Harry Cook

Harry Cook

actor, producer, writer

Harry Cook was born on Jun 12, 1991 in UK. Harry Cook's big-screen debut came with Accidents Happen directed by Andrew Lancaster in 2009, strarring Larry Conway.

Born in London, England, Harry moved with his family at the age of ten to Sydney, Australia where he combined his school studies with acting classes at both NBYT, NIDA and Sydney Talent Company.Prior to leaving the UK, Harry starred as The Artful Dodger in the Stagecoach London production of Oliver! and the title role of Bugsy Malone the following year.Signing with a young talent agent at age 13, Harry worked in various commercials and theatre shows until 2009, when he made his film debut starring opposite Academy Award winner Geena Davis as her on-screen son in acclaimed film Accidents Happen (2009), proving him to be one of Australia's most exciting new young actors.Further highlights of his career so far include starring alongside Peter Phelps and Ben Oxenbould as Archie Cox in cult thriller Caught Inside (2010), playing Susie Porter's nephew in the Logie Award winning children's series My Place (2009), working alongside Sam Neill and Bryan Brown in ABC TV Series Old School, and recently winning the Best Supporting Actor award at the prestigious FilmOut San Diego Film Festival for his role in feature film La Dernière Vague (2015). In 2019, Harry also appeared in the ABC TV series Diary of an Uber Driver (2019).His theatre work includes playing Banquo in Macbeth, the lead role of Tom in the Australian premiere of Mark Ravenhill's groundbreaking play Citizenship at Studio 1 at The Wharf in Sydney which was directed by Lee Lewis, Mark Cohen in Sydney's limited season of the Broadway smash hit RENT, and Duncan Brookes in Russetts at the International Playwright Festival in Cambridge, England. Harry also was part of Playlist 2018 & 2019 readings directed by Kate Gaul.Harry's writing work includes contributions to The Huffington Post, The Big Smoke and The Guardian and his debut memoir, Pink Ink, was released by Finch/Harper Collins in September 2018 to rave reviews.His young adult fiction novel: Fin & Rye & Fireflies released in August 2020 to rave reviews and is the first LGBTQI+ themed novel from Black and White Publishing's YA imprint Ink Road.

  • Birthday

    Jun 12, 1991
  • Place of Birth

    Croydon, London, England, UK

Awards

1 wins & 0 nominations

FilmOut San Diego, US
2015
Best Supporting Actor
Winner - FilmOut Festival Award

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