Neil Bell
Known for Acting
Biography
Neil Bell (born February 4, 1970) is an English actor, mainly on British television and occasionally in films. Bell studied drama at Oldham College and has played character roles in such TV series as Buried, Shameless, Murphy's Law, Ideal, City Lights, The Bill and Casualty, and the films 24 Hour Party People (2002) and Dead Man's Shoes (2004). He also had a small role in the acclaimed TV series State of Play, playing the colleague of Polly Walker's character. He has recently had a main role in The Bill playing the role of a killer. In 2010, he had a role in the ITV comedy-drama Married Single Other. He has appeared in Coronation Street, and in 2012, he had a regular role in Downton Abbey as Durrant. In 2013, he appeared in the first series of BBC2's Peaky Blinders as Publican Harry Fenton. In February 2016, he appeared in the BBC drama series Moving On.
Filmography
Greenland 2: Migration
2026
as One-Eyed Man
Dune
2021
as Sardaukar Bashar
Enola Holmes
2020
as Constable
Pan
2015
as Baggy
Victor Frankenstein
2015
as Huntsman
The Crew
2008
as Jimmy the Truck
24 Hour Party People
2002
as Aspiring Singer
Peterloo
2018
as Samuel Bamford
The End We Start From
2023
as MWC
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022
as Time Grappler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Swallows and Amazons
2016
as Young Billy
Dead Man's Shoes
2004
as Soz
Quadraturin
2017
as Mr. Black
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley
2007
as Figgy
Lenny Blue
2002
as Simmo
Floodlights
2022
as DS Haleford
When I Was 12
2001
as Neil
Short Stay, Long Stay
2023
as Bill
Trucker's Atlas
2019
as Mike