Harris Dickinson (born 24 June 1996) is an English actor. He is known for starring in the drama Beach Rats (2017), for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. He has since played John Paul Getty III in the FX drama series Trust (2018), and starred in the films Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), The King's Man (2021), Triangle of Sadness, and Where the Crawdads Sing (both 2022).
Harris Dickinson | |
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![]() Dickinson at the 2017 Montclair Film Festival | |
Born | (1996-06-24) 24 June 1996 (age 26) London, England |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2013–present |
Dickinson was born 24 June 1996[1] in Leytonstone, East London,[2][3] and grew up in Highams Park.[4] At seventeen, he dropped out of school, where he was trying to study film and theatre.[3] Dickinson almost opted for a career in the Royal Marines, before being persuaded to return to the theatre by his coach at RAW Academy in London.
In 2016, Dickinson was cast as Frankie, a young man struggling with his sexuality, in Eliza Hittman's film Beach Rats. The Times critic Ed Potton highlighted Dickinson as having "perfected a south Brooklyn accent" as Frankie.[5] For his performance, Dickinson was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead and the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor.[6][7]
In 2018, Dickinson starred in the FX drama television series Trust as John Paul Getty III. In 2019, he voiced the character Gurjin in the Netflix series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.
In 2021, Dickinson starred in the third installment of the Kingsman film series, The King's Man, as Conrad Oxford. The role gained him his first BAFTA Film Award nomination for the EE Rising Star Award.[8]
In 2022, he starred in Triangle of Sadness as a model on a cruise. The film premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, and eventually won the Palme d'Or.[9][10] Reviewing the film, Variety's Peter Debruge wrote Dickinson "brings a kind of fragile vulnerability to the Abercrombie frat-boy type".[11] Also that year, Dickinson co-starred in Where the Crawdads Sing, a film adaptation of Delia Owens' novel of the same name, which was released in July to box office success.[12] Also in 2022, Dickinson was attached to star in the FX limited series Retreat.[13]
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Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | Beach Rats | Frankie | |
2018 | The Darkest Minds | Liam Stewart | |
Postcards from London | Jim | ||
2019 | County Lines | Simon | |
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Prince Phillip | ||
Matthias & Maxime | McAfee | ||
2021 | The King's Man | Conrad Oxford | |
The Souvenir Part II | Pete | ||
2022 | Don't Look at the Demon | Ben | |
See How They Run | Richard Attenborough | ||
Triangle of Sadness | Carl | ||
Where the Crawdads Sing | Chase Andrews | ||
TBA | The Iron Claw ![]() |
David Von Erich | Filming[14] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Some Girls | Tonka | 2 episodes |
2016 | Home | P.K. Bell | Television film |
2017 | Clique | Sam | Recurring (series 1) |
Silent Witness | Aaron Logan | Episode: "Remembrance" (2 parts) | |
2018 | Trust | J. Paul Getty III | Main |
2019 | The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | Gurjin (voice) |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | Gotham Independent Film Awards | Breakthrough Actor | Beach Rats | Nominated | [15] |
Independent Spirit Awards | Best Male Lead | Beach Rats | Nominated | [16] | |
2018 | London Film Critics Circle Awards | Young British/Irish Performer | Beach Rats | Won | [17] |
2020 | British Independent Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | County Lines | Nominated | [18] |
2022 | BAFTA Awards | EE Rising Star Award | — | Nominated | [8] |
General | |
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National libraries | |
Other |
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