---
name: "Blake Harrison"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/blake-harrison"
fi1m_id: "blake-harrison"
imdb_id: "nm3002919"
tmdb_id: 222068
wikidata_id: "Q4924402"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "22 July 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T21:21:58.801923+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Blake Harrison

## Identity

Blake Harrison

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/blake-harrison
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** blake-harrison
- **IMDb ID:** nm3002919
- **TMDB ID:** 222068
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4924402
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Harrison, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4924402, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3002919/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/222068

Actor. Born 22 July 1985 in Peckham, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 22 July 1985, Peckham, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Also known as:** Блейк Кинан Харрисон
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (1), 2010s 84 (1), 2020s 69 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 75 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, History 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Harrison, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4924402, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3002919/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/222068

## Coming up

- *Ink* (2026-12-11), as Ray Mills — [page](https://film.one/film/ink.md)
- *FING!* (2027-01-15), as Mr. Meek

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Inbetweeners*](https://film.one/tv/the-inbetweeners.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Blake Harrison

> Blake Harrison makes the dim Neil Sutherland funny without turning *The Inbetweeners* into a competition for attention. We value his comic timing and his willingness to let the joke belong to someone else.

In *The Inbetweeners* (2008), Blake Harrison can make the response to a remark funnier than the remark itself. As Neil Sutherland, he is part of a quartet with Simon Bird, James Buckley and Joe Thomas, and the pleasure comes from how readily they share the work. Harrison's timing does not announce itself, which matters when the character's dimness could so easily become a laboured demonstration. We laughed at their exchanges because Harrison and his co-stars made the embarrassment feel like something happening among friends, rather than four performers taking turns.

The programme's narrow view of girls is a real limitation, and affection for Neil need not excuse it. Damon Beesley and Iain Morris give the boys plenty of adolescent boasting, and the actors do not ask us to approve of it. Harrison helps make the company enjoyable without having to make Neil more sensible. That takes judgement: play the stupidity too insistently and the viewer is left watching an actor congratulate himself on knowing better than his character.

Neil brought Harrison to prominence across three series from 2008 to 2010 and two films in 2011 and 2014. Comedy continued with *The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret* (2010) and Private Pike in *Dad's Army* (2016). Later dramatic parts include Andrew 'Gino' Newton in *A Very English Scandal* (2018) and Stan Raddings in *World on Fire* (2019). Those credits establish that he has worked beyond Neil, but they are not, by themselves, a reason to prefer the dramatic work.

Harrison has turned down further dim-witted roles, a sensible precaution against being asked to repeat one success indefinitely. We would not want to see him stuck playing Neil under different names, but a more serious part will not automatically give him something better to do. The work with Bird, Buckley and Thomas deserves credit for how little effort it advertises. Start with the television *Inbetweeners*, with its limitations in mind, and watch how often Harrison helps someone else be funny.

## Biography

Blake Harrison (born 22 July 1985) is an English actor from Peckham, London. He trained at the BRIT School from 2003 and East 15 Acting School from 2007.

He is best known for playing Neil Sutherland in the E4 series *The Inbetweeners* (2008–2010) and the films *The Inbetweeners Movie* (2011) and *The Inbetweeners 2* (2014). Other television roles include Dave in *The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret* (2010–2016), Private Pike in *Dad's Army* (2016), and Andrew 'Gino' Newton in *A Very English Scandal* (2018). Film credits include *Keeping Rosy* (2014) and *The Kindred* (2021).

