Richard Harmon

Richard Harmon portrayed John Murphy on the CW's The 100. He originally appeared as a recurring character in seasons One and Two. He was a main cast member from seasons three to seven.

Life and Career[]

Richard Harmon was born in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada on August 18, 1991. Harmon made his acting debut in the 2002 television series Jeremiah. Richard is a fan of American football, especially the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team. He also is a fan of the television show SpongeBob SquarePants. He is the brother of actress Jessica Harmon (Niylah). He is a fan of Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones.

Harmon has played Ray Snider in Tower Prep. He is also known for his roles as Jasper Ames in The Killing and as Julian Randol in Continuum. He also played the role of Andrew Breen in The Wishing Tree. Harmon recently worked on a project called If I Had Wings about a blind track runner named Alex, whom he played.

For full filmography, see IMDb.

Trivia[]

On May 12, 2015, it was announced that Harmon would be a series regular in Season Three.^[1]
He is one of the five actors on The 100 to also act in Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.
- Marie Avgeropoulos, Jarod Joseph, Luisa d'Oliveira, and Erica Cerra also appeared.
He is one of nine The 100 actors to also act in Bates Motel.
- Sachin Sahel, Chris Shields, Terry Chen (Commander Shumway), Hiro Kanagawa (Council Member #3), Keenan Tracey (Sterling), Ian Tracey (Vincent Vie), Nick Hunnings (Lee) and Beckham Skodje (Ethan Hardy) also appeared.
He is one of the eight actors on the The 100 who also act Continuum.
- Terry Chen, Ty Olsson, Luvia Petersen (Sienna), Ian Tracey (Vincent Vie), Donna Yamamoto, Roger Cross (Cole McAdams), Mike Dopud also appeared.
He is one of thirteen actors from The 100 to appear on R.L Stine's The Haunting Hour.
- Ty Olsson (Nyko), Genevieve Buechner (Fox), Eve Harlow (Maya Vie), Michael Jonsson (Esop), Glynis Davies (Elderly Azgeda Woman), Quinn Lord (a Delinquent), Gwynyth Walsh (Josephine Lightbourne VII), Kendall Cross (Major Byrne), Brenden Meyer (Myles), Colin Foo (Pei Chao), David Benedict Brown (Sanctumite Farmer), Olivia Steele Falconer (Young Octavia) and Spencer Drever (Young Bellamy) also appeared.
  - He and Genevieve Buechner appear in the same episode.
He is one of three The 100 to also act in Garage Sale Mystery: The Deadly Room.
- Brenden Meyer (Myles) and Nick Hunnings (Lee) also appear.
He is one of the 19 The 100 cast members to appear in the show Van Helsing.
- Aleks Paunovic (Gustus), Neal McDonough (Anders), John DeSantis (Gideon), Terry Chen (Shumway), Dakota Daulby (Sheidheda I), Luvia Petersen (Sienna), Jonathan Scarfe (Doucette), Kendall Cross (Major Byrne), Gwynyth Walsh (Josephine Lightbourne VII), Reese Alexander (Guard), Cory Gruter-Andrew (Aden), Toby Levins (Carl Emerson), Kat Ruston (Sierra & Miranda Mason IX), Bradley Stryker (Rock Line Thief), Darren Moore (Orlando), Chelsey Reist (Harper McIntyre), Donald Heng (Gabriel Santiago II) and Bethany Brown (Jade & Jasmine Mason VII) also appeared.
He auditioned for Bellamy before being cast as Murphy.^[2]
His sister, Jessica Harmon, also appears on The 100. She plays the role of Niylah.
He was in a relationship with Genevieve Buechner for a couple of years. They have since broken up. He is currently in a relationship with Rhiannon Fish.^[3]
Like Luisa d'Olivera and JR Bourne, he potrayed an Witch Hunter on The CW former series The Secret Circle.
- Luisa d'Olivera played the role of Simone, JR Bourne portrayed Isaac and Richard Harmon portrayed the role of Ian (They're all Witch Hunters).
- Hiro Kanagawa (Council Member #3) also appeared in this series.
- His western zodiac sign is Leo and his Chinese zodiac sign is a Goat.