Ian Hart

Ian Hart (born Ian Davies on 8 October 1964) is an English stage, television and film actor.

Early life

Hart, the grandson of Irish immigrants,^[1] was one of three siblings raised in a Catholic family.^[2] He attended the Cardinal Allen Grammar School (now the Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School) and was, in his teens, a member of the Everyman Youth Theatre before studying drama at the now-defunct Mabel Fletcher College of Music and Drama in Liverpool.

Career

From 1988 to 1991, Hart studied video production at South Mersey College (now part of Liverpool Community College). He portrayed a Republican militiaman in the Spanish Civil War in Land and Freedom (1995), an unemployed Liverpool shipyard worker in Liam (2000), and the malevolent Professor Quirrell in Harry Potter and the Scorcer's Stone (2001). Hart has played John Lennon twice — in The Hours and Times (1991) and in Backbeat (1994) — and has also played Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

On television, he played Doyle's creation Dr. Watson in two Sherlock Holmes television movies, shown on BBC One over the Christmas seasons in 2002 and 2004.

He is currently playing schizophrenic paparazzo Don Konkey in the FX hit series Dirt.

In 2009 he played Tom Ripley in adaptations for BBC Radio Four of all five of Patricia Highsmith's "Ripliad" series. He also played the character of Jake in BBC1 drama Moving On in May 2009.

Personal life

Married to Lynne, Hart has two daughters — Daisy (born 1996) and Holly (born 2001) — and lives in Crouch End, North London. He is an Everton F.C. supporter.

Filmography

• The Hours and Times (1991) as John Lennon
• Backbeat (1994) as John Lennon
• Loved Up (1995) (TV) as Tom
• Clockwork Mice (1995) as Steve
• Nothing Personal (1995) as Ginger
• The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995) as Johnny Shellshocked
• Land and Freedom (1995) as David Carr
• Michael Collins (1996) as Joe O'Reilly
• Hollow Reed (1996) as Tom Dixon
• The Butcher Boy (1997) as Uncle Alo
• Monument Ave. (1998) as Mouse
• Wonderland (1999) as Dan
• The End of the Affair (1999) as Mr. Parkis
• This Year's Love (1999)
• Enemy of the State (1999) as Det. John Bingham
• The Closer You Get aka American Women (2000) as Kieran
• Best (2000) as Nobby Stiles
• Aberdeen (2000) as Clive
• Liam (2000) as Dad
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) as Professor Quirrell and Lord Voldemort
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002) (television) as Dr. Watson
• Blind Flight (2003) as Brian Keenan
• Dad's Dead (2003) as Narrator
• Eroica (2003) as Ludwig van Beethoven
• Longitude (2003) as John Harrison
• Finding Neverland (2004) as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking (2004) (television) as Dr. Watson
• Ripley Under Ground (2005) as Bernard Sayles
• The Virgin Queen (BBC 2006, US PBS 2005) (TV) as William Cecil, Lord Burghley
• A Cock and Bull Story (2006) as Joe
• Dirt (FX 2007) (TV) as Don Konkey
• A Girl and a Gun (Short) (2007) official site of A girl and a Gun as Johnny
• Within the Whirlwind (2009) as Beylin

References

External links

• Ian Hart at the Internet Movie Database

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