Cosmo Jarvis

About

Harrison Cosmo Krikoryan-Jarvis (Armenian: Հարիսոն Կոսմո Կրիկորյան-Ջարվիս; born 1989 or 1990) is a British actor and former singer-songwriter. He has starred in the films Lady Macbeth (2016), Calm with Horses (2019), Persuasion (2022), and Warfare (2025). In 2024, he portrayed John Blackthorne in the historical drama series Shōgun.

Harrison Cosmo Krikoryan-Jarvis was born in 1989 or 1990 in New Jersey, U.S., to an Armenian-American mother and British father. His grandparents were Armenian immigrants. He moved to Britain with his parents at the age of three months, and moved to Totnes, Devon, as a child, with his mother and younger brother. About his nationality, Jarvis has said: “I came here [Britain] when I was a baby. I’ve never lived [in America] … I don’t feel a connection to anywhere.”

Jarvis confirmed his second album’s title as Is the World Strange or Am I Strange? on his official Facebook page. The first single released from the album was “Gay Pirates”, which was released on 23 January 2011. The single’s music video was directed by Jarvis. The song was featured as Record of the Day and AOL’s Spinner video of the day. “Gay…