Ian Harding

Ian Harding, born on 16th September 1986 in Heidelberg, Germany, is an American actor.

He is best known for playing the role of Ezra Fitz in ABC Family's mystery drama show Pretty Little Liars.

He was born in Germany to a military family, but they later moved to Virginia in the USA, where he began to pursue a career in acting. He went on to study acting at Carnegie Melton University.

Acting Career
Ian's big breakthrough role came in 2009, when he auditioned for and landed the part of Ezra Fitz on ABC Family's new show Pretty Little Liars, planned to start in 2010. Ezra is an English teacher at Rosewood High School, who ends up dating one of his students, Aria Montgomery (portrayed by Lucy Hale).

Pretty Little Liars is currently in the middle of its fifth season and has been renewed for a further 2 seasons. It is assumed that Ian Harding will continue to play Ezra Fitz until the end of the series, after season 7.

Ever since the show began in 2010, Ian has won a Teen Choice Award for his portrayal of Ezra, a record only matched by Lucy Hale within the Pretty Little Liars cast. In 2010 and 2011 he won Choice Male Summer TV Star and from 2012 onwards (2012, 2013 and 2014), he was awarded Choice Male TV Actor in a Drama.

Films

 * Deadtime Stories 2 (2009) - Ryan
 * Adventureland (2009) - Wealthy Prepster
 * Love And Other Drugs (2010) - Pfizer Trainee #1
 * Christmas Without You (2012) - Nathan Stewart
 * Business Card On The Rocks (2013) - Ben
 * Dynamite: A Cautionary Tale (2014) - Max Bornstein

TV Series

 * NCIS: Los Angeles (2010) - Curtis Lacross
 * Pretty Little Liars (2010-present) - Ezra Fitz