Background & Personal Life
He is the youngest son of Clive Fiske Harrison. His brother Jules William Fiske Harrison was, according to The Times, a "famously skilled and fearless skiier" who died in a skiing accident in Zermatt, Switzerland in 1988.
Fiske-Harrison studied philosophy and biology at the Universities of Oxford and London and trained in acting at the Stella Adler Conservatory in New York taking Bachelor & Master of Arts and Master of Science degrees.
He was at Oxford with, and was directed on the stage by, fellow British actor Hugh Dancy. Dancy and his wife, actress Claire Danes appear in Fiske-Harrison's book Into The Arena.
In 2011 the Daily Mail reported Fiske-Harrison was in a relationship with Antalya Nall-Cain, daughter of Lord Brocket, and he confirmed this in an interview in the Spanish newspaper ABC in 2012.
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