015–2020), and as Carl in The Responder (2022).

Early life

Hart was born Ian Davies, ^[1] in the Knotty Ash ^[2] district of Liverpool on 8 October 1964. ^[3] He has two siblings and was brought up in an Irish Catholic family. ^[4] He attended Cardinal Allen Grammar School in Liverpool's West Derby suburb, ^[2] and was a member of the Everyman Youth Theatre, Liverpool, in his earlier years. ^[2] He studied drama at the now-defunct Mabel Fletcher College of Music and Drama in Liverpool's Wavertree district. ^[2]

Career

In 1991, Hart played John Lennon in the low-budget independent film The Hours and Times . ^[2] He played Lennon twice more: a slightly younger Lennon during The Beatles' 1960-62 Hamburg period in Backbeat (1994), ^{[2] [3]} and a 50-year-old Lennon (having avoided his true fate at age 40) in the Playhouse Presents television production Snodgrass (2013).

In 1995, Hart portrayed a POUM militia volunteer in Ken Loach's Spanish Civil War film Land and Freedom . ^[3] The same year, he played psychotic Northern Irish Protestant gangster 'Ginger' in the Thaddeus O'Sullivan directed 1995 Irish-British drama film Nothing Personal , ^[3] alongside John Lynch, James Frain and Michael Gambon, for which, Hart won the Volpi Cup for best supporting actor at the 52nd Venice International Film Festival. ^[5]

In 2000, he was back in Liverpool as an unemployed shipyard worker, father of three, including the protagonist, in the film Liam . ^[4] His best-known role, however, is perhaps that of Professor Quirrell in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001). He also provided the voice and motion capture for the computer-generated face of Lord Voldemort. ^{[3] [1]}

In 2003, Hart and fellow actor Linus Roache fasted for three months and lost 2 stones each, to achieve a malnourished look for the filming of Blind Flight , where he played Middle-Eastern hostage Brian Keenan. ^[6]

In 2004, Hart played Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in the film Finding Neverland , ^[1] having already played Doyle's creation Dr Watson in a BBC One television film of The Hound of the Baskervilles in 2002, ^[1] and reprising the role in 2004 in Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking , with a different actor playing Sherlock Holmes. He also played schizophrenic paparazzo Don Konkey in the FX series Dirt in 2007 and 2008. ^[1]

In 2009 he played Tom Ripley in BBC Radio Four's adaptations of all five of Patricia Highsmith's "Ripliad" series. The same year, Hart worked alongside John Simm at the Duke of York's Theatre production of Andrew Bovell's play Speaking in Tongues. ^[7]

In 2011, he played Adolf Hitler in the BBC drama The Man Who Crossed Hitler. ^[8]

In 2015, he landed the role of Father Beocca in The Last Kingdom and remained as a main character until the end of series 4 in 2020. ^[3]

In 2018, he starred as Sailing Master Thomas Blanky in the AMC produced series The Terror . ^[1]

In 2022, Hart was back in Liverpool playing drug dealer Carl Sweeney, in the BBC One British police drama series The Responder alongside Martin Freeman. ^[1]

Personal life

In order to relax, and control his twitchy hyperactivity, Hart has participated in the art of both yoga and kung-fu. ^[6]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	No Surrender	Uncertain Menace
1988	The Zip	Son	Short film
1991	The Hours and Times	John Lennon
1994	Backbeat
1995	Land and Freedom	David Carr
	The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain	Johnny 'Shellshocked'
	Clockwork Mice	Steve
	Nothing Personal	Ginger
1996	Hollow Reed	Tom Dixon
	Michael Collins	Joe O'Reilly
1997	Gold in the Streets	Des
	Robinson Crusoe	Daniel Defoe
	The Butcher Boy	Uncle Alo
	Mojo	Mickey
1998	Monument Ave.	'Mouse'	Also known as Snitch (original title) and Noose
	Frogs for Snakes	Quint
	B. Monkey	Steve Davis
	Enemy of the State	NSA Agent John Bingham
1999	This Year's Love	Liam
	Wonderland	Dan
	Spring Forward	Fran
	The End of the Affair	Mr. Parkis
	Bait	Dad	Short film
2000	The Closer You Get	Kieran O'Donnell
	Best	Nobby Stiles
	Aberdeen	Clive
	Liam	Dad
	Born Romantic	Second Cab Driver
	Bring Me Your Love	Harry Weaver	Short film
2001	Strictly Sinatra	Toni Cocozza
	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	Professor Quirrell	Voice and motion capture for Lord Voldemort
2002	Killing Me Softly	Senior Police Officer
	Unhinged	Eric	Short film
2003	Den of Lions	FBI Agent Rob Shepard
	Cheeky	Alan
	Blind Flight	Brian Keenan
2004	Every Seven Years	Liam	Short film
	Finding Neverland	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
	Strings	Ghrak (voice)	English dub
2005	A Cock and Bull Story	Joe
	Rag Tale	Morph, Photographer
	Breakfast on Pluto	PC Wallis
	Ripley Under Ground	Bernard Sayles
2006	Trigger Happy	The Man	Short film
2007	Intervention	Harry III Jr.
	Both	Moussa	Short film
	A Girl and a Gun	Johnny	Video
	Int. Bedsit - Day	Pete	Short film
2008	Still Waters Burn	Jack Price
2009	Morris: A Life with Bells On	Endeavour
	A Boy Called Dad	Joe
	Within the Whirlwind	Beylin	Also known as Stalin: Reign of Terror
2010	Watching	Carrik	Short film
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	Professor Quirrell	Archive footage; uncredited role
2012	Hard Boiled Sweets	Joyce
2014	Conversation with a Cigarette	(unknown)	Short film
2015	Dough	Victor Gerrard
	Urban Hymn	Ian Wilson
2016	Native	Telepathic voice
	Johnno's Dead	Narrator (voice)	Short film
	Dusty and Me	'Big Eddie'
2017	God's Own Country	Martin Saxby
	uk18	Darren
	Modern Life Is Rubbish	The Curve
2018	Mary Queen of Scots	Lord Maitland
2019	The Sands of Venus	Daniel	Short film
2020	The 11th Green	James Forrestal
	Through the Dunes	Andy	Short film
	Escape from Pretoria	Denis Goldberg
2022	Florian	Gary	Short film
	Marlowe	Detective Joe Green
	Left Over	Mick	Short film
2023	Shoshana	Robert Chambers

