# Harris Dickinson

Harris Dickinson (born 24 June 1996) is a British actor. He began his career in British television and had his first starring role in the drama film Beach Rats (2017), for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. He played John Paul Getty III in the FX drama series Trust (2018).
Dickinson has since starred in the films Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), The King's Man (2021), Triangle of Sadness (2022), Where the Crawdads Sing (2022), The Iron Claw (2023), and Babygirl (2024), along with the miniseries A Murder at the End of the World (2023). He has received nominations for two BAFTA Awards.

## Early life

Dickinson was born 24 June 1996 in Whipps Cross University Hospital, East London, and grew up in Highams Park. At 17, he dropped out of school, where he was studying film and theatre. 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.

## Career
### 2010s

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 for having "perfected a south Brooklyn accent" as Frankie. For his performance, Dickinson was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead and the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor.
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. He also starred in The Darkest Minds.

### 2020s

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.
In 2022, he starred in Triangle of Sadness as a model on a cruise. The film premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival and won the Palme d'Or. Reviewing the film, Variety's Peter Debruge wrote Dickinson "brings a kind of fragile vulnerability to the Abercrombie frat-boy type". Dickinson co-starred in Where the Crawdads Sing, a film adaptation of Delia Owens' novel of the same name, which was released in July 2022.
In 2023, he starred in the FX on Hulu limited series A Murder at the End of the World. For his role in it, Dickinson was nominated for a British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor. He then starred in Scrapper as Jason, an estranged father who reconnects with his daughter. The film was written and directed by Charlotte Regan, and premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. In the same year, he portrayed David Von Erich in the sports drama The Iron Claw, about the Von Erich family. David Ehrlich of IndieWire found "the endlessly surprising Harris Dickinson [to be] warm and brilliant" in his part.
The following year, he had a supporting role in the period drama film Blitz. He then starred alongside Nicole Kidman in the erotic drama film Babygirl. David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Dickinson's unforced intensity makes him a magnetic screen presence", adding that "he hasn't exuded this much undiluted sexuality since Beach Rats".
As of February 2025, Dickinson will make his directorial debut with Urchin, starring Frank Dillane.

## Filmography

| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2017 | Beach Rats | Frankie | |
| 2018 | The Darkest Minds | Liam Stewart | |
| 2018 | Postcards from London | Jim | |
| 2019 | County Lines | Simon | |
| 2019 | Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | Prince Phillip | |
| 2019 | Matthias & Maxime | Kevin McAfee | |
| 2021 | The King's Man | Conrad Oxford | |
| 2021 | The Souvenir Part II | Pete | |
| 2022 | Don't Look at the Demon | Ben | |
| 2022 | See How They Run | Richard Attenborough | |
| 2022 | Triangle of Sadness | Carl | |
| 2022 | Where the Crawdads Sing | Chase Andrews | |
| 2023 | Scrapper | Jason | |
| 2023 | The Iron Claw | David Von Erich | |
| 2024 | Babygirl | Samuel | |
| 2024 | Blitz | Jack | |
| TBA | Urchin † | – | Director and screenwriter |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | Some Girls | Tonka | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | Home | P.K. Bell | Television film |
| 2017 | Clique | Sam | Recurring role (series 1) |
| 2017 | Silent Witness | Aaron Logan | Episode: "Remembrance" (2 parts) |
| 2018 | Trust | J. Paul Getty III | Main role |
| 2019 | The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | Gurjin (voice) | 8 episodes |
| 2023 | A Murder at the End of the World | Bill | Miniseries |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2017 | Gotham Independent Film Awards | Breakthrough Actor | Beach Rats | Nominated |
| 2017 | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Male Lead | Beach Rats | Nominated |
| 2018 | London Film Critics Circle Awards | Young British/Irish Performer | Beach Rats | Won |
| 2020 | British Independent Film Awards | Best Supporting Actor | County Lines | Nominated |
| 2022 | BAFTA Awards | EE Rising Star Award | — | Nominated |
| 2023 | British Independent Film Awards | Best Joint Lead Performance (shared with Lola Campbell) | Scrapper | Nominated |
| 2023 | London Film Critics' Circle | British/Irish Actor of the Year | — | Nominated |
| 2024 | BAFTA Television Awards | Best Supporting Actor | A Murder at the End of the World | Nominated |
| 2025 | Santa Barbara International Film Festival | Virtuoso Award | Babygirl | Won |