- Born
- Birth nameHarry John Cook
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Born in London, England, Harry moved with his family at the age of ten to Sydney, Australia where he combined his school studies with acting classes at both NBYT, NIDA and Sydney Talent Company.
Prior to leaving the UK, Harry starred as The Artful Dodger in the Stagecoach London production of Oliver! and the title role of Bugsy Malone the following year.
Signing with a young talent agent at age 13, Harry worked in various commercials and theatre shows until 2009, when he made his film debut starring opposite Academy Award winner Geena Davis as her on-screen son in acclaimed film Accidents Happen (2009), proving him to be one of Australia's most exciting new young actors.
Further highlights of his career so far include starring alongside Peter Phelps and Ben Oxenbould as Archie Cox in cult thriller Caught Inside (2010), playing Susie Porter's nephew in the Logie Award winning children's series My Place (2009), working alongside Sam Neill and Bryan Brown in ABC TV Series Old School, and recently winning the Best Supporting Actor award at the prestigious FilmOut San Diego Film Festival for his role in feature film Drown (2015). In 2019, Harry also appeared in the ABC TV series Diary of an Uber Driver (2019).
His theatre work includes playing Banquo in Macbeth, the lead role of Tom in the Australian premiere of Mark Ravenhill's groundbreaking play Citizenship at Studio 1 at The Wharf in Sydney which was directed by Lee Lewis, Mark Cohen in Sydney's limited season of the Broadway smash hit RENT, and Duncan Brookes in Russetts at the International Playwright Festival in Cambridge, England. Harry also was part of Playlist 2018 & 2019 readings directed by Kate Gaul.
Harry's writing work includes contributions to The Huffington Post, The Big Smoke and The Guardian and his debut memoir, Pink Ink, was released by Finch/Harper Collins in September 2018 to rave reviews.
His young adult fiction novel: Fin & Rye & Fireflies released in August 2020 to rave reviews and is the first LGBTQI+ themed novel from Black and White Publishing's YA imprint Ink Road.- IMDb mini biography by: Ashton Jones.
- Originally auditioned for the role for Billy Conway in Accidents Happen (2009) but asked director Andrew Lancaster for an audition for Larry as he was much more interested in that role. Lancaster thought that he suited the role of Larry Conway much better and gave him the part.
- Auditioned for the role of Archie Cox for the feature film Caught Inside (2010) although the requirement was to be able to surf professionally and Harry could not. Director Adam Blaiklock was so impressed by Harry's screen test that he hired a stunt-double and edited the script to book him for the role.
- Gained 15kgs for the role of Larry Conway in Accidents Happen (2009) then lost it all off for his next role that same year as Archie Cox in the feature film Caught Inside (2010).
- Was spotted by a writer of IF magazine and was asked to audition for the the younger Leonardo DiCaprio role in the later doomed Alexander The Great-project which was due to be Directed by Baz Luhrmann.
- Close friends with Morgan Griffin, Sophie Luck, Geena Davis, Vanessa Chester, Abigail Breslin and Peter Phelps.
- [on what it was like working with Geena Davis] Geena is just the most genuine, kind and remarkably talented actor I've ever had the privilege of working with. She truly helped create our family in the film. We had such a blast. On-set & off-set we just had so much fun. (Tribeca Red Carpet Interview April 2009.)
- [on representation in film and television] Straight actors playing gay characters isn't the issue. The issue is gay actors not getting those same opportunities to play straight characters. The playing field needs to be more even. We need to see more superheroes, action stars and romantic comedy leads who are openly gay playing straight. Representation matters and parity doesn't start with straight people getting all the roles. There needs to be equal opportunity. (ABC Radio 2018)
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