Frank Harper

David Frank Harper
Born	(1962-12-12) 12 December 1962 Downham, London, England
Occupations	Actor director
Years active	1988–present

Frank Harper (born 12 December 1962) is an English actor and film producer. He is best known for his "hard man" roles, such as Billy Bright in The Football Factory (2004) and Dog in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998).

Career

Frank Harper had an early interest in acting and appeared in a play based around football supporters, at the Albany Theatre in Deptford, while he was still at school. He appeared as a white nationalist in South West 9, and as the bank robber in Harry Enfield's film Kevin & Perry Go Large. He was featured in The Streets' music video "Fit but You Know It", and cast as real-life villain Jack Whomes in Rise of the Foot Soldier.

During his career, Harper has appeared on many British TV shows including The Bill, Doctors, Lovejoy and Waking the Dead. He also wrote, directed and starred in the 2012 British film St George's Day.

Personal life

Harper was born at his family home in Downham, South East London. He left school at 16 and worked at Smithfield Market in the City of London for ten years.

He is an ardent Millwall fan. His father, Dave Harper, played for Millwall between 1957 and 1965; Dave once scored to knock Fulham, then in the First Division, out of the FA Cup.

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1988	For Queen and Country	Mickey
1990	Tight Trousers	Gip	Short film
1993	In the Name of the Father	Ronnie Smalls
1997	24 7: Twenty Four Seven	Ronnie Marsh
1998	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Dog
1999	A Room for Romeo Brass	Joe Brass
	Snack Related Mishap	The Boss	Short film
	Tube Tales	My Father The Liar	Ticket inspector
2000	Kevin & Perry Go Large	Armed robber
	Shiner	Jeff 'Stoney' Stone
2001	Goodbye Charlie Bright	Tommy's dad
	The Last Minute	Cabbie
	Lucky Break	John Toombes
	South West 9	Douser
	The Search for John Gissing	Dexter
2002	Club Le Monde	Danny
	Bend It Like Beckham	Alan Paxton
2004	The Calcium Kid	Clive Connelly
	The Football Factory	Billy Bright	Also associate producer
2006	This Is England	Lenny
2007	Dolphins	Legend
	Time Gentlemen Please	Landlord	Short film
	Rise of the Footsoldier	Jack Whomes
	Permanent Vacation	Eric Bury
2009	Dubplate Drama	Sgt Richards
	Unarmed But Dangerous	Barry	Also known as Kung Fu Flid
2010	Vendetta	Davy	Short film
	Stained	Matt	Short film
	Blood Army	Alfie	Also producer
	Just For the Record	Jim
	StreetDance 3D	Fred
	The Nephillim	Husband
2011	Screwed	Deano
	Victim	Colin
2012	St. George's Day	Micky Mannock	Also writer and director
2013	The Nephilim	Husband
2020	Silent Night	Caddy
2021	Nemesis	Richard Morgan
2023	Bury the Dogs	Tosh

TV

Year	Show	Role	Notes
1990	Desmond's	The Brute	1 episode: "Kung You"
	Birds of a Feather	Billy	1 episode: "Muesli"
1992	Fool's Gold: The Story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery	Brother's minder
1993	Between the Lines	Trevor Bull	2 episodes: "Big Boys Rules" (Parts 1 & 2)
1994	Pie in the Sky	Security Guard	1 episode: "Endangered Species"
	Lovejoy	Harry Whymark	1 episode: "Double Edged Sword"
1995	The Governor	Nelson	2 episodes
1996	Kavanagh QC	Taxi Driver	1 episode: "A Sense of Loss"
1997	The Missing Postman	BBC security man
1998	The Bill	Andy Bartlett	1 episode: "Spray"
	The Jump	Anthony Calder	3 episodes
1999	Boyz Unlimited	Nigel Gacey
	Tube Tales	Station guard
1999–2000	Second Sight	DS Finch
2000	Sunburn	Colin Daley	1 episode: "2.7"
	Other People's Children	Matthew	2 episodes
2002	Mr Towler	Mr Towler
2003	TLC	Frank Briggs	1 episode: "The Wrong Leg"
	Keen Eddie	Ray Boskins	1 episode: "Eddie Loves Baseball"
2005	Doctors	Karl Naismith	1 episode: "Credit Limit"
	Rose and Maloney	DS Mike Glover	1 episode: "2.3"
	Waking the Dead	John Tate	1 episode: "Subterraneans"
2008	He Kills Coppers	DI Ernie Franklin
	Matroesjka's 2	Tom Gallagher	4 episodes
2009	Collision	Derek	3 episodes
2013	Ripper Street	Silas Duggan
2014	House of Fools	Ben Gunn	1 episode

External links

• Frank Harper at IMDb