Kris Hitchen
| Kris Hitchen | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kristian Bartholomew Hitchen 28 April 1974 Salford, Lancashire, England |
| 💼 Occupation | Actor |
Kris Hitchen (born Kristian Bartholomew Hitchen; 28 April 1974) is an English actor, known for the 2019 film Sorry We Missed You.
Personal life
Born in Salford, Lancashire, Hitchen started out as an actor and dancer at a young age with SPADES youth theatre and Sheila Payant School of Dance. On leaving school he had numerous jobs including part-time factory work, grave digging, hairdressing and being involved in his father’s building company as a plumber in Bolton.
Career
Hitchen's early acting work includes a number of TV walk-ons, commercials and theatre work, which includes a two-handed theatre piece shown in HM Prison Manchester and small roles in television on Coronation Street and BBC show The 4 O'Clock Club.
Aged twenty-three he auditioned for the Ken Loach film The Navigators (film) and was in contention for a leading role that unfortunately didn’t emerge. This ended his time as a struggling actor and, with a young family, he left the industry and began working full time in the building industry with his father for the next seventeen years. Aged forty, Hitchen decided to have another attempt at rekindling his acting career and, with his wife’s blessing, went as a full-time professional actor.
In 2018, and at the point of giving up on his dream for good, he finally got a break and teamed back up with Ken Loach landing the lead role as "Ricky Turner" in Sorry We Missed You[1]. The film and Hitchen gained rave reviews at its premier during 2019 Cannes Film Festival.[2] [3] [4]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Great Yarmouth | Richard |
| 2020 | Clay Kickers | Harold Stockford |
| 2019 | Sorry we missed you | Ricky Turner |
Television
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Four Lives (BBC) | Tom Walgate |
| 2020 | The North Water (BBC) | John Barraclough |
| 2019 | The Letter for the King (Netflix) | Ardoc |
| 2017 | Coronation Street (ITV) | Engineer |
| 2016 | The 4'oclock Club (BBC) | Sergeant |
References
- ↑ "Wikipedia: Sorry we missed you". Wikipedia. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ↑ Rooney, David (16 May 2019). "Review: sorry we missed you". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ↑ Brooks, Tom (23 May 2019). "Director Ken Loach on Sorry We Missed You". BBC News. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ↑ Bradshaw, Peter (16 May 2019). "Review: Sorry we missed you". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
External links
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