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Ian Hart (born October 8, 1964) is an English actor who portrayed Father Beocca in The Last Kingdom.

Biography[]

Ian Hart, born in England, began acting while a student in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. He stumbled into acting almost accidentally, but was cast in the play "The Government Inspector". He continued to work in British theater and television, and first gained recognition for portraying John Lennon in the British film Backbeat. He made many films in his native Britain, occasionally appearing in American films and TV series as well.

His most notable roles are Rabbit in the Channel Four drama miniseries One Summer (1983), Joe O'Reilly in the biopic Michael Collins (1996), Professor Quirrell in the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), Ludwig van Beethoven in the film Eroica (2003), Kester Gill in the E4 series My Mad Fat Diary (2013–2015), and Father Beocca in the BBC/Netflix series The Last Kingdom (2015–2020).

Filmography[]

Films[]

  • The Exercise as Cadet Pritchard (TV Movie, 1985)
  • No Surrender as Uncertain Menace (1985)
  • The Hours and Times as John Lennon (1991)
  • Backbeat as John Lennon (1994)
  • Land and Freedom as David Carr (1995)
  • The English Man Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain as Johnny Shellshocked (1995)
  • Clockwork Mice as Steve (1995)
  • Loved Up as Tom (TV Movie, 1995)
  • Nothing Personal as Ginger (1995)
  • Hollow Reed as Tom Dixon (1996)
  • Michael Collins as Joe O'Reilly (1996)
  • Gold in the Streets as Des (1997)
  • Robinson Crusoe as Daniel Defoe (1997)
  • The Butcher Boy as Uncle Alo (1997)
  • Mojo as Mickey (1997)
  • Monument Ave. as Mouse (1998)
  • Frogs for Snakes as Quint (1998)
  • B. Monkey as Steve Davis (1998)
  • Enemy of the State as Bingham (1998)
  • This Year's Love as Liam (1999)
  • Wonderland as Dan (1999)
  • Spring Forward as Fran (1999)
  • The End of the Affair as Mr. Parkis (1999)
  • Longitude as William Harrison (TV Movie, 2000)
  • American Women as Keiran O'Donnell (2000)
  • Best as Nobby Stiles (2000)
  • Aberdeen as Clive (2000)
  • Liam as Dad (2000)
  • Born Romantic as Second Cab Driver (2000)
  • Strictly Sinatra as Toni Cocozza (2001)
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone as Professor Quirrell (2001)
  • Killing Me Softly as Senior Police Officer (2002)
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles as Dr. John Watson (TV Movie, 2002)
  • Den of Lions as Rob Shepard (2003)
  • Cheeky as Alan (2003)
  • Eroica as Ludwig van Beethoven (TV Movie, 2003)
  • Blind Flight as Brian Keenan (2003)
  • Finding Neverland as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (2004)
  • Strings as Ghrak (voice) (2004)
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking as Dr. Watson (TV Movie, 2004)
  • Tristram Shandy as Joe (2005)
  • Rag Tale as Photographer, Morph (2005)
  • Breakfast on Pluto as PC Wallis (2005)
  • Ripley Under Ground as Bernard Sayles (2005)
  • Intervention as Harry III Jr. (2007)
  • Still Waters Burn as Jack Price (2008)
  • Morris: A Life with Bells On as Endeavour (2009)
  • A Boy Called Dad as Joe (2009)
  • Within the Whirlwind as Beylin (2009)
  • When Harvey Met Bob as Harvey Goldsmith (TV Movie, 2010)
  • The Man Who Crossed Hitler as Adolf Hitler (TV Movie, 2011)
  • Hard Boiled Sweets as Joyce (2012)
  • Dough as Victor Gerrard (2015)
  • Urban Hymn as Ian Wilson (2015)
  • Native as Telepathic Voice (voice) (2016)
  • Dusty and Me as Big Eddie (2016)
  • God's Own Country as Martin Saxby (2017)
  • uk18 as Darren (2017)
  • Modern Life Is Rubbish (2017)
  • Mary Queen of Scots as Lord Maitland (2018)
  • The 11th Green as James Forrestal (2020)
  • Escape From Pretoria as Denis Goldberg (2020)
  • Help as Steve (TV Movie, 2021)
  • Marlowe as Joe Green (2022)

