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John Hannah (actor)

Scottish actor (born 1962)

Field	Value
name	John Hannah
image	John Hannah by Gage Skidmore.jpg
caption	Hannah at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con
birth_date
birth_place	East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, Scotland
occupation	Actor
alma_mater	Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
years_active	1987–present
spouse
children	2

John Hannah (born 23 April 1962) is a Scottish actor and narrator. He came to prominence in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role as Matthew. His other film appearances include Sliding Doors (1998), The Hurricane (1999), and The Mummy trilogy (1999–2008).

His television roles include: Dr Iain McCallum in McCallum (1995–1998); D.I. John Rebus in Rebus (2000–2001); Jack Roper in New Street Law (2006–2007); Jake Osbourne in Cold Blood (2007–2008), Quintus Lentulus Batiatus in Spartacus (2010–2011), Jack Cloth in A Touch of Cloth (2012–2014), Jason's father (Aeson) in the BBC series Atlantis (2013–2015), Dr Holden Radcliffe in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016–2017), Colin in Overboard (2018), and Archie Wilson in the BBC series Trust Me.

Early life and education

Hannah was born in East Kilbride in Lanarkshire, the youngest of three children; he has two older sisters. His mother, Susan, was a cleaner at Marks & Spencer, and his father, John, a toolmaker.

He attended Heathery Knowe Primary School, then Claremont High School in East Kilbride and went on to an apprenticeship as an electrician. In East Kilbride, he participated in the East Kilbride Rep Theatre Club. At the suggestion of a colleague, after completing his apprenticeship he attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Career

After graduation, Hannah had parts in theatre productions, films and television, including leading roles such as Robert in the television adaptation of Frederic Lindsay's novel Brond (Channel 4, 1987).

He became known internationally with his appearance as Matthew in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). He played a psychopathic killer alongside Helen Baxendale in Truth or Dare, and a mystery-solving pathologist in McCallum.

On 24 December 1997, Hannah and Scottish Films producer Murray Ferguson established a production company called Clerkenwell Films. Clerkenwell's first big production was the Rebus series, including Black And Blue and The Hanging Garden. However, Rebus was later taken in-house by STV Productions, and Hannah was replaced in the leading role in the series by Ken Stott.

Hannah played the Monty Python-quoting love interest of Gwyneth Paltrow in the romantic comedy Sliding Doors (1998). He starred in the axed U.S. series MDs (2002), as well as making guest appearances in various other series.

He played a comic role as the brother of the female lead in The Mummy (1999), The Mummy Returns (2001) and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008). In 2007–08, he played a starring role in the ITV crime drama Cold Blood.

He was the voice of the Co-operative Group adverts in Europe. He played the part of Quintus Lentulus Batiatus, the owner of a gladiator training house, in Spartacus: Blood and Sand and the prequel Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.

Hannah played the scientist Holden Radcliffe on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in a recurring role during season three and got promoted to series regular during season four in 2016.

From 2017 he played Archie Wilson in the BBC series Trust Me.

Hannah plays the role of Dr. Jedidiah Bishop on the medical drama Transplant on CTV Canada.

Since 2019 he has narrated the BBC reality series Race Across the World, where five pairs of Brits travel across the world without taking a plane for just the price of the flight. As of 2025, Hannah has narrated all five regular series, as well as three featuring celebrities.

Personal life

Hannah married actress Joanna Roth in 1996. The pair met several years before during a studio production of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. In many of his interviews, he mentions stories from their relationship, such as their visit to London's Sri Siam restaurant where he proposed to her in writing on the tablecloth. They live in Richmond, London with their two children.

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Company	Director	Notes
1987	The Gorbals Story	Johnnie Martin	7:84	David Hayman	play by Robert McLeish

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Harbour Beat	Neal McBride
1994	Four Weddings and a Funeral	Matthew
1995	Madagascar Skin	Harry
1996	The Innocent Sleep	James
The Final Cut	Gilmore
1997	The James Gang	Spendlove James
Romance and Rejection	Tony
1998	Sliding Doors	James Hammerton
Resurrection Man	Darkie Larche
1999	The Mummy	Jonathan Carnahan
The Hurricane	Terry Swinton
The Intruder	Charlie
2000	Circus	Leo
Pandaemonium	William Wordsworth
2001	The Mummy Returns	Jonathan Carnahan
2002	Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde	Jekyll and Hyde
Camouflage	Man invited	Short film
Before You Go	Mike Pennington
I'm with Lucy	Doug
2003	I accuse	Richard Darian
2004	Male Mail	Alan	Short film
2007	Ghost Son	Mark
The Last Legion	Nestor
2008	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Jonathan Carnahan
Zip 'n Zoo	Tom	Short film
2012	The Words	Richard Ford
2013	The Wee Man	Tam McGraw
The Christmas Candle	William Barstow
2014	Shooting for Socrates	Billy Bingham
Ping Pong Summer	Mr Miracle
2015	Angel	Lapslie	AKA Still Waters
Bone in the Throat	Sullivan
2017	Another Mother's Son	Arthur
Love of My Life	Richard
2018	Genesis	Paul Brooks
Scorched Earth	Doc
Overboard	Colin
Blood, Sweat and Terrors	James Borans	Segment: "Get Some"
2019	Princess Emmy	King Karl	Voice
The Garden of Evening Mists	Magnus Gemmell
2020	Enemy Lines	Colonel Preston
The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud	Revengor (Justin)
2021	The Auschwitz Report	Warren
2024	Damaged	Colin McGregor
Bermondsey Tales: Fall Of The Roman Empire	The Postman

