Julian Morris

Julian David Morris (born 13 January 1983)^[1] is an English actor known for his roles in the films Cry_Wolf and Sorority Row.^[2] Previously playing recurring character Dr. Andrew Wade on ER, Morris currently portrays Wren Kingston in ABC Family's Pretty Little Liars and Prince Phillip in ABC's Once Upon a Time.

Personal life

Morris was born in Crouch End, North London, and grew up in Muswell Hill.^[3] He is the son of South African-born Glen and Zimbabwean-born Andrea Morris, and spent a lot of time in both countries growing up.^[3] He has a younger sister, Amy. His parents are both from Jewish families from Eastern Europe.^[4][5][6] He resides in Los Angeles. Morris is a close friend of Pretty Little Liars co-stars Ian Harding and Tyler Blackburn.^[7]

Career

Morris began acting at the Anna Scher Theatre, in London.^[8] It was there, when he was thirteen, that a director on the hit British drama The Knock spotted him and asked him to play a boy pushed into the drug trade.^[9] Morris continued his intensive training under Anna Scher for the next eight years. In this period more opportunities arose and after appearing in several television shows, films and commercials; he went on to spend three seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Working with directors such as Steven Pimlott, Tim Albery and Elijah Moshinsky, and alongside actors as diverse as Simon Russell Beale, Samuel West and Roger Allam. He credits this with being a major influence on his learning and craft. He is currently working in the United States, having played the lead in the unsold NBC pilot Young Arthur (2002) and the film Cry_Wolf (2005) as Owen Matthews, and the film Whirlygirl (2006) as James Edwards.

Morris was next seen in the independent horror film, Donkey Punch as Josh, which was critically honoured at its appearance at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.^[10] He also appeared in the Tom Cruise-starring Valkyrie and the Sugababes video "Freak Like Me". Morris next had a supporting role in the slasher film Sorority Row as Andy. In 2010, he played the recurring role of Agent Owen in 24.

Morris was part of the cast of the 2010 ABC documentary-style dramedy television series My Generation, playing "The Rich Kid" Anders Holt, which was cancelled after two episodes due to low ratings.^[11] He plays the recurring role of Wren on ABC Family's series Pretty Little Liars.

Morris stars as Victor in the film Kelly + Victor, which premiered on 16 October 2012 at the BFI London Film Festival, and will receive a theatrical release in the UK on 20 September 2013.

In 2012, Morris joined the ABC series Once Upon a Time as Prince Phillip.^[12]

He’s recently finished filming the lead in Universal’s, ’Dragonheart’ produced by Raffaella De Laurentiis. ^[13]

Filmography

References

External links

• Official website
• Julian Morris at the Internet Movie Database