---
name: "Sean Harris"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sean-harris"
fi1m_id: "sean-harris"
imdb_id: "nm0365317"
tmdb_id: 16702
wikidata_id: "Q1271614"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 January 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 12
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 12
updated: "2026-10-07T14:19:49.558960+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."
---

# Sean Harris

## Identity

Sean Harris

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sean-harris
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sean-harris
- **IMDb ID:** nm0365317
- **TMDB ID:** 16702
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1271614
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Harris, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1271614, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365317/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16702

Actor. Born 7 January 1966 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 January 1966, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Christopher McQuarrie](https://film.one/person/christopher-mcquarrie.md), [J.J. Abrams](https://film.one/person/j-j-abrams.md), [Joel Edgerton](https://film.one/person/joel-edgerton.md), [Michael Fassbender](https://film.one/person/michael-fassbender.md), [Rebecca Ferguson](https://film.one/person/rebecca-ferguson.md), [Simon Pegg](https://film.one/person/simon-pegg.md), [Tom Cruise](https://film.one/person/tom-cruise.md), [Tony Grisoni](https://film.one/person/tony-grisoni.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as actor, over 12 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (2), 2010s 74 (7), 2020s 77 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 73 across 12 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 11 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 9, Crime 4, Action 3, Adventure 3, War 3, Action & Adventure 1
- **Screen time:** 17 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,974m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Harris, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1271614, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0365317/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16702

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Mission: Impossible - Fallout*](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-fallout.md) (87), [*'71*](https://film.one/film/71.md) (82), [*Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation*](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-rogue-nation.md) (76)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Gold*](https://film.one/tv/the-gold.md) (80), [*Macbeth*](https://film.one/film/macbeth.md) (77)
- **Disney+:** [*The Green Knight*](https://film.one/film/the-green-knight.md) (78)
- **Peacock:** [*Prometheus*](https://film.one/film/prometheus.md) (60)
- **Netflix:** [*The King*](https://film.one/film/the-king.md) (58)

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

## Fi1m on Sean Harris

> Sean Harris is persuasive as people we would rather not meet. His nervy presence and deadpan delivery make antagonists feel real, though the repeated casting of him as a threat risks becoming too predictable.

Sean Harris's deadpan delivery is often more unsettling than an open display of anger. His sharp features and nervy presence help, but we value the credibility he gives characters who might otherwise be dismissed as villains. The breakthrough was Ian Curtis in *24 Hour Party People* (2002), followed by a reputation built in British independent films and television. *Southcliffe* (2013), in which he plays Stephen Morton, belongs to that work; the larger Hollywood parts did not replace it.

His Solomon Lane returns in Christopher McQuarrie's *Mission: Impossible – Fallout* (2018), after *Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation* (2015). Harris is sensible casting for an antagonist here: his grounded acting suits a film that needs its danger to feel real. We were gripped by *Fallout*, because Tom Cruise's physical effort makes the danger matter and McQuarrie keeps the action clear. The spy plot is needlessly tangled, and the 147-minute running time is generous, but those are caveats to a strong recommendation. Harris's threatening presence fits the film; we would not pretend he is the principal reason to watch.

*The Gold* (2023) makes a different use of him, as Gordon Parry within Neil Forsyth's ensemble crime drama. We recommend its first series for the pleasure it takes in the business of shifting stolen gold, and for the plotting that keeps that business entertaining. It is a good place to see him without asking a single performance to justify the whole evening. The lectures about class require patience, and no amount of forceful acting can make them less like lectures.

The reservation about Harris is how readily that unsettling quality can become the whole assignment. His changes of appearance and manner in *Possum* (2018) point to more deliberate character work, but repeated antagonists risk making the casting itself predictable. We do not need every performance to be a surprise, and intensity is hardly a fault in a thriller. We would, however, welcome more parts that do not ask us to suspect him immediately.

## Biography

Sean Harris is an English actor. He trained at Drama Centre London.

Harris played Fifield in *Prometheus* (2012) and Gordon Parry in the series *The Gold* (2023). Other film roles include Ian Curtis in *24 Hour Party People* (2002), Solomon Lane in *Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation* (2015) and *Mission: Impossible – Fallout* (2018), and appearances in *'71* (2014), *Macbeth* (2015), *The King* (2019), *The Green Knight* (2021) and *Spencer* (2021).

He won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for *Southcliffe* (2013) and received three consecutive BIFA nominations for Best Supporting Actor.

