Julian Morris

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Julian Morris is a British actor best known for his role in the film, Cry Wolf, and as Dr. Andrew Wade in medical drama ER. He currently plays Wren Kingston in the Pretty Little Liars television series. He also had minor roles in the shows Once Upon A Time and New Girl.

Personal life

Morris was born in Crouch End, North London, and grew up in Muswell Hill. 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. He has a younger sister, Amy. His parents are both from Jewish families from Eastern Europe. He resides in Los Angeles. Morris is a close friend of Pretty Little Liars co-star Ian Harding.

Career

Morris began acting at the Anna Scher Theatre in London. It was there, when he was 13, that a director on the hit British drama The Knock spotted him and asked him to play a boy pushed into the drug trade. 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 like Simon Russell Beale, Samuel West, and Roger Allam. Morris is currently working in the United States, having played the lead in the unsold NBC pilot Young Arthur (2002) and appearing in the film Cry Wolf (2005) as Owen Matthews and in the film Whirlygirl (2006) as James Edwards.

Morris was next seen in the independent horror film Donkey Punch as Josh, critically honored after its screening at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. 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 series My Generation, playing "The Rich Kid" Anders Holt.[10] In July 2012, Morris joined the ABC series Once Upon a Time as Prince Phillip.

Morris starred as Victor in the film Kelly + Victor, which premiered on 16 October 2012 at the BFI London Film Festival, and was released theatrically in the UK on 20 September 2013. The film won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer in 2014. Morris has finished filming the lead in Universal's Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse.

In March 2014, Morris was cast as Reverend Paul Curtis in the Amazon Studios series Hand of God. In August 2014, he landed a recurring guest role on the Fox sitcom New Girl, playing Ryan Geauxinue.

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Don't Go Breaking My Heart	Charlie Gosling
2002	Spin	Fiz	Short film
2005	Cry_Wolf	Owen Matthews
2006	Whirlygirl	James Edwards
2008	Donkey Punch	Josh
2008	Valkyrie	Young Lieutenant – Desert
2009	Sorority Row	Andy Richards
2010	Privileged	Spencer Stephens
2012	Beyond	Farley Connors
2012	Kelly + Victor	Victor
2014	Something Wicked	Ryan
2014	Take Flight	Walt	Short film
2015	Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer's Curse	Gareth

Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	The Knock	Dafyd Ellis	Series 2, episode 10
1999	Kid in the Corner	School boy	Unknown episodes
2000	Fish	Carl Lumsden	Main role; 6 episodes
2004	Agatha Christie's Marple	Dennis Clement	Episode: "The Murder at the Vicarage"
2007	Shark	Dylan Crawford	Episode: "Teacher's Pet"
2008–09	ER	Dr. Andrew Wade	7 episodes
2009	Privileged	Simon	Episode: "All About a Brand New You"
2009	Eleventh Hour	Quinn	Episode: "Subway"
2010	24	Agent Owen	6 episodes
2010-17	Pretty Little Liars	Wren Kingston	20 episodes
2010	My Generation	Anders Holt	Main role; 2 episodes
2012	Men at Work	Damien	Episode: "Pilot"
2012–present	Once Upon a Time	Prince Phillip	6 episodes
2014-present	Hand of God	Reverend Paul Curtis	Series Regular
2014–2015	New Girl	Ryan Geauxinue	7 episodes