Blake Keenan Harrison is an English actor. He is best known for playing Neil Sutherland in the

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-winning E4 comedy ''

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'' and more recently as 'Medium' Dan, in the ITV sitcom '' Kate & Koji''.

Career

Harrison starred in three series and two subsequent films of the multi-award-winning comedy ''

''. Harrison's other television work includes the BBC Three comedies '' Way to Go'' and '' Him & Her'', and Comedy Central's '' Big Bad World'', '' The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff'', and ''

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''. Harrison also starred in all three seasons of '' The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret'', created by David Cross. His theatre work includes ''End of the Pier'' at the Park Theatre in 2018, ''Step 9 of 12'' at the

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, London in 2012 and ''The Accidental Lives of Memories'' at the White Bear Theatre. His film work includes ''Keeping Rosy'' with

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, ''Madness in the Method'' and '' Re-Uniting the Rubins'' with Timothy Spall; he also starred in ''Her Eyes Met With Mine'', a short film by Slightly Ajar Productions. In 2014, he played Alfie in the ITV sitcom '' Edge of Heaven''. Harrison also provided the voice of Scoop in the British and American versions of the 2015 reboot of the British children's TV series ''

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''. He played the part of Private Pike in the 2016 film remake of ''

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''. In 2018, he directed the award-winning short film ''Hooves of Clay'', in which he also starred alongside Rebecca Humphries. Later he played Andrew Newton in '' A Very English Scandal''. In 2020, he was cast as 'Medium' Dan in the ITV sitcom '' Kate & Koji''.

Personal life

Harrison is married to Kerry Ann Lynch. They live in

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and have two children, a daughter and a son. Harrison is a fan of Millwall F.C. He attended

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in Rotherhithe, south London. In 2018, Harrison scored the winning penalty goal in the charitable event Soccer Aid.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, Blake Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century English male actors Alumni of East 15 Acting School English male film actors English male television actors English male voice actors Male actors from London Actors educated at the BRIT School English male comedians Comedians from London