Kris Hitchen

Date of Birth:

Apr 28, 1974

Place of Birth:

Salford, Lancashire, England, UK

Kristian Bartholomew Hitchen 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. 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. He returned to acting after visiting a retreat just before his 40th birthday 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. He has since appeared in Anne Boleyn as the Duke of Norfolk, The Long Shadow, Trigger Point and the film Speak No Evil alongside James McAvoy.