Julian Morris (actor)
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Julian David Morris is a British actor known for his roles in the films Cry Wolf and Sorority Row
. He also played a recurring character in the TV show ER
as Dr. Andrew Wade. He also plays Wren Kim in the TV show Pretty Little Liars
.
. It was there, when he was thirteen, that a director on the hit British drama The Knock
spotted him and asked him to play a boy pushed into the drug trade. Morris continued his intensive training under Anna Scher for the next eight years. In this period more opportunities arose and after appearing in several television shows, films, and commercials; he went on to spend three seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company
. Working with directors such as Steven Pimlott
, Tim Albery
and Elijah Moshinsky, and alongside actors as diverse as Simon Russell Beale
, Samuel West
and Roger Allam
. He credits this with being a major influence on his learning and craft. He is currently working in the United States
, having played the lead in the NBC
pilot
Young Arthur (2002) (TV) and the film Cry Wolf (2005) as Owen Matthews, and the film "Whirly Girl" (2006) as James Edwards.
Morris was next seen in the independent horror film, Donkey Punch
as Josh, which was critically honored at its appearance at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival
. He also appeared in the Tom Cruise
-starring Valkyrie
and the Sugababes
video, "Freak Like Me". Morris next had a supporting role in the slasher
film Sorority Row
as Andy. He has recently played the recurring role of Agent Owen in the latest series of 24
.
Morris was part of the cast of the fall 2010 ABC
documentary-style dramedy television series My Generation
, playing "The Rich Kid" Anders Holt, which was cancelled after two episodes due to low ratings.
He recently guest starred on ABC family
's new TV Series Pretty Little Liars
as Wren.
ns (Morris was raised in South Africa
). He currently resides in Los Angeles.
Sorority Row
Sorority Row is a 2009 American slasher film, and a re-imagining of the 1983 slasher film The House on Sorority Row. It was directed by Stewart Hendler, written by Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger, and stars Briana Evigan, Leah Pipes, Rumer Willis, Jamie Chung, Margo Harshman, Audrina Patridge,...
. He also played a recurring character in the TV show ER
ER (TV series)
ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
as Dr. Andrew Wade. He also plays Wren Kim in the TV show Pretty Little Liars
Pretty Little Liars (TV series)
Pretty Little Liars is an American mystery-thriller teen drama television series created by Marlene King. Based on the popular series of novels written by Sara Shepard, the show premiered on June 8, 2010 on ABC Family...
.
Career
Morris was born in London, where he began acting at the Anna Scher TheatreAnna Scher Theatre
The Anna Scher Theatre is a community-based theatre school based in Islington, North London. The school turns out some of London's best child and adult actors.-Anna Scher:...
. It was there, when he was thirteen, that a director on the hit British drama The Knock
The Knock
The Knock was a primetime UK drama series, created by Anita Bronson and broadcast on ITV from 1994 to 2000, which portrayed the activities of customs officers from Her Majesty's Customs and Excise....
spotted him and asked him to play a boy pushed into the drug trade. Morris continued his intensive training under Anna Scher for the next eight years. In this period more opportunities arose and after appearing in several television shows, films, and commercials; he went on to spend three seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
. Working with directors such as Steven Pimlott
Steven Pimlott
Steven Charles Pimlott OBE was an English opera and theatre director and actor. An obituary in The Times hailed him as "one of the most versatile and inventive theatre directors of his generation"...
, Tim Albery
Tim Albery
Tim Bronson Reginald Albery is an English stage director, best known for his productions of opera.-Life and career:Albery was born in Harpenden, the son of the impresario Donald Albery and grandson of the producer Sir Bronson Albery...
and Elijah Moshinsky, and alongside actors as diverse as Simon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale
Simon Russell Beale, CBE is an English actor. He has been described by The Independent as "the greatest stage actor of his generation."-Early years:...
, Samuel West
Samuel West
Samuel Alexander Joseph West is an English actor and theatre director. He is perhaps best known for his role in Howards End and his work on stage. He also starred in the award-winning play ENRON...
and Roger Allam
Roger Allam
Roger Allam is an English actor, known primarily for his stage career, although he has performed in film and television. He played Inspector Javert in the original London production of the stage musical Les Misérables....
. He credits this with being a major influence on his learning and craft. He is currently working in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, having played the lead in the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
pilot
Television pilot
A "television pilot" is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell the show to a television network. At the time of its inception, the pilot is meant to be the "testing ground" to see if a series will be possibly desired and successful and therefore a test episode of an...
Young Arthur (2002) (TV) and the film Cry Wolf (2005) as Owen Matthews, and the film "Whirly Girl" (2006) as James Edwards.
Morris was next seen in the independent horror film, Donkey Punch
Donkey Punch (film)
Donkey Punch is a 2008 British thriller film about a group of English people on holiday in Spain who end up fighting for their lives. The film was written and directed by Oliver Blackburn and David Bloom, and stars Nichola Burley, Tom Burke, Jaime Winstone and Julian Morris.-Plot:Three women Lisa ,...
as Josh, which was critically honored at its appearance at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
. He also appeared in the Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won three Golden Globe Awards....
