Name Harry Hadden-Paton Role Actor | ||
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Parents Nigel Hadden-Paton, Sarah Mellor Siblings Alice Hadden-Paton, Clementine Hadden-Paton, Polly Hadden-Paton Movies The Deep Blue Sea, About Time, In the Loop, Richard II, Having You Similar People Rebecca Night, Terence Davies, Rupert Goold, Armando Iannucci, Richard Curtis | ||
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Harry Hadden-Paton (born 10 April 1981) is a British stage and screen actor. He is perhaps best known for his television role as Herbert Pelham, 7th Marquess of Hexham in the award-winning television series Downton Abbey.
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Family
Hadden-Paton is the son of former Cavalry officer Nigel Hadden-Paton and the former Sarah Mellor. He has three sisters Polly, Clementine and Alice who is married to Nicholas van Cutsem, son of millionaire banker and horse breeder Hugh van Cutsem. He is the godson of Sarah, Duchess of York.
He is married to fellow actor Rebecca Night, whom he met while performing in The Importance of Being Earnest. They have a daughter.
Education
Hadden-Paton was born in London and educated at Eton College and Durham University. He trained at LAMDA.
Stage
Since leaving LAMDA in 2006, Hadden-Paton has established himself as a leading stage actor. He was commended in the 2007 Ian Charleson Awards for his appearances in Romeo and Juliet at the Battersea Arts Centre and as John Worthing in The Importance of Being Earnest, directed by Peter Gill. His stand-out performances continued with Captain Jack Absolute in The Rivals at The Southwark Playhouse, as Hohenzollern in The Prince of Homburg at The Donmar Warehouse, and as Harry Villiers in the 2010 première of Posh at the Royal Court.
In 2011 he appeared as Teddy Graham in the Olivier Award-winning revival Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket and as Jackie Jackson in a film adaptation of The Deep Blue Sea, both marking the centenary of their author, the English playwright Terence Rattigan.
Following the success of Flare Path he has appeared as Michael Palin in the premiere of Steve Thompson's No Naughty Bits at the Hampstead Theatre, as Marlow in Jamie Lloyd's production of She Stoops to Conquer at The National Theatre, as Alsamero in The Young Vic's iconic production of The Changeling, and as Phillip in the hit revival of Alexi Kaye Campbell's The Pride at The Trafalgar Studios.
Film and TV
On television, he is best known for playing Bertie Pelham, the Marquess of Hexham, suitor of Lady Edith Crawley on Downton Abbey; their characters were married in the 2015 Christmas special that concluded the series. He has also starred in Midsomer Murders, The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard, Hotel Babylon, Silk, Waking the Dead, Drifters, Walter, and Grantchester.
He is also notable for appearances in the Oscar-winning La Vie en Rose (2007), The Deep Blue Sea (2011), The Hollow Crown (2012) and About Time (2013)
In 2016, he played the role of Martin Charteris in the Netflix series The Crown.