Tudor St. John "Jamie" Harris (born 15 May 1963) is a British actor. He is best known for his role as The Hook-Handed Man in ''

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'' (2004), Rodney in ''

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'' (2011), and

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in Marvel's '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'' (2014–2015).

Early life

Harris was born on 15 May 1963, in

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as Tudor St. John Harris and is the third and youngest of three boys to Irish actor

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and Welsh socialite Elizabeth Rees-Williams. His older brothers are director Damian Harris and actor

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Education

Harris was educated at ''Ladycross'', a former preparatory boarding independent school in the coastal town of Seaford in East Sussex, as were his brothers Jared and Damian, followed by

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, a Catholic boarding independent school in the village of

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(near the

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) in

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, in

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Filmography

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Television

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Jamie 1963 births Living people 20th-century British male actors 21st-century British male actors British male film actors British male television actors British people of Irish descent English people of Welsh descent Male actors from London People educated at Downside School Actors from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets People from Whitechapel