Harry Collett (born 2004) is a British actor. He began his career as a child actor on the West End. He went on to play Oliver Hide in the BBC medical drama ''

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'' (2016–2022), Tommy Stubbins in the film '' Dolittle'' (2020), and Jacaerys Velaryon in the HBO fantasy series ''

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'' (2022).

Early life

From

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, Collett attended

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for his secondary education, completing Year 11 in 2020.

Career

Collett began his career in the West End productions of ''

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'' at the

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, ''

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'' at the

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as Eric, and ''

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'' at the

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as Michael. Collett made his television debut in a 2014 episode of BBC medical drama ''

'' as Seb Durante. That same year, he played a younger version of

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in the music video for Bublé and

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's cover of "

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". The following year, Collett made a guest appearance in the ABC musical comedy series ''

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'' as a younger version of the titular character (played by

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). He voiced lead character Wally in ''

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'' across the first two series on

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and Buzzbee in '' The Hive'' on

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. In 2016, Collett was cast in another guest role on ''Casualty'' as Oliver Hide, the son of established character

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(

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) and debuted during the fifth episode of series 31. As part of the appearance, Collett filmed a stunt featuring his character trapped in a car engulfed in flames. He reprised the role in 2017 for three episodes, and again in 2019 for a longer stint. The actor returned for another stint in 2021. The following year in series 36, Collett reprised the role for four episodes, concluding with his character's death during a school shooting in episode thirty nine. Collett's co-star Durr praised the actor, calling him "absolutely fantastic" and opining, "He's got a great career ahead of him". Collett made his film debut voicing a younger version of

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's character Raymond Briggs in '' Ethel & Ernest'', an animated biographical film released in 2016. In 2017, Collett appeared in the short film ''Honour'' as 11-year-old boy Lee and had a cameo in

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's war film '' Dunkirk''. The following year, he appeared in ''

Dead in a Week or Your Money Back ''Dead in a Week or Your Money Back'' (stylized as ''Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)'') is a 2018 British black comedy film, the directorial debut of Tom Edmunds. The plot follows Leslie ( Tom Wilkinson), who is an aging hitman on the brink of ...

'' as a younger version of the character William. In December 2017, it was announced Collett would star as apprentice Tommy Stubbins alongside

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in the adventure comedy film '' Dolittle'', which would be released in January 2020. Collett was then cast as Prince Jacaerys "Jace" Velaryon in the 2022 HBO fantasy series ''

'', a '' Game of Thrones'' prequel and adaptation of

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's companion book '' Fire and Blood''.

Filmography

Stage

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Collett, Harry Living people 2000s births 21st-century English male actors English male child actors English male film actors English male musical theatre actors English male stage actors English male television actors People from the London Borough of Havering Year of birth missing (living people)