Creator / Sean Harris

"Everyone says I’m intense or I’m mad or I play bad guys, I don’t see any of that. I think [my characters] are all very real people. They’re also people I’ve somehow bumped into. I always try to come up with some sort of truth."

Sean Harris (born 8 February 1966 in Woodbridge, Suffolk) is an English actor who's best known for his role as the anarchist Solomon Lane in the Mission: Impossible film series, and for generally just playing absolute nutcases. This is very different from how he is in real life, however, known for being extremely shy and rarely if ever accepting interviews, and rarely appears in franchise films.

During the creation of Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Harris stated that he would take the role as Lane, as long as he died in the film, not a big fan of appearing in franchise-films. Ironically, his character is so far the only villain in the film series to not be killed by the protagonists, and would even return for the sequel.

Harris has also appeared in multiple British miniseries which have for the most part gotten critical acclaim, such as his role as corrupt detective Bob Craven in the Red Riding trilogy.

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Filmography on TV Tropes:

Film roles

• 24-Hour Party People (2002): Ian Curtis
• Trauma (2004): Roland
• Creep (2004): Craig, the Creep
• Isolation (2005): Jamie
• Harry Brown (2009): Stretch
• Brighton Rock (2010): Hale
• A Lonely Place to Die (2011): Mr Kidd
• Prometheus (2012): Fifield
• Deliver Us from Evil (2014): Santino
• '71 (2014): Capt. Sandy Browning
• Serena (2014): Campbell
• Mission: Impossible Film Series: Solomon Lane
  • Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015)
  • Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018)
• Macbeth (2015): Macduff
• Possum (2018): Phillip
• The King (2019): William Gascoigne
• The Green Knight (2021): King Arthur
• Spencer (2021): Royal Head Chef Darren McGrady

Television roles

• Minder (1 episode, 1994): Dean
• The Bill (3 episodes, 1994–2002): Matthew Grogan / Russell Hines / Stuart Kennedy
• Jesus (1999): Thomas the Apostle
• Casualty (1 episode, 2000): Tim Vanner
• Judge John Deed (1 episode, 2002): Gerry Hewitt
• The Vice (1 episode, 2003): Miles Wilson
• Strange (1 episode, 2003): Robin Thomas
• Ashes to Ashes (2 episodes, 2008): Arthur Layton
• Red Riding (2009): Detective Bob Craven
• Law & Order: UK (1 episode, 2009): Roland Kirk
• Waking the Dead (2 episodes, 2009): Radovan Sredinic
• The Borgias (2011–13): Micheletto Corella

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