{{Short description|English actor (born 1976)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use British English|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox person | image = Jake Harders Sonnet Sunday.jpg | image_size = 200 | caption = Performing sonnets at Shakespeare's Globe, 2012 | birth_name = | birth_date = 1976 | birth_place = Heswall, Merseyside, England<ref>{{cite news |last= Manning|first=Craig |date= 15 July 2009|title=Jake Is Enjoying the Funny Side of Hypochondria |url= http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/leisure/wirraltheatrearts/4493433.Jake_is_enjoying_the_funny_side_of_hypochondria/|newspaper=The Wirral Globe|location=Wirral |access-date=15 January 2014 }}</ref> <!-- | nationality = {{flagicon|UK}}UK --> | occupation = Actor and Acting coach | alma_mater = Royal Central School of Speech and Drama | years_active = 2003–present | partner = }}
'''Jake Harders''' (born 1976) is an English actor and educator.
==Early life and education== Harders was born in Heswall, Merseyside. He trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London from 2000 to 2003.
==Career== ===2000s–2010s===
After graduating from Central, he worked widely in theatre, television, film, radio and commercials, performing in the UK in the West End, the Chichester Festival and Shakespeare's Globe, in the USA, Iceland, Europe and Russia with Cheek by Jowl, in Australia with Headlong, and in Poland with [http://www.piesnkozla.pl/ Song of the Goat Theatre].<ref>http://www.cssd.ac.uk/data/files/Alumni_New_Letters/alumninewsletter_winter09.pdf p.23 {{Dead link|date=May 2022}}</ref> <!--As well as English, he has performed in Ancient Greek, Latin<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17811639 {{Bare URL inline|date=May 2022}}</ref> and Hindi.-->
He received a Commendation at the UK Ian Charleson Awards 2004 for his performance in ''Candida'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article523821.ece|title = TLS - Times Literary Supplement}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and was nominated for the international Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative Award 2008 after working with Cheek by Jowl.
He has frequently acknowledged that his main influence is the work of Polish theatre researcher Jerzy Grotowski.<ref>http://www.akauk.com/digital/sixcharacters/website/cast&creative/cast/Jake-Harders.php {{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.everymanplayhouse.com/whats-on/cast.asp?id=247|title=What's on | Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse theatres}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cft.org.uk/cft-productions_talents.asp?tid=563 |title=Chichester Festival Theatre : Autumn 2009 : Jake Harders - Theatremaker B/Camerman |access-date=2009-08-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106122214/http://www.cft.org.uk/cft-productions_talents.asp?tid=563 |archive-date=6 January 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>http://www.kent.ac.uk/arts/research/Grotowski/Grot_Leaflet_FINAL09.pdf {{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He studied with actors from Grotowski's Teatr Laboratorium, from the companies of Peter Brook, Complicite, Gardzienice, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110926054155/http://www.theworkcenter.org/ The Workcentre of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards], Odin Teatret, [http://www.piesnkozla.pl/ Teatr Pieśń Kozła], and at the [http://www.grotowski-institute.art.pl Grotowski Institute].
===2020s=== [[File:Jake_Harders_directing_at_the_Royal_Central_School_of_Speech_and_Drama,_2020.jpg|thumb|left|Jake Harders directing at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, 2020.]] Following the birth of his children, Jake pivoted to actor training, and has taught and directed at Central School of Speech and Drama,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cssd.ac.uk/staff-profiles/jake-harders | title=Jake Harders }}</ref> Rose Bruford, Identity School of Acting, Fourth Monkey Actor Training Company and Met Film School,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.metfilmschool.ac.uk/people/jake-harders/ | title=Jake Harders }}</ref> where he specialises in Stanislavski's system and screen acting.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://wordofmouthconversations.com/wildcard/word-of-mouth-london-conversations-jake-harders-actor-director-coach/ | title=Word of Mouth: London Conversations—Jake Harders, Actor, Director & Coach | date=7 October 2019 }}</ref>
He is joint artistic director of the [https://themakingsoftheactor.com Makings of the Actor] global conference project and has led many international workshops.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://labanarium.com/events/international-conference-the-versatile-actor-action-fight-and-group-scenes-in-acting-practice/ | title=INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: The Versatile Actor: Action, Fight and Group Scenes in Acting Practice }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://mcf.gr/el/back-page-lithuanian-conference-september-2019/ | title=Lithuanian Conference September 2019 | date=30 August 2019 }}</ref>
In 2024, he was appointed Head of Acting of the BA Acting course at ArtsEd drama school.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://artsed.co.uk/about-us/staff/ | title=Who we are }}</ref>
==Acting Credits==