-starring Valkyrie
Valkyrie (film)
Valkyrie is a 2008 American historical thriller film set in Nazi Germany during World War II. The film depicts the 20 July plot in 1944 by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to take control of the country...
and the Sugababes
Sugababes
The Sugababes are an English pop girl group based in London, consisting of members Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen. The Sugababes were formed in 1998 with founding members Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan. Their debut album, One Touch, was released in 2000 under London...
video, "Freak Like Me". Morris next had a supporting role in the slasher
Slasher film
A slasher film is a type of horror film typically involving a psychopathic killer stalking and killing a sequence of victims in a graphically violent manner, often with a cutting tool such as a knife or axe...
film Sorority Row
Sorority Row
Sorority Row is a 2009 American slasher film, and a re-imagining of the 1983 slasher film The House on Sorority Row. It was directed by Stewart Hendler, written by Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger, and stars Briana Evigan, Leah Pipes, Rumer Willis, Jamie Chung, Margo Harshman, Audrina Patridge,...
as Andy. He has recently played the recurring role of Agent Owen in the latest series of 24
24 (TV series)
24 is an American television series produced for the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide, starring Kiefer Sutherland as Counter Terrorist Unit agent Jack Bauer. Each 24-episode season covers 24 hours in the life of Bauer, using the real time method of narration...
.
Morris was part of the cast of the fall 2010 ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
documentary-style dramedy television series My Generation
My Generation (TV series)
My Generation is an American mockumentary television series that aired on the ABC network in the fall of 2010. The one-hour comedy-drama, produced by ABC Studios, follows a group of high school classmates in Austin, Texas in 2000, then revisits them ten years after graduation...
, playing "The Rich Kid" Anders Holt, which was cancelled after two episodes due to low ratings.
He recently guest starred on ABC family
ABC Family
ABC Family, stylized as abc family, is an American television network, owned by ABC Family Worldwide Inc., a subsidiary of the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company...
's new TV Series Pretty Little Liars
Pretty Little Liars (TV series)
Pretty Little Liars is an American mystery-thriller teen drama television series created by Marlene King. Based on the popular series of novels written by Sara Shepard, the show premiered on June 8, 2010 on ABC Family...
as Wren.
Personal life
Morris was born in North London and is the son of Glen and Andrea Morris. He has a younger sister named Amy. His parents are Jewish South AfricaSouth Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
ns (Morris was raised in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
). He currently resides in Los Angeles.
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | Kelly and Victor | Victor | post-production |
| 2011 | Something Wicked Something Wicked (film) Something Wicked is a 2011 psychological thriller film directed by Darin Scott and starring Shantel VanSanten. This will be the last film ever released that featured the late Brittany Murphy... |
Ryan | post-production |
| 2011 | Beyond | Farley | post-production |
| 2010 | Privileged | Spencer Stephens | |
| 2009 | Sorority Row Sorority Row Sorority Row is a 2009 American slasher film, and a re-imagining of the 1983 slasher film The House on Sorority Row. It was directed by Stewart Hendler, written by Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger, and stars Briana Evigan, Leah Pipes, Rumer Willis, Jamie Chung, Margo Harshman, Audrina Patridge,... |
Andy | |
| 2008 | Donkey Punch Donkey Punch (film) Donkey Punch is a 2008 British thriller film about a group of English people on holiday in Spain who end up fighting for their lives. The film was written and directed by Oliver Blackburn and David Bloom, and stars Nichola Burley, Tom Burke, Jaime Winstone and Julian Morris.-Plot:Three women Lisa ,... |
Josh | |
| 2005 | Cry Wolf Cry Wolf Cry_Wolf is a 2005 American horror/slasher murder mystery directed by Jeff Wadlow after he won $1,000,000 at the 2002 Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival.-Plot:... |
Owen Matthews | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2012 | Men At Work | Damien | TV Movie |
| 2010–present | Pretty Little Liars Pretty Little Liars (TV series) Pretty Little Liars is an American mystery-thriller teen drama television series created by Marlene King. Based on the popular series of novels written by Sara Shepard, the show premiered on June 8, 2010 on ABC Family... |
Wren Kim | Recurring cast (Seasons 1-present) |
| 2010 | 24 24 Year 24 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cethegus and Varro... |
Agent Owen | 6 Episodes |
| 2008 | Privileged Privileged (TV series) Privileged is an American television drama that premiered on The CW Television Network in the USA and Citytv in Canada on September 9, 2008. The series stars former Reba star Joanna García and is based on the Alloy Entertainment book How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls by Zoey Dean... |
Simon | Episode: "All About a Brand New You!" |
| 2008-2009 | ER ER ER or Er may refer to:* Еmergency room, a department of a medical facility that specializes in the acute care of patients without any prior appointments* ER, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of the country of Eritrea* ER, the IATA code of Astar Air Cargo... |
Dr. Andrew Wade | 7 Episodes |
| 2007 | Shark Shark (TV series) Shark is an American legal drama created by Ian Biederman that originally aired on CBS from September 21, 2006 to May 20, 2008. The series stars James Woods.-Synopsis:... |
Dylan Crawford | Episode: "Teacher's Pet" |
| 2006 | Whirlygirl | James Edwards | |
| 2004 | Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage The Murder at the Vicarage The Murder at the Vicarage is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in October 1930 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year... |
Dennis Clement | |
| 2002 | Young Arthur Young Arthur Young Arthur was a 2002 NBC tv drama on the childhood of King Arthur, directed by Mikael Salomon and written by Remi Aubuchon and Graham Yost. Filming occurred in Prague.-Cast:*Julian Morris - Arthur*James Fleet - Merlin... |
Arthur | |
| 2000 | Fish Fish (BBC TV series) Fish was a BBC drama series of 2000, starring Paul McGann as an idealistic lawyer who specialised in industrial tribunals. In court, he often came up against a female lawyer, played by Jemma Redgrave. Fish's wife had mysteriously disappeared, leaving him to look after his young son, and he began... |
Carl Lumsden | |
| 1996 | The Knock The Knock The Knock was a primetime UK drama series, created by Anita Bronson and broadcast on ITV from 1994 to 2000, which portrayed the activities of customs officers from Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.... |
Dafyd Ellis | |