My Take
Ian Hart is one of those actors who consistently punches above his billing, and I mean that as pure praise. Born and raised in Liverpool, he brought an uncanny authenticity to playing John Lennon in Backbeat — not the mythologized saint, but the raw, restless young musician — and that performance alone would cement a career. Then he went and played the jittery, turban-wrapped Professor Quirrell in Harry Potter with a quiet menace that landed perfectly in a film full of showier turns. What I admire most is that he never chased the blockbuster lane; films like Land and Freedom and Blind Flight show a guy genuinely interested in serious material. A character actor's character actor — the kind you clock immediately and trust completely.
Overview
Ian Davies (born 8 October 1964), known professionally as Ian Hart, is an English actor. His most notable screen roles have been in One Summer (1983), Land and Freedom (1995), Nothing Personal (also 1995), Michael Collins (1996), Liam (2000), as Professor Quirrell in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), as Ludwig van Beethoven in Eroica (2003), as Brian Keenan in Blind Flight (also 2003), as Kester Gill o…
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ian Hart
- Name (Japanese)
- イアン・ハート
- Reading
- いあん・はーと
- Born
- October 8, 1964 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Dragon
- Origin
- Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 173 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- MTV Movie & TV Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.