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	One Summer	'Rabbit'	Miniseries. Credited as Ian Davies
1984	Travelling Man	Kyffin Rees	Series 1; Episode 3: "The Watcher"
1985	The Exercise	Cadet Pritchard	Television film
	The Brothers McGregor	Youth	Series 1; Episode 1: "The Getaway Car"
1986	The Practice	William Griffin	Series 2; Episodes 3, 6 & 18
	The Monocled Mutineer	Medic	Episode 2: "Before the Shambles"
1987	The Marksman	Comic	Miniseries; Episode 3
1989	The Play on One	Christie	Series 2; Episode 5: "A View of Harry Clark"
1990	Chain	Hawkins	Miniseries; Episode 2: "Vicky Elliott"
1992	Medics	John	Series 2; Episode 6
	EastEnders	Mick	3 episodes
1995	Loved Up	Tom	Television film
2000	Longitude	William Harrison	Miniseries; Episodes 1 & 2
2002	The Hound of the Baskervilles	Dr. John Watson	Television film
	Dad's Dead	Narrator (voice)	Television short film
2003	Eroica	Ludwig van Beethoven	Television film
2004	Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking	Dr. John Watson	Television film
2005–2006	The Virgin Queen	William Cecil, Lord Burghley	Miniseries; Episodes 1–4
2007–2008	Dirt	Don Konkey	Main cast. Series 1 & 2; 20 episodes
2009	Dr. Hoo	Dr. Hoo	Television pilot
	Moving On	Jake	Series 1; Episode 4: "Dress to Impress"
	Father & Son	Tony Conroy	Miniseries; Episodes 1–4
2010	Five Daughters	DCS Stewart Gull	Miniseries; Episodes 1–3
	When Harvey Met Bob	Harvey Goldsmith	Television film
2011	The Man Who Crossed Hitler	Adolf Hitler	Television film
2011–2012	Luck	Lonnie	Main cast. Series 1; 9 episodes
2013	Playhouse Presents	John Lennon	Series 2; Episode 2: "Snodgrass"
	Bates Motel	Will Decody	Series 1; Episodes 4 & 8: "Trust Me" and "A Boy and His Dog"
	Rogue	Buddy Wilson	Series 1; 9 episodes
	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Dr. Franklin Hall	Series 1; Episode 3: "The Asset"
2013–2015	My Mad Fat Diary	Dr. Kester Gill	Series 1–3; 16 episodes
2014	Klondike	Soapy Smith	Miniseries; Episodes 1–6
	The Bridge	Man in Car / David Tate / CIA Agent Buckley	Series 2; 7 episodes
	The Driver	Colin Vine / Craig Vine	Miniseries; Episodes 1–3
	Boardwalk Empire	Ethan Thompson	Series 5; 4 episodes
2015–2020	The Last Kingdom	Father Beocca	Series 1–4; 28 episodes
2016	Vinyl	Peter Grant	Episode 1: "Pilot"
	The Secret Agent	The Professor [9]	Miniseries; Episodes 1–3
2018	The Terror	Thomas Blanky	Series 1; Episodes 1–10
	Elementary	Professor Baynes	Series 6; Episode 16: "Uncanny Valley of the Dolls"
	Hang Ups	Sam Travers	1 episode
2019	Urban Myths	Hans Christian Andersen	Series 3; Episode 1: "Bleak House Guest"
2020	Noughts + Crosses	Ryan McGregor, Callum & Jude's Father	Series 1; Episodes 1–4
	Tin Star	Michael Ryan	Series 3; Episodes 1–6
2021	Help	Steve	Television film
2021–2023	The Mosquito Coast	William 'Bill' Lee	Series 1 & 2; 11 episodes
2022	Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts	Himself	HBO Max Special [10]
	The Responder	Carl Sweeney	Series 1; Episodes 1–4
2024	Mr Bates vs The Post Office	Bob Rutherford	Miniseries; Episodes 2–4
	Shetland	Euan Rossi	Series 9; Episodes 1–6

References

1. "Ian Hart Credits". tvguide.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
2. "The Big Interview: Hollywood star and Liverpool actor Ian Hart comes to a film premiere in Crosby". liverpoolecho.co.uk. 11 April 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
3. Rebecca Flint Marx (10 April 2015). "Ian Hart - Full Biography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 10 April 2015.
4. Claire Armitstead (4 April 2001). "The Friday Interview: Ian Hart". The Guardian . guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2007.
5. Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore. ISBN   8877422211.
6. "Ian Hart: Hostage to fortune". Independent.co.uk. 19 March 2004. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
7. Michael Billington (29 September 2009). "Speaking in Tongues". The Guardian . guardian.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
8. "BBC News – Dame Shirley Bassey drama to screen on BBC Two". BBC.co.uk. 22 June 2011. Archived from the original on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
9. "The Secret Agent: episode 1: Credits". BBC Online . Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
10. Hipes, Patrick (20 December 2021). "'Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return To Hogwarts' Trailer Gets The Gang Back Together". Deadline Hollywood . Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2022.

External links

• Ian Hart at IMDb