---
name: "Christopher Harper"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christopher-harper"
fi1m_id: "christopher-harper"
imdb_id: "nm1242678"
tmdb_id: 1540900
wikidata_id: "Q33310382"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 August 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T14:22:58.284203+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."
---

# Christopher Harper

## Identity

Christopher Harper

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christopher-harper
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christopher-harper
- **IMDb ID:** nm1242678
- **TMDB ID:** 1540900
- **Wikidata ID:** Q33310382
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Harper_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33310382, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1242678/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1540900

Actor. Born 19 August 1977 in London.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 August 1977, London
- **Active:** 1960–2006
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 74 (1), 2000s 80 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Crime 1, History 1, Mystery 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1, Soap 1
- **Screen time:** 1 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Harper_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33310382, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1242678/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1540900

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Housewife, 49*](https://film.one/film/housewife-49.md) (77)
- **Apple TV:** [*Coronation Street*](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Christopher Harper is an English actor born on 19 August 1977 in London. He is known for playing Nathan Curtis in the ITV soap opera *Coronation Street* from 2016 to 2017, reprising the role in 2024, in a storyline involving grooming and exploitation.

His other television credits include *Life on Mars* (2006) as Neil, *Upstairs Downstairs* (2010) as Cecil Beaton, *Call the Midwife* (2023–2026) as Geoffrey Franklin, and *Housewife, 49* (2005) as Clifford Last. On stage, he has performed at Shakespeare's Globe, the Royal & Derngate Theatre, the Crucible Theatre, Hampstead Theatre and the Old Vic. He married actress Emily Bowker in 2013.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Housewife, 49* (2006), Fi1m 77, as Cliff Last — [page](https://film.one/film/housewife-49.md)
- *Life on Mars* (2006), Fi1m 84, as Neil — [page](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md)
- *Coronation Street* (1960), Fi1m 74, as Nathan Curtis — [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Apollo 13: The Dark Side of the Moon* (2020), as Jim Lovell
- *Birdsong* (2020), as Levi
- *The Murder in Angel Lane* (2013), as Dr. Beattie
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), series, as Geoffrey Franklin — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/call-the-midwife.md)
- *Upstairs Downstairs* (2010), series, as Cecil Beaton
- *Housewife, 49* (2006), as Cliff Last — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/housewife-49.md)
- *Life on Mars* (2006), series, as Neil — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/life-on-mars.md)
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Nick Payton
- *Coronation Street* (1960), series, as Nathan Curtis — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/coronation-street.md)

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