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)