Ray Fearon

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, 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 Year Title Role Notes 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 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 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 2021 The Protégé Duquet Father Christmas Is Back Felix The Lady of Heaven Abu Bakr 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 2023 One Year Off George Prince Coffee Wars Bernie Barbie Dan at the FBI 2024 Swede Caroline Lawrence The People Before Pete 2025 My Fault: London William Leister Cleaner DI Kahn Tinsel Town Post-production

Television Year Title Role Notes 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 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 2002 Outside the Rules Gary Rainford (unknown episodes) Paul Sharpe Series 18; episode 32: "Ruffled Feathers" As If Riggs Series 2 & 3; 10 episodes 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" 2010 Raw Paul Series 2; episodes 3–5 Gabriel Swart Television film 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 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

Midsomer Murders| Carlton Scott Series 20; episode 2: "Death of the Small Coppers" Origin| Omar Touré Episode 2: "Lost on Both Sides"

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

Red Dwarf: The Promised Land| Rodon Television special Semi-Detached| Mike Bottford Episode 3

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"

The Feud| Alan Spence Episodes 1–6 Not Going Out'' John Series 14; episode 1: "House Move"

Radio Year Title Role Notes 2003 His Dark Materials The Angel, Balthamos (Narrator) BBC Radio 4 dramatisation. All episodes