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crime drama '' The Victim'' (2019), as James in BBC drama '' The Nest'' (2020) and footballer Jimmy Love in the Netflix drama ''

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'' (2020) and the Sky Original " Gangs of London".

Early life

Harkeness was raised by his mother in a deprived household in the

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area of

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. He studied at

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and took an interest in drama from an early childhood. At the age of 18 he suffered arm injuries from being struck with an axe (a weapon he brought to a confrontation relating to a stolen mobile phone), which later caused

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s when he passed the location of the incident –

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– or even saw someone walking with a phone.The Nest star James Harkness reveals he was attacked with Axe in Pollokshaws flats

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