Biography
Ian Hart (born Ian Davies) is an English stage, television, and screen actor.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Words of War
2025
as Lt. Col. Egorov
World-renowned journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya went from being a local print journalist to braving the Chechen killing fields ...
Watching
2024
as Carrick
Josh sits alone in a cafe, happily watching the world go by. Even if that means denying his longing for the waitress, Annie. But when Carrick walks in...

Shoshana
2024
as Robert Chambers
In this edge-of-your-seat thriller inspired by real events, a British police officer and a Jewish woman fall in love amidst the political turmoil of 1...

The Trap
2023
A woman who has shut herself off from the world is slowly brought back to life through her friendship with a damaged young man. Feature adaptation of ...

PTSD
2023
as Uncle Samson
When troubled 20-year-old Liverpudlian, Cody is sent to live with this uncle in London, a series of unsettling events lead him to witness his friends ...

Marlowe
2023
as Joe Green
Private detective Philip Marlowe becomes embroiled in an investigation involving a wealthy Californian family after a beautiful blonde hires him to tr...

Left Over
2022
as Mick
Nel packs up her late father's home while simultaneously unpacking memories of their volatile relationship.

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
2022
as Self
An enchanting making-of story told through all-new in-depth interviews and cast conversations, inviting fans on a magical first-person journey through...

Help
2021
as Steve
Sarah seems to have found her calling working in a Liverpool care home where she has a special talent for connecting with the residents. Then, in Marc...

Escape from Pretoria
2020
as Denis Goldberg
South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, p...

The 11th Green
2020
as James Forrestal
A respected journalist uncovers the truth behind the mythology of President Eisenhower's long-alleged involvement in extraterrestrial events.

Mary Queen of Scots
2018
as Lord Maitland
In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne and menaces the future of Queen Elizabeth I as ru...

Dusty and Me
2018
as Big Eddie Springfield
A feel-good, heart-warming film set in Yorkshire in 1977 about an adolescent boy's big summer after leaving school. It's about a boy and a dog, class ...

Modern Life Is Rubbish
2018
Brought together by their shared love of music, ten years on Liam and Natalie are at breaking point. In their case opposites attract but don't necessa...

Native
2018
Two scientists are selected to travel across the universe to the source of a distant transmission and potential life.

God's Own Country
2017
as Martin Saxby
A young farmer in rural Yorkshire numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker.

UK18
2017
as Darren
A documentary film-maker suspects she is being brainwashed by a secret government organisation.

Johnno's Dead
2016
Despite having time to reflect upon his twelve years behind bars, he can’t shake off the ghosts of the past. If he could catch up with Johnno, the guy...

Urban Hymn
2015
as Ian Wilson
Set against the backdrop of the 2011 UK summer riots, Jamie, a young female offender who possesses a remarkable voice, meets a determined social worke...

Dough
2015
as Victor Gerrard
An old Jewish baker struggles to keep his business afloat until his young Muslim apprentice accidentally drops cannabis in the dough and sends sales s...

Snodgrass
2013
as John Lennon
In 1991 50-year old John Lennon, living on the dole in Birmingham and following the moderate success of the Beatles, recalls how he left the band in 1...

Hard Boiled Sweets
2012
as Joyce
Ex-con Johnny is forced into pulling a heist he wants nothing to do with. Mob boss ‘Shrewd’ Eddie has one million is dirty cash stashed at his home, j...

The Man who Crossed Hitler
2011
as Adolf Hitler
In the summer of 1931, with Germany on the brink of economic collapse, and the city of Berlin turning into a paramilitary war-zone, audacious young pr...

When Harvey Met Bob
2010
as Harvey Goldsmith
Bob Geldof and Harvey Goldsmith set up one of the world's greatest ever concerts, Live Aid in 1984 to help ease the Ethiopian Famine.

Within the Whirlwind
2009
as Beylin
During Stalin's reign of terror, Evgenia Ginzburg, a literature professor, was sent to 10 years hard labor in a gulag in Siberia. Having lost everythi...

