Harry Pearce
| Sir Harry Pearce KBE |
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| First appearance | Series 1, Episode 1 |
| Last appearance | Spooks: The Greater Good |
| Portrayed by | Peter Firth |
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| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Head of MI5 Counter-Terrorism Department - "Section D" (1994-2015) |
| Family | 1 brother, Ben |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Townsend (divorced, 1977-1986) |
| Children | Catherine Townsend (daughter) Graham (surname unknown, son) |
Sir Henry James "Harry" Pearce, KBE (born 1 November 1953) is a fictional character, head of the Counter-Terrorism department ("Section D") of MI5 as featured in the British television series Spooks. Pearce was played by Peter Firth during the whole run of the series from 2002 to 2011, and reprises his role for the 2015 film, Spooks: The Greater Good.
After attending the University of Oxford, Pearce went to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst before joining the Light Blue Dragoons. Upon leaving the army, he joined MI5, where he completed his training in June 1977. His first assignment at the service was to A Section, in Northern Ireland, where he was an agent handler during the Provisional IRA's campaign against the British state, until his close colleague Bill Crombie was kidnapped and killed in August 1978. Pearce was then seconded to the Secret Intelligence Service (aka MI6), where he was stationed in Paris, under Juliet Shaw. During this time he worked in Iran, where he had an affair with Shaw. His wife Jane's discomfort in Paris led the couple to move to Cologne before the end of February 1979. In Cologne, he worked against the left-wing terrorists the Red Army Faction, and undertook a black op with only C's knowledge, before his secondment ended in November 1979.
On his return to MI5, Pearce was assigned to Section D, the Counter-Terrorism department (then at Gower Street), where he was a junior field officer. During his time as an officer, he saved the lives of two Prime Ministers (Thatcher and Major). Pearce was promoted to senior field officer between October 1986 and December 1988, and appointed to his current role in January 1994
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