Barney Harris

Barney Harris is an English actor, writer and producer. Born in London and educated at Eton College, he began his screen work on television in The Hollow Crown, a BAFTA-nominated BBC adaptation of Shakespeare's history plays. There he played Prince Edward alongside Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Okonedo. His first film role came in Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016), Ang Lee's war drama, as an American soldier with PTSD. He later acted in Billionaire Boys Club, a biographical crime drama, and in the BBC thriller Clique. Screen International included him in its UK Screen Stars of Tomorrow list in 2016. His first leading part was opposite FKA Twigs in Brighton Beach. In 2019 he was cast as Mat Cauthon in Amazon Prime Video's fantasy series The Wheel of Time, adapted from Robert Jordan's novels; critics praised his performance alongside Rosamund Pike, and Dónal Finn replaced him for season two.