Neil Bell
- Acting
- February 4, 1970 · Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
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
- Little Rock · Kevin Lang
- Synthesized · ALAN
- Greenland 2: Migration · One-Eyed Man
- Adolescence · Sgt Golding
- The Listeners · Man in Therapy
- The End We Start From · MWC
- Wait for Me · Max
- Short Stay, Long Stay · Bill
- Andor · Time Grappler
- Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look · Time Grappler (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Floodlights · DS Haleford
- Dune · Sardaukar Bashar
- Enola Holmes · Constable
- Trucker's Atlas · Mike
- Carnival Row · Warden Wrenbrick
- Brassic · Keithy
- Peterloo · Samuel Bamford
- Broken · Cash Switchers Man
- Quadraturin · Mr. Black
- Swallows and Amazons · Young Billy
- Victor Frankenstein · Huntsman
- Cuffs · Vinnie Forbes
- Pan · Baggy
- This Is England '90 · Neil
- No Offence · Mad Matt
- Crackanory · Various
- Radio Silence · Jimmy Mulligan
- Peaky Blinders · Harry Fenton
- World Without End · Sim Chapman
- True Love · Phil
- Secrets and Words · Anthony
- Powder · Billy Tidy
- Downton Abbey · Durrant
- Married Single Other · Connelly
- Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
- Moving On · Dave
- Sunshine · Eddie
- The Crew · Jimmy the Truck
- The Visit · Russell
- Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley · Figgy
- I'm with Stupid · Macca
- The Chase
- Eleventh Hour
- The Ghost Squad
- Ideal · Ian
- Sex Traffic · Guard with Araz
- Dead Man's Shoes · Soz
- Hustle · Bogdan
- Shameless · Hippy Pete
- Blue Murder · Patrick Dunwoody
- The Second Coming · Homeless Man
- Buried · 'Slacker' Courtenay
- Lenny Blue · Simmo
- 24 Hour Party People · Aspiring Singer
- Murphy's Law · Derek
- When I Was 12 · Neil