Raymond Fearon is a British actor. He played garage mechanic Nathan Cooper on ITV's long-running soap opera Coronation Street from 2005-2006. Other credits include Band of Gold (1997), EastEnders (2001), As If (2002), the Harry Potter film series (2001-2002), His Dark Materials (2003), Doctors (2008), Raw (2010), Da Vinci's Demons (2014), Fantastic Beasts (film series) (2018-2022), Fleabag (2019), Red Dwarf (2020), Champion (2023), and The Feud (2025).
Early life
Fearon was the youngest of ten children born to Jamaican parents living in northwest London. From a young age, he joined the Royal Court Theatre
Career
Theatre
Fearon made his reputation as a stage actor, working at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre; His other early stage roles included Charles Surface in The School for Scandal; They also played opposite one another in 1996's The White Devil (Gale Edwards, Swan theatre) where he played Brachiano and McCabe the villain Flamineo.
In December 2017 he played Nathan Detroit in Guys and Dolls at the Royal Exchange, Manchester.
Radio
In the BBC's 2003 radio adaptation of His Dark Materials, Fearon appeared as the narrator and as the angel Balthamos.
Television and film
In 2001 he appeared in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (as Firenze the centaur). He had a minor role as a sentry in Kenneth Branagh's 1996 film version of Hamlet.
Filmography
Film
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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| 1996
| Hamlet
| Francisco
|
|-
| 1999
| The Clandestine Marriage
| Brush
|
|-
| 2001
| Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
| Firenze
| Voice and vocal effects
|-
| 2002
| Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
| Fawkes
| Vocal effects
|-
| 2008
| '
| The Sous Chef
| Short film
|-
| 2009
| Lulu and Jimi
| Jimi
|
|-
| 2011
| Therapist
| Bigger
| Short film
|-
| 2012
| Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
| Benjamin Lee
|
|-
| 2013
| National Theatre Live
| Macduff
| Stage production of Macbeth
|-
| 2014
| The Hooligan Factory
| Midnight
|
|-
| 2016
| The Complete Walk: Troilus and Cressida
| Hector
| Short film
|-
| rowspan=5| 2017
| The Yellow Birds
| Colonel
|
|-
| Beauty and the Beast
| Père Robert
|
|-
| The Foreigner
| Commander Richard Bromley
|
|-
| Space for You
| RF
| Short film
|-
| To Love and to Cherish
| Wilson
| Short film
|-
| rowspan=2| 2018
| 2036 Origin Unknown
| Sterling Brooks
|
|-
| Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
| Fawkes
| Vocal cameo
|-
| 2019
| Lessons of the Hour
| Frederick Douglass
|
|-
| 2020
| Breach
| Billy
| Short film
|-
| rowspan=3| 2021
| The Protégé
| Duquet
|
|-
| Father Christmas Is Back
| Felix
|
|-
| The Lady of Heaven
| Abu Bakr
|
|-
| rowspan=4| 2022
| Memory
| Gerald Nussbaum
|
|-
| Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
| Fawkes
| Vocal effects
|-
| Christmas in the Caribbean
| Gregory
|
|-
| Christmas in Paradise
| Felix
| Sequel to Father Christmas Is Back
|-
| rowspan=3| 2023
| One Year Off
| George Prince
|
|-
| Coffee Wars
| Bernie
|
|-
| Barbie
| Dan at the FBI
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 2024
| Swede Caroline
| Lawrence
|
|-
| The People Before
| Pete
|
|-
| rowspan=3| 2025
| My Fault: London
| William Leister
|
|-
| Cleaner
| DI Kahn
|
|-
| Tinsel Town
|
| Post-production
|}
Television
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| rowspan=3| 1995
| '
| Dean Barnet
| Series 11; episode 79: "Skin Deep"
|-
| Prime Suspect
| Mark Whitehouse
| Series 4; episode 3: "Scent of Darkness"
|-
| Dressing for Breakfast
| Steve
| Series 1; episode 4: "Steve"
|-
| 1996
| The Merchant of Venice