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Brond	Robert	3 episodes
1988	Bookie	Johnny Dawson	3 episodes
Screen Two	Pretty Boy	Episode: "Reasonable Force"
1990	Taggart	Danny Bonnar	3 episodes
Boon	Willie Connolly	Episode: "Work, Rest & Play"
1991	Shrinks	Hamish	Episode #1.4
1992	The Bill	Derek Pierce	Episode: 'Trial and Error"
Civvies	Dan Walker	Episode #1.3
Between the Lines	D.C. Mellis	Episode: 'Nothing Personal"
1993	Paul Calf's Video Diary	Mark	TV short
1994	Capital Lives	John Robinson	Episode: "Joan"
Faith	Nick Simon	Television film
Pauline Calf's Wedding Video	Mark
Milner	Windscreen washer
1995	Out of the Blue	D.S. Frankie Drinkall	6 episodes
1995–1998	McCallum	Dr. Iain McCallum	8 episodes
1996	Truth or Dare	Nick	Television film
Circles of Deceit: Kalon	Jason Sturden
1997	The Love Bug	Simon Moore III
2000–2001	Rebus	D.I. John Rebus	4 episodes
2001	Alias	Martin Shepard	2 episodes
2002	MDs	Dr. Robert Dalgety	10 episodes
2003	Frasier	Avery McManus	Episode s10e20: "Farewell, Nervosa"
Carnivàle	Stangler	2 episodes
2004	Agatha Christie's Marple	Inspector Tom Campbell	Episode: 4.50 from Paddington
Amnesia	D.S. Mackenzie Stone	2 episodes
2005–2007	Cold Blood	Jake Osbourne	5 episodes
2005	Sea of Souls	John Wade	2 episodes
2006–2007	New Street Law	Jack Roper	14 episodes
2007	Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea	Prof. Ian Holbourn	TV docudrama
2008	Agatha Christie's Poirot Appointment with Death	Dr. Gerard
2010	Spartacus: Blood and Sand	Quintus Lentulus Batiatus	13 episodes
2011	Kidnap and Ransom	Alexander Willard	2 episodes
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena	Quintus Lentulus Batiatus	6 episodes
2012	The Other Wife	Richard Kendall	2 episodes
Damages	Rutger Simon	10 episodes
2012–2014	A Touch of Cloth	D.I. Jack Cloth	6 episodes
2013–2015	Atlantis	Aeson (Jason's Father)	3 episodes
2013	Elementary	Rhys	Episode: "A Giant Gun, Filled with Drugs"
2014	The Widower	DS Charlie Henry	2 episodes
2015–2016	Marley's Ghosts	Adam	9 episodes
2016	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Duke Theseus	Television film
2016–2017	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Holden Radcliffe	22 episodes
2017	Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency	The Mage	8 episodes
2019–present	Race Across the World	Narrator	60 episodes
2019	The Victim	DI Stephen Grover	4 episodes
Trust Me	Dr. Archie Watson
2020	Transplant	Dr. Jed Bishop	Series regular
Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse	Narrator	Television film
2021	Taskmaster	Himself	New Years Day special
2023	The Last of Us	Dr. Neuman	Episode: "When You're Lost in the Darkness"
Black Mirror	Richard	Episode: "Loch Henry"
Silent Witness	Dr Charles Beck	2 episodes
2024	The Decameron	Eduardo	1 episode
2025	Sandokan	Sergeant Murray	8 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2008	The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor	Jonathan Carnahan

References

[https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/east-kilbride-75-john-hannah-26912403.amp East Kilbride at 75: John Hannah reflects fondly on childhood playing 'conkers and crossy' on council estate], Daily Record, 10 May 2022
(14 October 2007). "Time and Place: John Hannah". [[The Sunday Times]].
[http://www.johnhannah.net/interview98.php John Hannah Interviews – 1998]
''The Gorbals Story'' theatre programme, [[7:84]], May 1987
ITN, [http://www.itv.com/drama/copsandcrime/coldblood/castandcharacters/default.html ''Cold Blood''], 2007-2008. {{webarchive. link. (27 January 2010)
(21 September 2016). "Agents of SHIELD: Season Four Premiere 'The Ghost' (Review)".
"Trust Me". BBC.
(1 March 2019). "Race Across The World, BBC2". Broadcast.
[https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/oct/24/john-hannah-my-family-values John Hannah] in [[The Guardian]]
[https://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/richmondnews/13579956.John_Hannah_appointed_patron_of_Richmond_s_music_and_drama_festival/ John Hannah lives in Richmond]
(15 February 2018). "Studio 100 Announces International Cast for 'Princess Emmy'". Animation Magazine.
(13 May 1987). "Brond".
"Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse".

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