A Boy Called Dad
2009
as Joe
When he becomes a father at the tender age of 14, Robbie's life quickly spirals out of control. Feeling angry and neglected by his own dad, he kick-st...

Morris: A Life with Bells On
2009
as Endeavour
The film follows the fortunes of an avant garde Morris team in their struggle to evolve Morris Dancing.

Intervention
2007
as Harry III Jr
An eclectic group of people drawn from all walks of life find themselves under one roof for twenty-eight days with one thing in common, addiction.

Carry On Ken
2006
A documentary on the films of Ken Loach. Interviews with cast and crew who worked with Loach over the years. It describe his approach to allowing acto...

Breakfast on Pluto
2005
as PC Wallis
In the 1970s, a young transgender woman called “Kitten” leaves her small Irish town for London in search of love, acceptance, and her long-lost mother...

Ripley Under Ground
2005
as Bernard Sayles
After his friend, a hot young artist, is killed, a resourceful American man living in London covers up the crime and tries to keep the friend's name a...

Rag Tale
2005
as Morph
A romance that plays out in the splashy, sensational world of British tabloids.

A Cock and Bull Story
2005
as Joe
Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opin...

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking
2004
as Dr. Watson
The corpse of a shabbily dressed young woman has been discovered in the mud flats of the Thames at low tide. Police assume she's a prostitute, but Dr....

Strings
2004
as Ghrak (voice)
Strings is a mythological story about the son of a king, Hal Tara, who sets out on a journey to avenge the death of his father. To his surprise he dis...

Finding Neverland
2004
as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life ...

The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
2004
as Self
A 2004 documentary on the first three “Harry Potter” films detailing the behind-the-scenes journey of making them.

Blind Flight
2004
as Brian Keenan
The true story of Irishman Brian Keenan and Englishman John McCarthy's extraordinary relationship as hostages of militias in Lebanon during the 1979-9...

Eroica
2003
as Ludwig van Beethoven
British filmmaker Simon Cellan Jones directs the BBC drama Eroica, starring Ian Hart as Ludwig van Beethoven. Shot on digital video, this TV film depi...

Cheeky
2003
as Alan
Consumed with sadness after the death of his wife and subsequent rejection from his son, a widower, at the urging of his friends, opts to appear on a ...

Den of Lions
2003
as Rob Shepard
A Hungarian gypsy working for a Russian mobster becomes a double agent for the FBI.

The Hound of the Baskervilles
2002
as Dr. Watson
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called in to unravel a mysterious curse that has plagued the Baskerville family for generations. When Sir Charles B...

Dad's Dead
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Our narrator looks fondly back at his childhood in Liverpool and the antics of his best friend Johnno. Well known for being a showman and a keen one f...

Killing Me Softly
2002
as Senior Police Officer
A woman grows suspicious of her controlling husband after she discovers secrets about the women in his past.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
as Quirinus Quirrell
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with ...

Strictly Sinatra
2001
as Toni Cocozza
In Glasgow, Toni Cocozza, age 28, aspires to be a lounge singer; his repertoire is strictly Sinatra, backed by Bill, an aging piano player and his onl...

Liam
2001
as Dad
A morality tale of xenophobia, religious prejudice, mob violence, poverty, and their effect on two children in Liverpool during the Depression. When a...

The Closer You Get
2000
as Kieran O'Donnell
Irish lads send an ad to the Miami Herald inviting fit and enticing women, between the ages of 20 and 21, to live in their isolated Donegal village. T...

Spring Forward
2000
as Fran
Trying to put himself back together after serving prison time for robbery, Paul takes a job as a parks employee in a small Connecticut town. His co-wo...
Bait
2000
as Dad
A single father prepares for a job interview while his young son, Clint, prepares sandwiches for their lunch. When he goes for the interview, Clint ha...

Born Romantic
2000
as Second Cab Driver
In modern-day London, three men (Craig Ferguson, Jimi Mistry and David Morrissey) and three women (Olivia Williams, Jane Horrocks and Catherine McCorm...