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

## On Fi1m (12)

- *The Gold* (2023), Fi1m 80, as Gordon Parry — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-gold.md)
- *Spencer* (2021), Fi1m 73, as Darren — [page](https://film.one/film/spencer.md)
- *The Green Knight* (2021), Fi1m 78, as King — [page](https://film.one/film/the-green-knight.md)
- *The King* (2019), Fi1m 58, as William — [page](https://film.one/film/the-king.md)
- *Mission: Impossible - Fallout* (2018), Fi1m 87, as Solomon Lane — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-fallout.md)
- *Macbeth* (2015), Fi1m 77, as Macduff — [page](https://film.one/film/macbeth.md)
- *Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation* (2015), Fi1m 76, as Lane — [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-rogue-nation.md)
- *'71* (2014), Fi1m 82, as Captain Sandy Browning — [page](https://film.one/film/71.md)
- *Southcliffe* (2013), Fi1m 80, as Stephen Morton — [page](https://film.one/tv/southcliffe.md)
- *Prometheus* (2012), Fi1m 60, as Fifield — [page](https://film.one/film/prometheus.md)
- *Red Riding* (2009), Fi1m 80, as DS Bob Craven — [page](https://film.one/tv/red-riding.md)
- *Ashes to Ashes* (2008), Fi1m 64, as Arthur Layton — [page](https://film.one/tv/ashes-to-ashes.md)

## Complete filmography (66)

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

- *Has Fallen* (2024), series, as Jacob Pearce
- *The Gold* (2023), series, as Gordon Parry — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-gold.md)
- *The Stranger* (2022), as Henry Teague
- *Spencer* (2021), as Darren — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/spencer.md)
- *The Green Knight* (2021), as King — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-green-knight.md)
- *White* (2021), as Samuel · Director, Writer
- *The Banishing* (2021), as Harry Price
- *The King* (2019), as William — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/the-king.md)
- *Possum* (2018), as Philip
- *Mission: Impossible - Fallout* (2018), as Solomon Lane — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-fallout.md)
- *Trespass Against Us* (2016), as Gordon 'Worzel Gummidge' Bennett
- *Macbeth* (2015), as Macduff — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/macbeth.md)
- *Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation* (2015), as Lane — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/mission-impossible-rogue-nation.md)
- *Paradise Lost?* (2015), as Satan
- *Serena* (2014), as Campbell
- *'71* (2014), as Captain Sandy Browning — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/71.md)
- *The Goob* (2014), as Womack
- *Deliver Us from Evil* (2014), as Santino
- *Jamaica Inn* (2014), series, as Joss Merlyn
- *Battles* (2013), as Man
- *Southcliffe* (2013), series, as Stephen Morton — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/southcliffe.md)
- *Prometheus* (2012), as Fifield — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/prometheus.md)
- *A Lonely Place to Die* (2011), as Mr. Kidd
- *The Borgias* (2011), series, as Micheletto
- *Brighton Rock* (2010), as Hale
- *Native Son* (2010), as John
- *Five Daughters* (2010), series, as Brian Tobin
- *Harry Brown* (2009), as Stretch
- *Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974* (2009), as Bob Craven
- *Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980* (2009), as Bob Craven
- *Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983* (2009), as Bob Craven
- *Red Riding* (2009), series, as DS Bob Craven — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/red-riding.md)
- *Ashes to Ashes* (2008), series, as Arthur Layton — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/ashes-to-ashes.md)
- *Saxon* (2007), as Eddie
- *Meadowlands* (2007), series, as Gordon Ormond
- *Wedding Belles* (2007), as Adrian Collins
- *Outlaw* (2007), as Simon Hillier
- *Brothers of the Head* (2006), as Nick Sidney
- *See No Evil: The Moors Murders* (2006), series, as Ian Brady
- *Isolation* (2005), as Jamie
- *Asylum* (2005), as Nick
- *Frozen* (2005), as Hurricane Frank
- *Trauma* (2004), as Roland
- *Creep* (2004), as Craig
- *Strange* (2003), series, as Robin Thomas
- *Little Dickie* (2002), as Singing Cowboy / Card Player
- *24 Hour Party People* (2002), as Ian
- *Tom & Thomas* (2002), as Kevin
- *The Discovery of Heaven* (2001), as Bart Bork
- *Waking the Dead* (2001), series, as Radovan Sredinic
- *The Hunt* (2001), as Clem Mackie
- *Jesus* (1999), as Thomas
- *Jesus* (1999), series, as Thomas
- *Acts of Passion* (1999), series, as Cheddar
- *The Vice* (1999), series, as Miles Watson
- *A Mug's Game* (1996), series, as Con
- *The Vet* (1995), series, as Neil Fairbrother
- *Signs and Wonders* (1995), series, as Carl Maynard
- *Kavanagh Q.C.* (1995), series, as Mark Holmes
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Tim Vanner — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Minder* (1979), series, as Dean — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)
- *True Love (Once Removed)*, as Steven
- *Wizards!*, as Zeke
- *Lay Me by the Shore*, Actor
- *Polyorama*, as Vincent
- *Here Comes the Flood*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Sean Harris](https://film.one/media/person/222/gallery-c8eead406d86.jpg) Sean Harris — Alternative595, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Sean_Harris_on_set.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sean Harris](https://film.one/media/person/222/gallery-c7b19d21e6d4.jpg) Sean Harris — Image via TMDB
- ![Sean Harris](https://film.one/media/person/222/gallery-4908f9f1567d.jpg) Sean Harris — Image via TMDB
- ![Sean Harris](https://film.one/media/person/222/gallery-fba54a4c11b2.jpg) Sean Harris — Image via TMDB
- ![Sean Harris](https://film.one/media/person/222/gallery-2c7bdc9b4b38.jpg) Sean Harris — Image via TMDB
- ![Sean Harris](https://film.one/media/person/222/gallery-830e8a7d860a.jpg) Sean Harris — Image via TMDB

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/sean-harris