| Morocco
| Television film
|-
| rowspan=2| 1997
| Band of Gold
| Paul
| Episodes 3 & 4: "The Catch: Parts One & Two"
|-
| '
| Foley Marsh
| Series 13; episode 124: "Crimes of a Lesser Passion"
|-
| 2000
| '
| Jacob Marley
| Television film
|-
| 2001
| EastEnders
| Lennie
| 3 episodes
|-
| rowspan=3| 2002
| Outside the Rules
| Gary Rainford
| (unknown episodes)
|-
| '
| Paul Sharpe
| Series 18; episode 32: "Ruffled Feathers"
|-
| As If
| Riggs
| Series 2 & 3; 10 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2| 2003
| Keen Eddie
| Georgie Pendergast
| Episode 7: "Black Like Me"
|-
| Waking the Dead
| Miles Patterson
| Series 3; episodes 3 & 4: "Walking on Water: Parts 1 & 2"
|-
| 2003
| Doctors
| PC Vernon Samuels
| Series 5; episode 115: "Alpha Male"
|-
| 2004
| In Search of Shakespeare
| Various characters
| Mini-series; episodes 1–4
|-
| 2005
| Revelations
| Benjamin
| Mini-series; episode 3: "Hour Three"
|-
| 2005−2006
| Coronation Street
| Nathan Cooper
| Series regular; 99 episodes
|-
| 2008
| Doctors
| Malcolm Tumelo
| Series 10; 18 episodes
|-
| 2009
| Missing
| Karl Hughes
| Series 1; episode 2: "Young and Restless"
|-
| rowspan=2| 2010
| Raw
| Paul
| Series 2; episodes 3–5
|-
| '
| Gabriel Swart
| Television film
|-
| rowspan=5| 2011
| Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth
| Kalay
| Mini-series; episodes 1 & 2
|-
| Morlocks
| Tyrell
| Television film
|-
| Celebrity Mastermind
| Himself - Contestant
| Series 10; episode 4
|-
| '
| Jeff
| Television film
|-
| Death in Paradise
| Curtis
| Series 1; episode 7
|-
| 2011–2012
| Above Suspicion
| DCI/Commander Sam Power
| Series 3; episodes 1 & 2, & series 4; episode 1
|-
| rowspan=2| 2012
| Silk (TV Series)|Silk
| Roland Boyce QC
| Series 2; episode 3: "In the Family Way"
|-
| Julius Caesar
| Mark Antony
| Television film
|-
| 2013
| Moving On
| Steve McCullock
| Series 5; episode 1: "Fledgling"
|-
| 2014–2015
| Da Vinci's Demons
| Carlo de' Medici
| Series 2 & 3; 9 episodes
|-
| 2015
| Suspects
| Gregor Forrester
| Series 3; episode 3: "Safe from Harm"
|-
| 2016
| New Blood
| David Kumalah
| Episodes 6 & 7: "Case 3, Parts 1 & 2"
|-
| 2017
| Snatch
| Father John
| Series 1; episodes 5, 6 & 8
|-
| rowspan=2| 2018
| Midsomer Murders
| Carlton Scott
| Series 20; episode 2: "Death of the Small Coppers"
|-
| Origin
| Omar Touré
| Episode 2: "Lost on Both Sides"
|-
| rowspan=4| 2019
| Silent Witness
| DI Jasper Quint
| Series 22; episodes 7 & 8: "Deathmaker: Parts 1 & 2"
|-
| Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators
| Major Tony Suffolk
| Series 2; episode 2: "The Play's the Thing"
|-
| Fleabag
| Hot Misogynist
| Series 2; episodes 2 & 5
|-
| Plebs
| Magnus
| Series 5; episode 7: "The New Flat"
|-
| 2019–2020
| His Dark Materials
| Mr. Hanway
| Series 1; episodes 5 & 7; & series 2; episode 2
|-
| rowspan=2| 2020
| Red Dwarf: The Promised Land
| Rodon
| Television special
|-
| Semi-Detached
| Mike Bottford
| Episode 3
|-
| rowspan=2| 2021
| The Girlfriend Experience
| Paul
| Season 3; episodes 1 & 3: "Mirrors" & "Deep Fake"
|-
| Close to Me
| Nick
| Mini-series; episodes 2–6
|-
| 2022
| We Hunt Together
| Ch. Supt. Lester Price
| Series 2; episodes 3–5
|-
| 2023
| Champion
| Beres Champion
| Main cast; episodes 1–8
|-
| 2024
| Father Brown
| Silas O'Hagen
| Series 11; episode 9: "The Dead of Night"
|-
| rowspan=2| 2025
| The Feud
| Alan Spence
| Episodes 1–6
|-
| Not Going Out
| John
| Series 14; episode 1: "House Move"
|}
Radio
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2003
| His Dark Materials
| The Angel, Balthamos (Narrator)
| BBC Radio 4 dramatisation. All episodes
|}
References
External links
- Agent: Markham Froggatt and Irwin