12 Facts About Peter Harness

Peter Harness was born on 1976 and is an English playwright, screenwriter, actor and producer.

Peter Harness grew up in Hornsea, East Yorkshire and attended Oriel College, Oxford where he studied English.

Peter Harness is a former president of the Oxford Revue.

Peter Harness was one of Screen International's Stars of Tomorrow, 2007 and is a recipient of the Dennis Potter Screenwriting Award.

Peter Harness was nominated for a Writers Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Series.

Peter Harness was nominated for a Writers Guild Award for the film.

Peter Harness was the lead writer and executive producer of the BBC's Wallander, starring Kenneth Branagh.

Peter Harness wrote five feature length films for the series: The Dogs of Riga, Before the Frost, a new story developed by Henning Mankell and Harness called An Event in Autumn, and the two-part finale, A Lesson in Love and The Troubled Man.

Peter Harness adapted the fourth Jackson Brodie book, Started Early, Took My Dog for the second series of Case Histories, starring Victoria Wood, which filmed in Summer 2012.

Peter Harness wrote and executive produced on the BBC crime drama series McMafia, based on Mischa Glenny's book about the Russian Mafia, which starred James Norton.

Peter Harness novelised "The Zygon Invasion" episodes as part of the Target Collection.

Peter Harness has been active in the Malmo theatre community as part of the theatre group Teater Insite both as an actor and a writer.