Aberdeen
2000
as Clive
Kaisa is a Scot, a successful London lawyer, who snorts coke and has one-night stands with strangers. Her mother calls from Aberdeen with some story b...

Best
2000
as Nobby Stiles

Longitude
2000
as William Harrison (Adult)
Parallel stories: 18th century Harrison builds the marine chronometer for safe navigation at sea; 20th century Gould is obsessed with restoring it.

The End of the Affair
1999
as Mr. Parkis
On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended ...

B. Monkey
1999
as Steve Davis
When wistful introvert Alan Furnace meets quick-witted bombshell Beatrice, he has no idea of her secret life as "B. Monkey" -- the top thief-for-hire ...

Wonderland
1999
as Dan
There's little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They're lonely Londoners. Nadia, a cafe waitress, p...

This Year's Love
1999
as Liam
The big-screen debut from Scottish stage director David Kane, This Year's Love is a comedy about the romantic misadventures of six young people in Cam...

Enemy of the State
1998
as Bingham
The life of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert 'Bobby' Dean is turned upside down after a chance meeting with a college buddy while holiday ...

Monument Ave.
1998
as Mouse
Bobby O'Grady is a low level member of a Boston Irish gang run by Jackie O'Hara. Jackie demands absolute, total loyalty to him. When Jackie kills one ...

Frogs for Snakes
1998
as Quint
A group of unemployed theater actors survive by working as illegal money collectors. The loan shark they are working for owns an Off-Broadway theater....

The Butcher Boy
1998
as Uncle Arlo
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, su...

Mojo
1997
as Mickey
The sexual rivalries over a new, potentially great rock'n'roll singer between a nightclub owner and a local gangster cause unrest and eventually lead ...

Robinson Crusoe
1997
as Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded b...

Gold In The Streets
1997
as Des
An Irish immigrant lands in the Bronx, working at an Italian-owned bar while living with fellow undocumented immigrants. Fears of deportation and unce...

Michael Collins
1996
as Joe O'Reilly
Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a compl...

Nothing Personal
1996
as Ginger
A raw depiction of the Belfast 'troubles' as savage tribal warfare. Set shortly after the 1975 cease fire, the film focuses on the tribulations of Ken...

Hollow Reed
1996
as Tom Dixon
Following the break-up of his marriage after revealing his homosexuality, GP Martin Wyatt loses custody of his son Oliver to his now ex-wife Hannah an...

Loved Up
1995
as Tom
Tells the story of a girl who, while working in a London cafe, meets a "raver" who introduces her to the drug Ecstasy and the whole British drugs scen...

Clockwork Mice
1995
as Steve
When new teacher Steve Drake joins the faculty at a school for special-needs students, his unorthodox instruction methods raise eyebrows. But attitude...

The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
1995
as Johnny Shellshocked
When an English cartographer arrives in Wales to tell the residents of the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw that their 'mountain' is only a hill, the of...

Land and Freedom
1995
as David Carr
David Carr is a British Communist who is unemployed. In 1936, when the Spanish Civil War begins, he decides to fight for the Republican side, a coalit...

Backbeat
1994
as John Lennon
Chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. The film focuses primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe, John Lennon, an...

The Hours and Times
1991
as John Lennon
A fictionalized account of what may have happened when John Lennon and Brian Epstein went on holiday together to Spain in 1963.

A View of Harry Clark
1989
as Christie
Harry Clark is a social worker on the verge of cracking up. His job is to help other people: who is there to help him?

The Zip
1988
as The son
A man wakes one day to find a zip on the front of his body. Dare he see what's inside?

No Surrender
1985
as Uncertain Menace
It's New Year's Eve in Thatcher's de-industrialising Britain. The scene is set at a seedy bar in Liverpool where a group of Irish Protestant and Irish...

Through The Dunes
N/A
as Andy
On the cusp of adulthood, Lily is furious that she's still sidelined from the tradition of burying the family Christmas tree at Formby dunes. When Gra...