TV Series[]

  • One Summer as Rabbit (1983)
  • Travelling Man as Kyffin Rees (1984)
  • The Brothers McGregor as Youth (1985)
  • The Practice as William Griffin (1986)
  • The Monocled Mutineer (1986)
  • The Marksman as Comic (1987)
  • The Play on One as Christie (1989)
  • Chain as Hawkins (1990)
  • Medics as John (1992)
  • EastEnders as Mick (1992)
  • The Virgin Queen as William Cecil - Lord Burghley (2006)
  • Dirt as Don Konkey (2007-2008)
  • Dr Hoo as Dr. Hoo (2009)
  • Moving On as Jake (2009)
  • Father & Son as Tony Conroy (2009)
  • Five Daughters as DCS Stewart Gull (2010)
  • Luck as Lonnie (2011-2012)
  • Playhouse Presents as John Lennon (2013)
  • Bates Motel as Will Decody (2013)
  • Rogue as Buddy Wilson (2013)
  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Dr. Franklin Hall (2013)
  • Rogue Files: Reparations as Wilson (2013)
  • Klondike as Soapy Smith (2014)
  • The Bridge as CIA Agent Buckley / David Tate / Man in Car (2014)
  • The Driver as Colin Vine / Craig Vine (2014)
  • Boardwalk Empire as Young Ethan Thompson (2014)
  • My Mad Fat Diary as Dr. Kester Gill (2013-2015)
  • Vinyl as Peter Grant (2016)
  • The Secret Agent as The Professor (2016)
  • The Terror as Thomas Blanky (2018)
  • Elementary as Professor Baynes (2018)
  • Hang Ups as Sam Travers (2018)
  • Urban Myths as Hans Christian Andersen (2019)
  • Noughts + Crosses as Ryan - Callum & Jude's Father (2020)
  • The Last Kingdom as Father Beocca (2015-2020)
  • Tin Star as Michael Ryan (2020)
  • The Responder as Carl Sweeney (2022)
  • The Mosquito Coast as William Lee (2021-2023)

Shorts[]

  • Through the Dunes as Andy (1982)
  • The Zip as Son (1989)
  • Backbeat Band: Money, Version 2 as John Lennon (Music Video, 1994)
  • Bait as Dad (1999)
  • Bring Me Your Love as Harry Weaver (2000)
  • Unhinged as Eric (2002)
  • Dad's Dead as Narrator (voice) (TV Short, 2002)
  • Every Seven Years as Liam (2004)
  • Trigger Happy as The Man (2006)
  • Both as Moussa (2007)
  • A Girl and a Gun as Johnny (Video, 2007)
  • Interior Bedsit - Day as Pete (2007)
  • Watching as Carrick (2010)
  • Tiny Ruins: Carriages as Instigator (Music Video, 2014)
  • Conversation with a Cigarette (2014)
  • Johnno's dead as Narrator (voice) (2016)
  • The Sands of Venus as Daniel (2019)
  • Left Over as Mick (2022)

Appearances[]

The Last Kingdom[]

Episodes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Seven Kings Must Die

External Links[]

