Ian Harding

For the British author who used Ian Harding as a pseudonym, see Charles Whiting.

Ian Harding
Harding at the 2019 German Comic Con
Born
Ian Michael Harding

Heidelberg, West Germany (now Germany)
NationalityAmerican
EducationCarnegie Mellon University (BFA)
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present
Spouse
Sophie Hart
​
(m. 2019)​
Children1

Ian Michael Harding[1] is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Ezra Fitz in the Freeform mystery drama Pretty Little Liars from 2010 to 2017.

Biography

Harding was born in Heidelberg, West Germany, to an American military family.[2] His family moved to Virginia a few years later, where he joined the drama club at his high school, Georgetown Preparatory School in North Bethesda, Maryland. He later graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University.[2]

Harding was cast as Ezra Fitz, the love interest of Aria Montgomery (Lucy Hale) on the Freeform mystery drama Pretty Little Liars, based on Sara Shepard's book series of the same name. The series ran from June 8, 2010 to June 27, 2017.[3][4][5] Harding won seven Teen Choice Awards for his role.[6]

Harding married Sophie Hart in 2019. Their first child, a son, was born in September 2022.[7]

Harding has been working with the Lupus Foundation of America to raise funds and awareness for lupus research and education to support his mother, who has been living with lupus for more than 20 years.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Groom with a View Teen Lincoln Short film
2009 Adventureland Wealthy Prepster
2010 Love & Other Drugs Pfizer Trainee #1 Uncredited[citation needed]
2011 Deadtime Stories: Volume 2 Ryan
2012 Christmas Without You Nathan Stewart Short film
2013 Business Card on the Rocks Ben Short film
2014 Immediately Afterlife Elder Paul Fields Short film
2015 Minimum Wage Tim Short film
2015 Addiction: A 60's Love Story Max Bornstein Also known as Dynamite: A Cautionary Tale
2016 Pale Blue Ben Short film
2016 Super Novas Alex
2017 People You May Know Phillip
2018 Office Uprising Nicholas Frohm
2018 Are You Still Singing? Tim Short film
2019 Ford v Ferrari Ford Executive Ian
2022 The Hater Brent
2024 Our Little Secret Logan

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2010 NCIS: Los Angeles Curtis Lacross Episode: "The Bank Job"
2010–2017 Pretty Little Liars Ezra Fitz Main role, 124 episodes
2012 Punk'd Himself Episode: "Lucy Hale"
2012 I'm Not a DJ Matt Television film
2016 Break: The Musical Rockstar Episode: "Break (I've Been Waiting For)"
2017 Flip the Script The Producer Mini-series
2017 Thin Ice Andrew Unaired television series
2019 Chicago Med Phillip Davis Recurring role, 11 episodes
2020 Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Harris Voice only, recurring role, 3 episodes
2021 Magnum P.I. Aiden Walker Episode: "Til Death"
2022 Long Slow Exhale Eddie Hagan 12 episodes
2022 Ghosts of Christmas Always Peter Baron Television film
2024 The Magic of Lemon Drops Rory Television film

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Hollywood is Like High School with Money Jamie Hunter Recurring role; 5 episodes

Music videos

Year Title Artist Role Ref.
2016 "Where's the Love?" Black Eyed Peas featuring The World Himself [9]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Refs
2010 Teen Choice Awards Choice Summer TV Star – Male Pretty Little Liars Won [10]
2011 Teen Choice Awards Choice Summer TV Star – Male Pretty Little Liars Won [11]
Youth Rock Awards Rockin' Actor – TV Pretty Little Liars Won [12]
2012 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Actor: Drama Pretty Little Liars Won [13]
2013 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Actor: Drama Pretty Little Liars Won [14]
2014 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Actor: Drama Pretty Little Liars Won [15]
2015 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Actor: Drama Pretty Little Liars Won [16]
2016 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Actor: Drama Pretty Little Liars Won [17]
2017 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Actor: Drama Pretty Little Liars Nominated [18]

References

  1. ^ Harding, Ian [@IANMHARDING] (June 5, 2012). "@H_Combs my middle name is Michael. You can can find that on the internet. What a silly thing to say" (Tweet). Archived from the original on May 16, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ a b "Ian Harding plays Ezra Fitzgerald". ABC Family. Archived from the original on May 30, 2010. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
  3. ^ Stern, Claire (July 20, 2013) Ian Harding Interview – Ian Harding on Pretty Little Liars. ELLE. Retrieved on 2013-08-30.
  4. ^ "ABC Family Announces Summer 2010 Programming Slate" (Press release). ABC Family. March 29, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2016 – via The Futon Critic.
  5. ^ Ian Harding. Interview Magazine. Retrieved on 2013-08-30.
  6. ^ Hogan, Heather. (January 16, 2012) "Pretty Little Liars"' Ian Harding is the ultimate lesbro, thinks he could beat Shay Mitchell at arm wrestling. AfterEllen.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-30.
  7. ^ "Pretty Little Liars' Ian Harding Welcomes First Baby". September 17, 2022.
  8. ^ "Ian Harding: Thanks Mom! | Lupus Foundation of America". Lupus.org. Archived from the original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  9. ^ "Black Eyed Peas – Where's the Love? ft. The World (Video)". YouTube. September 2016. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  10. ^ "2010 Teen Choice Awards winners announced". EW.com. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  11. ^ Hollywood Life Staff (August 8, 2011). "Blake Lively Wins Choice TV Drama Actress The Teen Choice Awards! Here Are More Winners!". Hollywood Life. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  12. ^ "Youth Rock Awards Nominees". 2011. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
  13. ^ "Teen Choice Awards 2012: Nominees and Winners (COMPLETE LIST) | Celebuzz". www.celebuzz.com. July 22, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  14. ^ MTV News Staff. "2013 Teen Choice Awards: The Winners List". MTV News. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  15. ^ "Teen Choice Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. August 10, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  16. ^ Variety Staff; Staff, Variety (August 17, 2015). "Teen Choice Awards 2015 Winners: Full List". Variety. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  17. ^ "WINNERS OF "TEEN CHOICE 2016" ANNOUNCED". Teenchoice.com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
  18. ^ Knapp, Rebecca Rubin, JD; Rubin, Rebecca; Knapp, J. D. (August 14, 2017). "Teen Choice Awards 2017: 'Riverdale,' Fifth Harmony Shut Out Competition". Variety. Retrieved March 9, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)