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Ian Michael Harding^[2] 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.

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Ian Harding
Harding at the 2019 German Comic Con
Born	Ian Michael Harding (1986-09-16)September 16, 1986 ^[1] Heidelberg, West Germany (now Germany)
Nationality	American
Education	Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2009–present
Spouse	Sophie Hart (m. 2019)
Children	1

Life and career

Harding was born in Heidelberg, West Germany, to an American military family.^[3] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]^[5]^[6] Harding won seven Teen Choice Awards for his role.^[7]

Harding married Sophie Hart in 2019. Their first child, a son, was born in September 2022.^[8]

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.^[9]

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Adventureland	Wealthy Prepster
2010	Love & Other Drugs	Pfizer Trainee #1	Uncredited^{[citation needed]}
2011	Deadtime Stories: Volume 2	Ryan
2015	Addiction: A 60s Love Story	Max Bornstein	Also known as Dynamite: A Cautionary Tale
2016	Super Novas	Alex
2017	People You May Know	Phillip
2018	Office Uprising	Nicholas Frohm
2019	Ford v Ferrari	Ford Executive Ian
2022	The Hater	Brent
2024	Our Little Secret	Logan

Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	NCIS: Los Angeles	Curtis Lacross	Episode: "The Bank Job"
2010–2017	Pretty Little Liars	Ezra Fitz	Main role
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

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

Music videos

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Year	Title	Artist	Role	Ref.
2016	"Where's the Love?"	Black Eyed Peas featuring The World	Himself	^[10]

Awards and nominations

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Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Refs.
2010	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Summer TV Star – Male	Pretty Little Liars	Won	^[11]
2011	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Summer TV Star – Male	Pretty Little Liars	Won	^[12]
2011	Youth Rock Awards	Rockin' Actor – TV	Pretty Little Liars	Won	^[13]
2012	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actor: Drama	Pretty Little Liars	Won	^[14]
2013	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actor: Drama	Pretty Little Liars	Won	^[15]
2014	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actor: Drama	Pretty Little Liars	Won	^[16]
2015	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actor: Drama	Pretty Little Liars	Won	^[17]
2016	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actor: Drama	Pretty Little Liars	Won	^[18]
2017	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actor: Drama	Pretty Little Liars	Nominated	^[19]

References

[1]
"Ian Harding | Actor, Producer". IMDb.
[2]
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.
[3]
"Ian Harding plays Ezra Fitzgerald". ABC Family. Archived from the original on May 30, 2010. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
[4]
Stern, Claire (July 20, 2013) Ian Harding Interview – Ian Harding on Pretty Little Liars. ELLE. Retrieved on 2013-08-30.
[5]
"ABC Family Announces Summer 2010 Programming Slate" (Press release). ABC Family. March 29, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2016 – via The Futon Critic.
[6]
Ian Harding. Interview Magazine. Retrieved on 2013-08-30.
[7]
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.
[8]
"Pretty Little Liars' Ian Harding Welcomes First Baby". September 17, 2022.
[9]
"Ian Harding: Thanks Mom! | Lupus Foundation of America". Lupus.org. Archived from the original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
[10]
"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.
[11]
"2010 Teen Choice Awards winners announced". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
[12]
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.
[13]
"Youth Rock Awards Nominees". 2011. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
[14]
"Teen Choice Awards 2012: Nominees and Winners (Complete List) | Celebuzz". Celebuzz. July 22, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
[15]
MTV News Staff. "2013 Teen Choice Awards: The Winners List". MTV News. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
[16]
"Teen Choice Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. August 10, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
[17]
Variety Staff; Staff, Variety (August 17, 2015). "Teen Choice Awards 2015 Winners: Full List". Variety. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
[18]
"Winners Of "Teen Choice 2016" Announced". Teen Choice. Archived from the original on June 10, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
[19]
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)

External links

Ian Harding at IMDb
Ian Harding on Twitter

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Ian Harding
Harding at the 2019 German Comic Con
Born	Ian Michael Harding (1986-09-16)September 16, 1986 ^[1] Heidelberg, West Germany (now Germany)
Nationality	American
Education	Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2009–present
Spouse	Sophie Hart (m. 2019)
Children	1

[1]
"Ian Harding | Actor, Producer". IMDb.
[2]
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.
[3]
"Ian Harding plays Ezra Fitzgerald". ABC Family. Archived from the original on May 30, 2010. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
[4]
Stern, Claire (July 20, 2013) Ian Harding Interview – Ian Harding on Pretty Little Liars. ELLE. Retrieved on 2013-08-30.
[5]
"ABC Family Announces Summer 2010 Programming Slate" (Press release). ABC Family. March 29, 2010. Retrieved February 21, 2016 – via The Futon Critic.
[6]
Ian Harding. Interview Magazine. Retrieved on 2013-08-30.
[7]
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.
[8]
"Pretty Little Liars' Ian Harding Welcomes First Baby". September 17, 2022.
[9]
"Ian Harding: Thanks Mom! | Lupus Foundation of America". Lupus.org. Archived from the original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
[10]
"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.
[11]
"2010 Teen Choice Awards winners announced". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
[12]
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.
[13]
"Youth Rock Awards Nominees". 2011. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2011.
[14]
"Teen Choice Awards 2012: Nominees and Winners (Complete List) | Celebuzz". Celebuzz. July 22, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2021.
[15]
MTV News Staff. "2013 Teen Choice Awards: The Winners List". MTV News. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
[16]
"Teen Choice Awards: The Complete Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. August 10, 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
[17]
Variety Staff; Staff, Variety (August 17, 2015). "Teen Choice Awards 2015 Winners: Full List". Variety. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
[18]
"Winners Of "Teen Choice 2016" Announced". Teen Choice. Archived from the original on June 10, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
[19]
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)