Cast
Main Cast Adrian Bouchet (2-4) • Adrian Bower (1, 3) • Adrian Schiller (3-5) • Alexander Dreymon (1-5) • Alexandre Willaume (1-2) • Amelia Clarkson (3-5) • Amy Wren (1) • Arnas Fedaravicius (2-5) • Björn Bengtsson (2) • Brian Vernel (1) • Cavan Clerkin (2-5) • Charlie Murphy (1) • Christian Hillborg (2) • David Dawson (1-3) • David Schofield (2) • Dorian Lough (4-5) • Eliza Butterworth (1-5) • Emily Cox (1-5) • Eva Birthistle (1-5) • Ewan Mitchell (2-5) • Eysteinn Sigurðarson (4-5) • Finn Elliot (4-5) • Gerard Kearns (1-2) • Harry McEntire (1-3) • Ian Hart (1-4) • James Northcote (2-5) • Jamie Blackley (4) • Jeppe Beck Laursen (2-5) • Joseph Millson (1-2, 4) • Julia Bache-Wiig (1-3) • Kevin Eldon (3) • Magnus Bruun (3-4) • Mark Rowley (2-5) • Matthew Macfadyen (1) • Millie Brady (2-5) • Nigel Lindsay (4) • Ola Rapace (3) • Ole Christoffer Ertvaag (1-2) • Peri Baumeister (2-3) • Peter McDonald (2) • Richard Dillane (4) • Ruby Hartley (4-5) • Rune Temte (1) • Simon Kunz (1-2) • Simon Stenspil (2-3) • Stefanie Martini (4-5) • Steffan Rhodri (4) • Thea Sofie Loch Næss (3) • Thomas W. Gabrielsson (1) • Thure Lindhardt (2) • Timothy Innes (3-5) • Tobias Santelmann (1-3) • Toby Regbo (2-4)
Supporting Cast Alec Newman (1) • André Eriksen (2) • Anthony Cozens (2, 4) • Caspar Griffiths (4) • Ciáran Owens (3) • David Gant (2) • David Pearse (2) • Debbie Chazen (3-4) • Ed Birch (3) • Ewan Horrocks (5) • Harry Anton (5) • Harry Gilby (5) • Helena Albright (4) • Henning Valin Jakobsen (1, 3) • Henrik Lundström (2) • Ian Conningham (3) • Jaakko Ohtonen (5) • Jason Flemyng (1) • Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson (2) • Jon Furlong (3) • Jonas Malmsjö (1) • Julia Brown (3-4) • Kenneth M. Christensen (2) • Lorcan Cranitch (1) • Magnus Samuelsson (2) • Marcell Zsolt Halmy (4) • Máté Haumann (4) • Nicholas Asbury (4) • Nicholas Rowe (1) • Oengus MacNamara (2) • Oscar Skagerberg (4) • Ossian Perret (4-5) • Patrick Robinson (5) • Paul Ritter (1) • Peter Gantzler (1) • Phia Saban (5) • Richard Clews (2) • Richard Heap (4) • Richard Rankin (2) • Rutger Hauer (1) • Sean Gilder (1) • Sonya Cassidy (5) • Tom Taylor (1) • Tygo Gernandt (3-4) • Victor McGuire (1)
Guest Cast Season 4: Kimberley WintleKirill BánfalviRalph BerkinIlona KassaiEndre BeleznayKincsõ PethõDióssy GáborAngela BainCeri MurphyZoltán ZichermanCraig RussellGabriel HarlandTristan HarlandJames CrazeAntal LeisenNeil AshtonMihály HajagosDorka Gáspárfalvi
Season 3: Rachel BavidgeKlári TolnaiFrank BourkeJames Oliver WheatleyBernard CornwellLee BoardmanIván FenyöJuha HippiChristopher RyghAnnamária BitóAnton SaundersAnastasia HilleElla BruccoleriVirág BárányTom FyansKristóf ÓdorTibor BuchÁgnes CsikászMartin FurulundJonathan PeckMatthew SteerDaniel TuiteTomas EngströmKata SarboMartin Angerbauer
Season 2: Sarah BroadbentGrant StimpsonTibor Milos KriskoTimothy WalkerSergej OnopkoZsolt ViceiPál MakraiTamás Szabó SiposDénes Ákos GereMirjam NovakBlanca Györfi-TóthDean SmithCatherine KohlChristopher SciuerefTina GrayMarc RissmannMark FlittonJohn McAllisterErik MadsenChristos LawtonDaisy MayMark PhelanMartyn EllisIngar Helge Gimle
Season 1: Michael JibsonNikolett BarabasZsófia FarkasBalázs CsémyGeoffrey ThomasÁkos BajiIstván KoleszárLaura DöbrösiAlan DavidSimon NaderAlexis LathamCraig WhittakerHelen MonksKevin GriffithsNóra HörichDeclan HanniganCaroline BoultonLászló MátrayGrahame FoxAndy GathergoodBalázs MedveczkyElizabeth ConboyLevente TörkölyMike KellyMatt DevereJocelyn MacnabAndrea Vagn JensenMadeleine PowerAndrew Lukacs

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