John Simm
Acting • Born 1970-07-10
Biography
John Simm grew up in Nelson, Lancashire. He attended Edge End High School, Nelson, Lancashire followed by Blackpool Drama College at 16 and the Drama Centre, London at 19. He lives with his wife, actress Kate Magowan, and their children Ryan (born 13th August 2001) and Molly (born February 2007). Simm won the best actor award at the Valencia Film Festival for his film debut in "Boston Kickout" (1996).
Filmography
88 credits
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
Movie • 2007
Self
24 Hour Party People
Movie • 2002
Bernard
Human Traffic
Movie • 1999
Jip
Wonderland
Movie • 1999
Eddie
Boston Kickout
Movie • 1995
Phil
Moose on the Loose
Movie • 2007
Narrator
Skellig
Movie • 2009
Dave
Tu£sday
Movie • 2008
Silver
Understanding Jane
Movie • 1998
Oz/2nd Party Stonehead
Miranda
Movie • 2002
Frank
The Yellow House
Movie • 2007
Vincent Van Gogh
Everyday
Movie • 2012
Ian
Discovering Hamlet
Movie • 2011
Self
Diana & Me
Movie • 1997
Neil
Crime and Punishment
Movie • 2002
Raskolnikov
Forgive and Forget
Movie • 2000
Theo
Right Here, Right Now
Movie • 2023
Self
Boys Alone
Movie • 2002
Narrator (voice)
Brothers of the Head
Movie • 2006
Boatman
Cutting Edge - The Human Spider
Movie • 2008
Narrator
Father's Day
Movie • 2013
Dave
Ten Minute Movie
Movie • 2004
Nick
Carrying Dad
Movie • 1995
Sean
Monsoon Railway
Movie • 2005
Narrator
Meat
Movie • 1994
Cecil
Blue/Orange
Movie • 2005
Dr. Bruce Flaherty
Is Harry on the Boat?
Movie • 2001
Prize Winner
The Locksmith
Movie • 1997
Paul
Nero
Movie • 2004
Caligula
The Dark Side of Porn: The Real Animal Farm
Movie • 2006
Narrator
A Pinch of Snuff
Movie • 1994
Clint Heppelwhite
Factory: Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays
Movie • 2007
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Devilwood
Movie • 2006
Gabriel
Joey
Movie • 2020
Joey
The End of 'Life on Mars'
Movie • 2007
Self
Do You Wanna Wrap Here?: The Making of Boston Kickout
Movie
Self
The Ties That Bind Us
Movie • 2008
The Master (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The End of Time
Movie • 2010
The Master
When the Wolves Came
Movie
Roger
Spaced
TV • 1999
Stephen Edwards
Men of the World
TV • 1994
Kendle Bains
Doctor Who Confidential
TV • 2005
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Richard Francis
Life on Mars
TV • 2006
Sam Tyler
State of Play
TV • 2003
Cal McAffrey
Rumpole of the Bailey
TV • 1975
Grace
TV • 2021
DS Roy Grace
The Culture Show
TV • 2004
Self
The Devil's Whore
TV • 2008
Edward Sexby
One Life
TV • 2003
Mad Dogs
TV • 2011
Baxter
Exile
TV • 2011
Tom Ronstadt
Prey
TV • 2014
Marcus Farrow
Intruders
TV • 2014
Jack Whalen
Code of a Killer
TV • 2015
Alec Jeffreys
Would I Lie to You?
TV • 2007
Self
Moving On
TV • 2009
Moose
Canterbury Tales
TV • 2003
Ace
London
TV • 2004
Friedrich Engels
Cracker
TV • 1993
William 'Bill' Preece
Wartime Farm
TV • 2012
Narrator
Toast of London
TV • 2013
Clocking Off
TV • 2000
Stuart Leach
Crime
TV • 2021
Mr Confectioner
Crime
TV • 2021
Gareth Horsborough
The Catch
TV • 2016
Rhys
The Dark Side of Porn
TV • 2005
Self
The Catch
TV • 2016
Rhys Griffiths
Never Never
TV • 2000
John Parlour
Starstruck
TV • 2021
Martin
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
The Master
Collateral
TV • 2018
David Mars
Sex Traffic
TV • 2004
Daniel Appleton
Oasis
TV • 1993
Posh Robert
Trauma
TV • 2018
Dan Bowker
This World
TV • 2004
Imperium: Nero
TV • 2004
Caligola
Strangers
TV • 2018
Jonah Mulray
Cutting Edge
TV • 1990
Self - Narrator
Monsoon Railway
TV • 2007
Narrator - (Voice)
Crime and Punishment
TV • 2002
Raskolnikov
Cold Courage
TV • 2020
Arthur Fried
I, Jack Wright
TV • 2025
Gray Wright
DNA Journey
TV • 2019
Self
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
The Lakes
TV • 1997
Danny Kavanagh
The Village
TV • 2013
John Middleton
Chiller
TV • 1995
Gary Kingston