Cast & creator
Neil Bell
Best known for Peaky Blinders, Downton Abbey, Shameless
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.
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film credits
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television credits
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2001–2026 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (56)
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Peaky Blinders
Harry Fenton
2013
Downton Abbey
Durrant
2010
Shameless
Hippy Pete
2004
Dune
Sardaukar Bashar
2021
Andor
Time Grappler
2022
Greenland 2: Migration
One-Eyed Man
2026
Hustle
Bogdan
2004
Brassic
Keithy
2019
Carnival Row
Warden Wrenbrick
2019
Ideal
Ian
2005
Adolescence
Sgt Golding
2025
Moving On
Dave
2009
Enola Holmes
Constable
2020
Murphy's Law
Derek
2001
No Offence
Mad Matt
2015
Blue Murder
Patrick Dunwoody
2003
World Without End
Sim Chapman
2012
Pan
Baggy
2015
Crackanory
Various
2013
True Love
Phil
2012
Victor Frankenstein
Huntsman
2015
Buried
'Slacker' Courtenay
2003
The Chase
2006
Sex Traffic
Guard with Araz
2004
Lenny Blue
Simmo
2002
Cuffs
Vinnie Forbes
2015
Broken
Cash Switchers Man
2017
Eleventh Hour
2006
This Is England '90
Neil
2015
The End We Start From
MWC
2023
Dead Man's Shoes
Soz
2004
Married Single Other
Connelly
2010
The Listeners
Man in Therapy
2024
24 Hour Party People
Aspiring Singer
2002
The Second Coming
Homeless Man
2003
Secrets and Words
Anthony
2012
Sunshine
Eddie
2008
The Ghost Squad
2005
The Crew
Jimmy the Truck
2008
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Time Grappler (archive footage) (uncredited)
2022
The Visit
Russell
2007
I'm with Stupid
Macca
2006
Peterloo
Samuel Bamford
2018
Swallows and Amazons
Young Billy
2016
Synthesized
ALAN
2026
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
2009
Dead Clever: The Life and Crimes of Julie Bottomley
Figgy
2007
When I Was 12
Neil
2001
Little Rock
Kevin Lang
2026
Quadraturin
Mr. Black
2017
Short Stay, Long Stay
Bill
2023
Powder
Billy Tidy
2011
Trucker's Atlas
Mike
2019
Floodlights
DS Haleford
2022
Wait for Me
Max
2023
Radio Silence
Jimmy Mulligan
2013