John Simm

John Simm (2010)

John Ronald Simm (born July 10, 1970 in Leeds , West Yorkshire ) is a British actor and musician .

Life

Simm was born in Leeds in 1970 to Brenda and Ronald Simm, but spent his childhood in Nelson , Lancashire , where his family moved when he was five. His father, a musician, got him enthusiastic about music at an early age and gave him guitar lessons. They later appeared together as Us2 , where Simm sang the Elvis Presley song Wooden Heart as singer and guitarist , which was also his debut single.

Acting career

While at the Edge End School in Nelson, Simm discovered his passion for acting when he took part in various school performances. In 1986 he attended the Drama College in Blackpool for three years and later the Drama Center London for another three years , where he learned to act according to Konstantin Stanislawski's Method Acting . In 1992 he graduated from drama school and made his debut in the same year in smaller roles in various television series and films. In 1995 he had his first leading role in a film, the drama Boston Kickout , which won him an award at the Valencia Film Festival in the category of Best Actor .

Other role offers followed, such as the role of Danny Kavanagh in Jimmy McGovern's BBC drama The Lakes , or the films Human Traffic and Wonderland (1995). Since then, Simm has been a sought-after actor for mainly national film and television productions.

In 2002, he played Bernard Sumner , the guitarist of Joy Division and charismatic frontman of New Order, in 24 Hour Party People .

Simm is probably best known for his portrayal of police inspector Sam Tyler in the series Life on Mars . Shortly thereafter, he took on the role of arch villain The Master in the British science fiction cult series Doctor Who for five episodes, which he re-recorded in 2017 to meet Michelle Gomez as the next incarnation of the Masters (Missy) in the last two episodes of Doctor Who Season 10 and thus a grand finale to enable.

In 2007, Simm returned to the theater as the title character in the stage version of Elling , a comedy about two men who have just been released from a mental hospital and are getting used to normal life. After positive press reports and sold out performances, Simm was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award in the role .

In addition, Simm starred again in the 2011 television series Mad Dogs alongside Life on Mars co-star Philip Glenister . In Exile (2011), a three-part BBC miniseries, he played an unsuccessful journalist and the son of Jim Broadbents character, a journalist with Alzheimer's disease. In the television miniseries Prey - The Prey from 2014, he played Police Detective Marcus Farrow, who is suspected of murder.

Personal

Simm is married to fellow actor Kate Magowan , who was in front of the camera with him in 24 Hour Party People . The couple have two children.

Plays (selection)

year	title	role	theatre	Director	Remarks
1996	Goldhawk Road	Colin	Bush Theater	Paul Miller
2007	Elling	Elling	Bush Theater Trafalgar Studios 1	Paul Miller	Adaptation of the film of the same name ; Olivier nomination - Best Actor
2009	Speaking in tongues	Leon	Duke of York's Theater
2010	Hamlet	Hamlet	Crucible Theater	Paul Miller
2012	Betrayal	Jerry	Crucible Theater
2013	The Hothouse	Gibbs	Trafalgar Studios
2015	Three Days in the Country	Rakitin	National Theater, London (Lyttelton Auditorium)	Patrick Marber
2015	The homecoming	Lenny	Trafalgar Studios
2018	Party time / celebration		Harold Pinter Theater - Pinter at the Pinter Season
2019	Macbeth	Macbeth	Chichester Festival Theater	Paul Miller	Festival season September / October 2019

Filmography (selection)

• 1992: Rumpole of the Bailey (TV series, guest appearance)
• 1993: Heartbeat (TV series, guest appearance)
• 1995: Here Comes the Mirror Man (TV movie)
• 1994: A Pinch of Snuff (TV movie)
• 1994: Meat (TV movie)
• 1995: Boston Kickout
• 1995: Just in case, Fitz (Cracker)
• 1997: Diana & Me (Diana & Me)
• 1997: The Locksmith (TV series)
• 1997: The Lakes (TV movie)
• 1998: Understanding Jane
• 1999: Human Traffic
• 1999: Wonderland
• 1999: The Lakes (TV series)
• 2000: Never Never (TV movie)
• 2000: Forgive and Forget (TV movie)
• 2002: White Teeth (TV movie)
• 2002: 24 Hour Party People
• 2002: Crime and Punishment (TV movie)
• 2002: Miranda
• 2002: Magic Hour (TV movie)
• 2003: Murder on Page One ( State of Play , TV series)
• 2004: Sex Traffic (TV movie)
• 2004: Nero - The Dark Side of Power ( Imperium: Nerone , TV series)
• 2004: London (TV movie)
• 2004: The All Star Comedy Show (TV movie)
• 2004: Ten Minute Movie
• 2005: Brothers of the Head
• 2005: Blue / Orange (TV movie)
• 2006: Life on Mars - Trapped in the 70s ( Life on Mars , TV series)
• 2006: Devilwood
• 2007–2010, 2017: Doctor Who (TV series, 7 episodes)
• 2008: The Devil's Whore (miniseries)
• 2011: Mad Dogs (miniseries)
• 2011: Exile (miniseries)
• 2013: The Village (TV series)
• 2014: Prey (Miniseries, 3 episodes)
• 2014: Intruders ( Intruders , TV series, 8 episodes)
• 2015: Code of a Killer (Miniseries)
• 2016: The Catch (TV series, 5 episodes)
• 2018: Trauma (Miniseries)
• 2018: Collateral (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2018: Strangers (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 2018: White Dragon (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 2020: Cold Courage (TV series, 8 episodes)

Web links

Commons : John Simm  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• John Simm in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ John Simm UnOfficial WebSite. In: johnsimm.tripod.com. Retrieved May 1, 2011 . 
2. ^ Theater review: Elling . In: The Guardian. May 1, 2007, accessed May 6, 2011 . 
3. ↑ BBC One Programs: Exile . In: BBC. 2011, accessed on May 6, 2011 . 
4. ^ "Exile": Press PAck. In: BBC Press Office. 2011, accessed May 1, 2011 . 
5. ^ Charlotte Williamson: The man who fell to earth. In: The Daily Telegraph. August 5, 2007, accessed May 1, 2011 . 
6. ↑ Speaking in Tongues, Duke of York's Theater, London , In: The Independent
7. ↑ [1] , The Independent, September 23, 2010. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
8. ^ Macbeth , Chichester Festival Theater. February 14, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2019.