===Theatre=== * ''The False One'' - Mark Antony (Shakespeare's Globe Sackler Studio, 2017, dir. [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0603695/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Jason Morell]) * ''The Winter's Tale'' - Archidamus (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, 2013, dir. Paul Miller) * ''The Prince and the Pauper'' - Miles Hendon (Unicorn Theatre, 2012–13, dir. Selina Cartmell) * ''[https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571226696-beasts-and-beauties/ Beasts and Beauties]'' - Narrator (Hampstead Theatre, 2011–12, dir. Melly Still) * ''Agamemnon'' - Agamemnon (Cambridge Greek Play, 2010, dir. [http://www.oxfordtheatrereview.com/2010/02/24/interview-with-helen-eastman-new-writing-festival/ Helen Eastman], [http://www.cambridgegreekplay.com website]) * ''The Crucible'' - Reverend Parris ([http://www.piesnkozla.pl/ Teatr Pieśń Kozła]/[https://web.archive.org/web/20090221175544/http://www.teatrstudio.pl/english/index.html Teatr Studio], Poland, 2010, dir. [http://warszawa.gazeta.pl/warszawa/1,34861,7648100,Misja_na_galeonie.html Grzegorz Bral]) * ''The Hypochondriac'' - Cléante (Liverpool Playhouse/English Touring Theatre, 2009, dir. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2RxWbGGI-E Gemma Bodinetz], [http://www.everymanplayhouse.com/whats-on/show-detail.asp?id=247 Playhouse site], [https://web.archive.org/web/20090918192906/http://www.ett.org.uk/Productions/2009/The_Hypochondriac.html ETT site]) * ''Six Characters in Search of an Author'' - The Director and The Cameraman (Headlong at Minerva Theatre, Chichester and Gielgud Theatre, West End, 2008, dir. Rupert Goold, [https://web.archive.org/web/20101121121804/http://cft.org.uk/cft-productions_details.asp?pid=179 Chichester site], Sydney Festival and Perth Festival, Australia, 2010, [https://web.archive.org/web/20100317051835/http://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/2010/Theatre/Six-Characters-in-Search-of-an-Author/ Sydney site], [https://web.archive.org/web/20100210004000/http://www.perthfestival.com.au/Events/theatre/six-characters-in-search-of-an-author/ Perth site]) * ''Cymbeline'' - Cornelius (Cheek by Jowl, 2006-7, dir. Declan Donnellan, [https://web.archive.org/web/20090813044055/http://www.cheekbyjowl.com/productions/cymbeline/index.html site]) * ''The Comedy of Errors'' - Balthasar (Shakespeare's Globe, 2006, dir. [https://archive.today/20130114055541/http://unitedagents.co.uk/stage/directors-stage/christopher-luscombe-2/ Christopher Luscombe], [https://web.archive.org/web/20091029164613/http://www.globe-education.org/discovery-space/plays/the-comedy-of-errors-2006 site]) * ''Titus Andronicus'' - Mutius (Shakespeare's Globe, 2006, dir. [https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/may/19/lucy-bailey-interview-caesar-stratford-rsc Lucy Bailey], [https://web.archive.org/web/20091029164648/http://www.globe-education.org/discovery-space/plays/titus-andronicus-2006 site]) * ''Journey's End'' - Hibbert (New Ambassadors Theatre, West End, 2005-6, dir. [https://www.unitedagents.co.uk/david-grindley David Grindley] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20110726095027/http://www.jewishrenaissance.org.uk/archive/tim-roseman.htm Tim Roseman], [https://web.archive.org/web/20080723121756/http://www.seejourneysend.com/about.htm site]) * ''Professor Bernhardi'' - Father Reder (Oxford Stage Company, 2005, dir. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090829104656/http://www.nsdf.org.uk/cms2/index.php?page=mark-rosenblatt Mark Rosenblatt], [https://web.archive.org/web/20111009063130/http://www.dumbfounded.co.uk/TLW/TLWpro.html site]) * ''Candida'' - Lexy Mill (Oxford Stage Company, 2004, dir. [https://archive.today/20130114055541/http://unitedagents.co.uk/stage/directors-stage/christopher-luscombe-2/ Christopher Luscombe])
===Television=== * ''Family Tree'' - Sherlock Holmes (HBO, 2013, dir. Christopher Guest) * ''Dark Matters'', 'Medusa's Heroin' - William Langston (Science Channel, 2012, dir. [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0869857/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 James Tovell]) * ''Dark Matters'', 'Risky Radiation' - Louis Slotin, (Science Channel, 2012, dir. [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0869857/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 James Tovell]) * ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2451826/ Beautiful Day]'' - Stylish Jack (BBC, 2012, dir. Jonathan Gershfield) * ''I Shouldn't Be Alive'' - Ken (Animal Planet, 2011, dir. [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0817895/ Christopher Spencer]) * ''Peep Show'' - Conrad (C4, 2010, dir. Becky Martin) * ''Wannabes'' pilot - Stefan (BBC, 2005, dir. [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0882271/ Tim Usborne]) * ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0944317/ Beethoven]'' - Legrand (BBC, 2005, dir. [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2270017/ Damon Thomas]) * ''Foyle's War'' - Jacques (ITV, 2004, dir. Gavin Millar)
===Film=== * ''The Masseuse'' - Mr McCabe (Dog House Media, 2014, dir. [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1271102/ Mark Adderley]) * ''Bel Ami'' - Journalist ([https://web.archive.org/web/20090117195818/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/organisation/159427 Redwave Films], 2011, dir. Declan Donnellan)
===Short film=== * ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13675514/ Agamemnon: The Homecoming]'' - Agamemnon ([https://www.barefacedgreek.co.uk Barefaced Greek], 2018, dir. [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9140262/?ref_=tt_ov_dr Helen Eastman])
===Radio=== * ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3Gg8bCbjeE The Picture Man]'' by David Eldridge - Feliks (BBC, 2007, dir. [http://www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/theatre/womenwriting/pages/eventsarchive/sarahd.htm Sally Avens])
== External links == {{Commons category|Jake Harders}} * [https://www.cssd.ac.uk/staff-profiles/jake-harders Jake Harders] at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama * {{IMDb name|1752135}}
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