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Frank Harper

Frank Harper

2 films · 124 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19971999

Born 1 January 1962 · London, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Frank Harper is a British actor and film producer. He is best known for his "Hard Man" roles, such as Billy Bright in The Football Factory (2004), Dog in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998). He appears as a white nationalist in South West 9, and as the bank robber in Harry Enfield's film Kevin & Perry Go Large. He was featured in The Streets' music video "Fit But You Know It", and cast as real life villain Jack Whomes in Rise of the Foot Soldier. During his career Harper has also appeared on many British TV shows including The Bill, Doctors, Lovejoy and Waking the Dead. Harper is an ardent Millwall F.C.

How their films are shot

Measured across 124 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Frank takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 2 films we hold, 79% of their frames are day, 67% natural — the look of the work Frank takes.

Time of day

Day79%
Night16%
Interior4%

Lighting

Natural67%
Low key19%
High key6%
Chiaroscuro5%

Shot size

Medium50%
Wide31%
Closeup9%
Fullbody7%

Camera angle

Eye level89%
High angle7%

Mood

Neutral75%
Lonely14%
Tense11%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 124 frames from Frank Harper's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.