Jonathan Harden

Jonathan Harden
Born Northern Ireland, UK
Occupation Actor
Years active 2001 – present
Spouse(s) Bronágh Taggart (2008–present)

Jonathan Harden is a Northern Irish actor, director and mental health advocate. Born in Belfast in 1979 to an American mother and an Irish father, he is best known as series regular Sean Rawlins in ITV crime drama Unforgotten, Gregory in the final series of Peep Show, Walter Hill in Titanic: Blood and Steel, as Newman Noggs in "Nick Nickleby" - a BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens novel, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (which he also narrated) – and for his cameo in Star Wars: The Last Jedi.[1][2][3]

Over his career as an actor, Harden has been cast by some of the industry's leading figures, including: Ralph Fiennes, David Farr, Nick Murphy, Stephen Frears, Oliver Hirschbiegel and Rian Johnson. [4][5]

Harden's stage credits include Henry Joy McCracken in Stewart Parker's Northern Star at the Finborough Theatre and Children of the Sun at the Royal National Theatre under the direction of Howard Davies.[6]

A busy voiceover artist and actor, Harden provided the narration for 2015 Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning short film, Boogaloo and Graham.[7] He has also provided voices for several video games, most notably as Xenophilius Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I.[8] In 2014, Harden was responsible for bringing a new species in the Halo universe to life on screen, playing Axl in the Ridley Scott produced, Halo: Nightfall.[9]

In 2015, Harden launched In anything at the minute? - The Honest Actors' Podcast, a project centred on interviews with other jobbing actors and available on iTunes.[10]

In 2017, Harden produced and directed his first film project, Guard, a female-led boxing film set in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[11] It had its debut at the Oscar-qualifying Galway Film Fleadh in July 2017, and soon after its North American premiere at the Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying Rhode Island International Film Festival.[12][13] In 2018, it was followed by Troubles, on the subject of male mental health.[14]

He has been married to writer/actress Bronágh Taggart since 2008.

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017Dark HeartGrant Balden
2017EastEndersKye Anderson
2016The SecretD.C. Devine
2016SS-GBAssassin
2016My Mother and Other StrangersMartin Brady
2016CasualtyDion Bateman
2015Peep ShowGregory
2015UnforgottenSean Rawlins
2015HumansAndy
2014Halo: NightfallAxl
2013The MimicConnor
2012The Life and Adventures of Nick NicklebyNewman Noggs
2012Titanic: Blood and SteelWalter Hill
2010Coming UpThe Young Man
2009Small IslandPostal Worker #1
2017–EastEndersDS Kye AndersonRecurring role

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017Justice.netGerald McNulty
2017Victoria & AbdulKaiser Wilhelm II
2017Another Mother's SonBookshop Owner
2016Star Wars: The Last JediResistance Monitor
2015The Truth CommissionerGleeson
2015The Ones BelowMark
2014Rise of the Footsoldier IIDave
2013The Invisible WomanCharles / Mr Arnott
2012HivesBus
2012The Good ManStephen
2012JumpRichie
2011Whole Lotta SoleSammy Pavis
2011Dreams of a LifeCleaner
2009Ghost MachineBenny
2009DitchingPaul
2009Five Minutes of HeavenDavid
2008Fifty Dead Men WalkingYoung Man's Brother

References

  1. ↑ ""Peep Show" Episode Guide".
  2. ↑ "Unforgotten (TV Series 2015– )".
  3. ↑ "Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)".
  4. ↑ "Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)".
  5. ↑ "Victoria & Abdul (2017)".
  6. ↑ Jonathan Harden profile on National Theatre site Archived 2015-02-07 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ "Northern Ireland short film Boogaloo and Graham receives Oscar nomination". NI Screen.
  8. ↑ "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (Video Game 2010)". IMDb.
  9. ↑ "Axl".
  10. ↑ "The Honest Actors' Podcast and Blog". www.inanything.com.
  11. ↑ "Guard Short Film full credits". Guard Official Site.
  12. ↑ "New Irish Shorts 5". Galway Film Fleadh.
  13. ↑ "Guard by Jonathan Harden". Rhode Island International Film Festival.
  14. ↑ . IMDb Troubles (2018) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7834678/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1Troubles (2018) Check |url= value (help). Missing or empty |title= (help)
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