2010s In 2016, Dickinson was cast as Frankie, a young man struggling with his sexuality, in
Eliza Hittman's film
Beach Rats.
The Times critic Ed Potton highlighted Dickinson for having "perfected a south Brooklyn accent" as Frankie. For his performance, Dickinson was nominated for the
Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead and the
Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor. In 2018, Dickinson starred in the
FX drama television series
Trust as
John Paul Getty III. In 2019, he voiced the character Gurjin in the
Netflix series
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. He also starred in
The Darkest Minds. He also appeared in Matthias & Maxime, a french Canadian film that premiered at the Cannes Film festival
2020s In 2021, Dickinson starred in the third instalment of the
Kingsman film series, ''
The King's Man, as Conrad Oxford. The role gained him his first BAFTA Film Award nomination for the EE Rising Star Award. Reviewing the film, Varietys Peter Debruge wrote Dickinson "brings a kind of fragile vulnerability to the Abercrombie frat-boy type". Dickinson co-starred in Where the Crawdads Sing'', a film adaptation of
Delia Owens'
novel of the same name, which was released in July 2022. In 2023, he starred in the
FX on Hulu limited series
A Murder at the End of the World. For his role in it, Dickinson was nominated for a
British Academy Television Award for
Best Supporting Actor. He then starred in
Scrapper as Jason, an estranged father who reconnects with his daughter. The film was written and directed by
Charlotte Regan, and premiered at the
2023 Sundance Film Festival. In the same year, he portrayed
David Von Erich in the sports drama
The Iron Claw, about the
Von Erich family. David Ehrlich of
IndieWire found "the endlessly surprising Harris Dickinson [to be] warm and brilliant" in his part. The following year, he had a supporting role in the period drama film
Blitz. He then starred alongside
Nicole Kidman in the erotic drama film
Babygirl. David Rooney of
The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Dickinson's unforced intensity makes him a magnetic screen presence", adding that "he hasn't exuded this much undiluted sexuality since
Beach Rats". In 2025, Dickinson made his feature-length directorial debut with
Urchin. The film premiered at the
2025 Cannes Film Festival and won him the
FIPRESCI Prize. The film also won the best actor award. He has also been cast as
John Lennon in
Sam Mendes's four-part biopic of
the Beatles. == Personal life ==