*Sources: imdb.com, themoviedb.org, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Ink* (2026), Fi1m 64, as Ray Mills — [page](https://film.one/film/ink.md)
- *The Great* (2020), Fi1m 74, as Colonel Svenska — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-great.md)
- *A Very English Scandal* (2018), Fi1m 84, as Andrew 'Gino' Newton — [page](https://film.one/tv/a-very-english-scandal.md)
- *The Inbetweeners* (2008), Fi1m 84, as Neil Sutherland — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-inbetweeners.md)

## Complete filmography (44)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *FING!* (2027), as Mr. Meek
- *Ink* (2026), as Ray Mills — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/ink.md)
- *My Brother the Minotaur* (2026), series, as Archie (voice)
- *Heavyweight* (2026), as Tom
- *Maigret* (2025), series, as Torrence
- *Bury Your Gays* (2025), as The Male Director
- *Bookish* (2025), series, as Sgt. Morris, Sergeant Morris
- *Phase* (2025), as Phillip Moore
- *Spread* (2024), as Nelson
- *Still Up* (2023), series, as Veggie
- *I Hate Suzie Too* (2022), as Danny Carno
- *Dead Silent* (2022), as Jack
- *The Kindred* (2021), as Greg Tullet
- *Game Over* (2021), as Michael
- *Jack and the Beanstalk: After Ever After* (2020), as Dodgy Dave
- *Agatha and the Midnight Murders* (2020), as Travis Pickford
- *The Great* (2020), series, as Colonel Svenska — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-great.md)
- *Star Dogs* (2020), as Interpreter
- *Kate & Koji* (2020), series, as Medium Dan
- *World on Fire* (2019), series, as Stan
- *Madness in the Method* (2019), as Oliver
- *Agatha and the Truth of Murder* (2018), as Travis
- *A Very English Scandal* (2018), series, as Andrew 'Gino' Newton — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/a-very-english-scandal.md)
- *Trust Me* (2017), series, as Karl
- *Bob the Builder: Mega Machines* (2017), as Scoop (voice)
- *Prime Suspect 1973* (2017), series, as DS Spencer Gibbs
- *Houdini & Doyle* (2016), series, as Lyman Biggs
- *Dad's Army* (2016), as Private Pike
- *Tripped* (2015), series, as Danny
- *The Inbetweeners 2* (2014), as Neil Sutherland
- *Keeping Rosy* (2014), as Roger
- *Edge of Heaven* (2014), series, as Alfie
- *Big Bad World* (2013), series, as Ben Turnbull
- *Way to Go* (2013), series, as Scott
- *Them From That Thing* (2012), series, as Various
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Theo Roberts
- *Reuniting the Rubins* (2011), as Nick
- *The Inbetweeners Movie* (2011), as Neil Sutherland
- *White Van Man* (2011), series, as Ricky
- *Schizo Samurai Shitzu* (2010), series, Actor
- *The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret* (2010), series, as Dave, Dave Mountford
- *The Inbetweeners* (2008), series, as Neil Sutherland — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-inbetweeners.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Namaca — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *The Inbetweeners 3*, as Neil Sutherland

## Gallery

- ![Actor Blake Harrison, at British Academy Television Awards 2009](https://film.one/media/person/101575/gallery-a4cb993f1eb5.jpg) Actor Blake Harrison, at British Academy Television Awards 2009 — Damien Everett, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/Blake_Harrison_-_at_the_BAFTA%27s_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Blake Harrison](https://film.one/media/person/101575/gallery-1f80738cf27a.jpg) Blake Harrison — Damo1977, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Blake_Harrison_2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Actors James Buckley and Blake Harrison, at British Academy Television Awards 2009](https://film.one/media/person/101575/gallery-e000873fbbd0.jpg) Actors James Buckley and Blake Harrison, at British Academy Television Awards 2009 — Damien Everett, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/James_Buckley_and_Blake_Harrison_-_The_Inbetweeners%2C_at_the_BAFTA%27s.jpg/1280px-James_Buckley_and_Blake_Harrison_-_The_Inbetweeners%2C_at_the_BAFTA%27s.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Cast of The Inbetweeners, actors Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, James Buckley and Blake Harrison (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/101575/gallery-ad60d763d1e8.jpg) Cast of The Inbetweeners, actors Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, James Buckley and Blake Harrison (2009) — Damien Everett from Southampton, UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/The_Inbetweeners_Cast.jpg/1280px-The_Inbetweeners_Cast.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Blake Harrison](https://film.one/media/person/101575/gallery-dd8019484f56.jpg) Blake Harrison — Image via TMDB

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