He is known for his roles as Craig Myers in the BBC crime drama The Victim (2019),[1] as James in BBC drama The Nest (2020)[2] and footballer Jimmy Love in the Netflix drama The English Game (2020)[3] and the Sky Original Gangs of London.
Harkness was raised by his mother in a deprived household in the Gorbals area of Glasgow.
[4] He studied at King's Park Secondary School and took an interest in drama from an early age.
[4] At the age of 18, he suffered arm injuries from being struck with an axe (a weapon he brought to a confrontation relating to a stolen mobile phone), which later caused panic attacks when he passed the location of the incident – Pollokshaws – or even saw someone walking with a phone.
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