About Brave the Dark
Synopsis:
When Mr. Deen (Jared Harris, Chernobyl, The Crown) discovers one of his students has been living out of his car and thrown into jail, he decides to bail him out. Determined to curb Nate’s self-destructive behavior, Mr. Deen quickly discovers a host of dark secrets that are slowly tearing Nate apart. What started as a good deed becomes a desperate fight to save Nate from his own demons. As Nate spirals deeper into despair, Mr. Deen must decide how far he’s willing to go to save a kid on the brink of losing everything—even himself.
Rating:
PG-13 for domestic violence/bloody images, suicide, some strong language, teen drinking, drug material and smoking.
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Jared Francis Harris was born in London, England. He is the son of Irish actor Richard Harris and Welsh actress Elizabeth Harris (Elizabeth Rees), and brother of Damian Harris and Jamie Harris. Despite his lineage, Jared showed little interest in becoming an actor, until he was cast in a college production while attending North Carolina's Duke University (USA), where he studied drama and literature, in the early 1980s.
After graduation, Jared returned to the UK where he attended Central School of Speech and Drama and then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, performing in Mark Rylance's "Hamlet", "Romeo & Juliet", "The Silent Woman" and "A Clockwork Orange". In 1989, he had his screen debut in The Rachel Papers (1989).
In 1990, while on vacation in New York, Jared auditioned for the role of Hotspur in "Henry IV, Part 1", which he played at the New York Shakespeare Festival following his brilliant course as an excellent theater artist in the off-Broadway play "Ecstasy", for which he was honored with an Obie Award in 1992.
Widely regarded as the one of greatest stage and screen actors both in his native Great Britain and internationally, from his breakthrough role as Andy Warhol in I Shot Andy Warhol (1996) and VH1's Two of Us (2000) where he portrayed John Lennon to Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) and Lincoln (2012), Jared Harris expressed his unparalleled qualities as a sublime "chameleon" in a wide range of roles full of profoundness, intelligence and insights through his praised performances, among others, in The Last of the Mohicans (1992), Natural Born Killers (1994), Smoke (1995), Happiness (1998), How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog (2000), Igby Goes Down (2002), B. Monkey (1998), Shadow Magic (2000), Mr. Deeds (2002), Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008).
His tour-de-force mesmerizing, staggering and fascinating interpretations of substantial mastery, subtlety, charisma and generosity also include some of his finest precious gems on TV such as in The Other Boleyn Girl (2003), The Riches (2007), Fringe (2008), Mad Men (2007), The Crown (2016), The Terror (2018) and Chernobyl (2019).
Jared is married to Allegra Riggio, lauded intelligent lighting designer and accidental comedian.
An incredible Australian actor, Nicholas can currently be seen as a series regular on Amazon Freevee’s comedy series THE PRADEEPS OF PITTSBURGH from Michael Showalter. He recently wrapped HURRICANNA for Francesca Gregorini opposite Mark Duplass and Holly Hunter. Nicholas can next be seen in the upcoming independent film BRAVE THE DARK opposite Jared Harris.
Nicholas played ‘Henry Bowers’ in IT and IT: CHAPTER 2, New Line Cinema’s Andy Muschietti-directed adaptations of the Stephen King bestseller. He played the co-lead in the Scott Speer-directed romantic drama ENDLESS, starring opposite Alexandra Shipp, as well as the Australian feature DANGER CLOSE opposite Travel Fimmel. Nic was in Nik Arcel’s THE DARK TOWER opposite Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey. He starred opposite Viggo Mortensen in MATT ROSS’ film CAPTAIN FANTASTIC, which premiered in Cannes and earned him a SAG nomination. He also played Nicole Kidman and Joseph Fiennes son in Kim Farrant's Australian feature STRANGERLAND.
Damian Harris was born on August 2, 1958 in London, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Gardens of the Night (2008), The Rachel Papers (1989) and Brave the Dark (2023). He was previously married to Annabel Brooks.