Christopher William Harper (born 19 August 1977) is an actor and director who played
Nathan Curtis
Nathan Robert Curtis (born 7 February 1996) is an English footballer who last played for Belper Town as a winger and striker.
Career
Curtis made his senior debut for Bradford City on 18 December 2012 in the FA Cup, appearing as a substitute ...
in ITV soap ''
Coronation Street'' in a high profile
teenage grooming and
exploitation
Exploitation may refer to:
*Exploitation of natural resources
*Exploitation of labour
** Forced labour
*Exploitation colonialism
*Slavery
** Sexual slavery and other forms
*Oppression
*Psychological manipulation
In arts and entertainment
*Exploi ...
storyline.
Television drama performances
Harper has appeared in British dramas including ''
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
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'', ''
Upstairs Downstairs'', ''
Life on Mars
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'' and most notably as playing
Clifford Last
Clifford Frank Last OBE (13 December 1918 – 20 October 1991) was an English people, English sculptor, the son of Nella Last, author of a World War II diary on which the TV film ''Housewife, 49'' was based.
Early life
Clifford Last was t ...
, son of
Victoria Wood
Victoria Wood (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, lyricist, singer, composer, pianist, screenwriter, producer and director.
Wood wrote and starred in dozens of sketches, plays, musicals, films and sitcoms over se ...
's character
Nella Last
Nella Last (née Nellie Lord; 4 October 1889 – 22 June 1968) was an English homemaker, housewife who lived in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England. She wrote a diary for the Mass Observation Archive from 1939 until 1966 making it one of t ...
in the multiple
BAFTA award winning ITV television film ''
Housewife, 49''.
Stage performances
As a stage actor he has played Benedick in ''
Much Ado About Nothing
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'' for
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
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, a season of
Sir Alan Aykbourn plays at The
Royal & Derngate
Royal & Derngate is a theatre complex in the Cultural Quarter of Northampton, England, consisting of the Royal Theatre and Derngate Theatre. The Royal was built by theatre architect Charles J. Phipps and opened in 1884. Ninety-nine years late ...
Theatre, Northampton (directed by Ayckbourn himself) and many other plays at the
Crucible Theatre
The Crucible Theatre (often referred to simply as "The Crucible") is a theatre in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England which opened in 1971. Although it hosts regular theatrical performances, it is best known for hosting professional snooker's ...
,
Hampstead Theatre
Hampstead Theatre is a theatre in South Hampstead in the London Borough of Camden. It specialises in commissioning and producing new writing, supporting and developing the work of new writers. Roxana Silbert has been the artistic director since ...
and
The Old Vic
The Old Vic is a 1,000-seat, not-for-profit producing theatre in Waterloo, London, England. Established in 1818 as the Royal Coburg Theatre, and renamed in 1833 the Royal Victoria Theatre. In 1871 it was rebuilt and reopened as the Royal ...
, London.
Charity work
Harper has helped raise awareness of child sex abuse through charity work and as patron for the charity Voicing CSA, which helps adult survivors of child sexual abuse to speak out.
Personal life
He married actress
Emily Bowker in 2013.
They live in London.
References
External links
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British male stage actors
1977 births
Living people
British male soap opera actors