Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 4, 1970
Place of Birth:
Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
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Neil Bell
Biography
Neil Bell (born February 4, 1970) is an English actor, mainly on British television and occasionally in films.
Bell studied drama at Oldham College and has played character roles in such TV series as Buried, Shameless, Murphy's Law, Ideal, City Lights, The Bill and Casualty, and the films 24 Hour Party People (2002) and Dead Man's Shoes (2004). He also had a small role in the acclaimed TV series State of Play, playing the colleague of Polly Walker's character. He has recently had a main role in The Bill playing the role of a killer. In 2010, he had a role in the ITV comedy-drama Married Single Other. He has appeared in Coronation Street, and in 2012, he had a regular role in Downton Abbey as Durrant. In 2013, he appeared in the first series of BBC2's Peaky Blinders as Publican Harry Fenton. In February 2016, he appeared in the BBC drama series Moving On.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Short Stay, Long Stay | Bill |
| 2023 | Wait for Me | Max |
| 2023 | The End We Start From | MWC |
| 2022 | Floodlights | DS Haleford |
| 2022 | Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look | Time Grappler (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2021 | Dune | Sardaukar Bashar |
| 2020 | Enola Holmes | Constable |
| 2019 | Trucker's Atlas | Mike |
| 2018 | Peterloo | Samuel Bamford |
| 2017 | Quadraturin | Mr. Black |
| 2016 | Swallows and Amazons | Young Billy |
| 2015 | Victor Frankenstein | Huntsman |
| 2013 | Radio Silence | Jimmy Mulligan |
| 2009 | Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas | |
| 2007 | Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley | Figgy |
| 2004 | Dead Man's Shoes | Soz |
| 2002 | 24 Hour Party People | Aspiring Singer |
| 2002 | Lenny Blue | Simmo |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Adolescence | Sgt Golding |
| 2022 | Andor | Time Grappler |
| 2019 | Brassic | Keithy |
| 2019 | Carnival Row | Warden Wrenbrick |
| 2017 | Broken | Cash Switchers Man |
| 2015 | This Is England '90 | Neil |
| 2013 | Peaky Blinders | Harry Fenton |
| 2012 | True Love | Phil |
| 2012 | World Without End | Sim Chapman |
| 2012 | Secrets and Words | Anthony |
| 2010 | Married Single Other | |
| 2010 | Downton Abbey | Durrant |
| 2009 | Moving On | Dave |
| 2008 | Sunshine | Eddie |
| 2007 | The Visit | Russell |
| 2006 | The Chase | |
| 2006 | Eleventh Hour | |
| 2006 | I'm with Stupid | Macca |
| 2005 | The Ghost Squad | |
| 2005 | Ideal | Ian |
| 2004 | Hustle | Bogdan |
| 2004 | Sex Traffic | Guard with Araz |
| 2003 | Buried | Slacker Courtenay |
| 2003 | Blue Murder | Patrick Dunwoody |
| 2003 | The Second Coming | Homeless Man |
| 2001 | Murphy's Law |