Harry Macqueen

Born

1984-01-17

Birthplace

Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

Biography

Harry Macqueen is an English actor, writer, and director. He trained at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. His professional acting debut was in Richard Linklater's 2008 film Me and Orson Welles, where he played 1930s Broadway star John Willard. Other credits include Jed Quinn in EastEnders and Peter in the feature film Provenance, for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the 2017 Madrid Film Festival. Hinterland was his debut feature film as a writer and director. It was nominated for Best British Feature at Raindance Film Festival 2014 and in three categories including Best Debut Film at the Beijing International Film Festival 2015. Hinterland was the UK's first fully carbon-neutral feature film. His second feature as writer and director titled Supernova, starred Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci. It had its world premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival in 2020 and played as one of only 12 physical screenings at the 2020 London Film Festival. It gained rave reviews on its release. The film was long-listed for two BAFTA Awards including Outstanding British Film in 2021, and short-listed for Best Feature Film at the European Film Awards in the same year. In 2022, Supernova appeared on the 'Best British Films of the 21st Century' list - a poll by UK film critics. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harry Macqueen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.