Harry Pearce
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| Harry Pearce | |
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 Peter Firth as Harry Pearce |
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| First appearance | 2002 |
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| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Head, Counter-Terrorism |
| Spouse | Ex-wife, unnamed |
| Children | Daughter, Catherine Son, unnamed |
| Portrayed by | Peter Firth |
Harry Pearce is the fictional head of the Counter-Terrorism department of MI5, featured in the British television series, Spooks, also known as MI5 in the United States. This character has been played by Peter Firth since the series began in 2002, and continues to be.
Harry Pearce is divorced, with two children. While his ex-wife and son never appears on screen, his daughter (Catherine) does feature in the series three episode A Prayer For My Daughter, played by Caroline Carver. He did however, have a budding relationship with Ruth Evershed, another one of the main characters. This relationship was brought to a head in series 5, when he worked up the courage to ask her to dinner by episode 3, but lost her 2 episodes later when she was forced to leave the country and series, it appears permanently.
The character is considered by many fans to be the pillar of the show, and is well respected by his colleagues. He has thus survived two cliffhangers where he appeared to be about to be killed (series 2 and series 4 respectively).
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