Kris Hitchen

Kristian Bartholomew Hitchen (born 1974) is an English actor, best known for his role in the Ken Loach directed feature Sorry We Missed You for which he received a nomination for best actor at the British Independent Film Awards.^[1][2]

Kris Hitchen
Born	(1974-04-28) 28 April 1974 (age 51)[citation needed] Salford, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001, 2016–present
Spouse	Sherry Hitchen ​ (m. 1997)​
Children	1

Career

Born in Salford on 28 April 1974, Hitchen studied dancing as a child and tried to break into acting after leaving school but, after meeting his wife, he left the industry and started a plumbing business.^[3]

He returned to acting after visiting a retreat just before his 40th birthday^[4] and had small roles in 4 O'Clock Club and Coronation Street before landing the part of Ricky in Ken Loach's Sorry We Missed You.^[5] He has since appeared in Anne Boleyn as the Duke of Norfolk,^[6] The Long Shadow,^[7] Trigger Point^[8] and the film Speak No Evil alongside James McAvoy.^[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2001	The Navigators	Other Worker	Credited as Chris Hitchens	[10]
2019	Sorry We Missed You	Ricky Turner		[5]
2021	The War Below	Harold Stockford		[11]
2022	Great Yarmouth: Provisional Figures	Richard		[12]
2023	Unmoored	Mark		[13]
2024	Speak No Evil	Mike		[9]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2016	4 O'Clock Club	Sergeant	Episode: "Zombie" Credited as Kristian Hitchen
2017	Coronation Street	Engineer	1 episode
2018	Thick As Steves'	Steven	Television film	[14]
2020	The Letter for the King	Ardoc	6 episodes	[15]
2021	Anne Boleyn	Duke of Norfolk	3 episodes	[6]
	The North Water	Barraclough	Episode: "Behold the Man"
	Crime	Robert Ellis	Episode #1.4	[7]
2022	Four Lives	Tom	3 episodes	[15]
2022, 2024	Trigger Point	John Hudson	6 episodes	[8]
2023	The Reckoning	Hospital Priest	Episode #1.4
	The Long Shadow	D.C. John Nunn	7 episodes	[7]
2024	Protection	Jimmy McLennan	2 episodes	[16]