John Simm

ActorProducerArt Jul 10 (age 55) Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK 1975–2025 (50 year career)

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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).

Known For

Film

Life on Mars

Sam Tyler

Film

24 Hour Party People

Bernard

Film

Human Traffic

Jip

Film

State of Play

Cal McAffrey

Film

Collateral

David Mars

Film

The Catch

Rhys Griffiths

Film

Mad Dogs

Baxter

Film

Grace

DS Roy Grace

Filmography

Acting (89)

Movies (40)

Right Here, Right Now

2023

as Self

6.2

Hilda: The Fairy Isle

as Anders (Voice)

Joey

as Joey

Father's Day

as Dave

Everyday

as Ian

Discovering Hamlet

as Self

Doctor Who: The End of Time

2010

as The Master

Skellig

as Dave

Tu£sday

as Silver

Cutting Edge - The Human Spider

2008

as Narrator

10.0

The Ties That Bind Us

2008

as The Master (archive footage)

The Yellow House

2007

as Vincent Van Gogh

7.7

Moose on the Loose

2007

as Narrator

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

2007

as Self

The End of 'Life on Mars'

2007

as Self

7.0

Factory: Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays

2007

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

7.7

Devilwood

2006

as Gabriel

7.0

The Dark Side of Porn: The Real Animal Farm

as Narrator

Brothers of the Head

as Boatman

Blue/Orange

as Dr. Bruce Flaherty

5.5

Monsoon Railway

2005

as Narrator

Nero

as Caligula

Ten Minute Movie

as Nick

Miranda

as Frank

24 Hour Party People

as Bernard

Crime and Punishment

as Raskolnikov

Boys Alone

as Narrator (voice)

Is Harry on the Boat?

as Prize Winner

Forgive and Forget

as Theo

Wonderland

as Eddie

Human Traffic

as Jip

Understanding Jane

as Oz/2nd Party Stonehead

Diana & Me

as Neil

The Locksmith

as Paul

Carrying Dad

as Sean

Boston Kickout

as Phil

Meat

as Cecil

A Pinch of Snuff

as Clint Heppelwhite

Do You Wanna Wrap Here?: The Making of Boston Kickout

as Self

When the Wolves Came

as Roger

Television (49)

I, Jack Wright

as Gray Wright

Grace

as DS Roy Grace

Starstruck

as Martin

Crime

as Mr Confectioner

Cold Courage

as Arthur Fried

DNA Journey

as Self

Collateral

as David Mars

Trauma

as Dan Bowker

Strangers

as Jonah Mulray

The Catch

as Rhys Griffiths

The Catch

as Rhys

Code of a Killer

as Alec Jeffreys

Intruders

as Jack Whalen

Prey

as Marcus Farrow

The Village

as John Middleton

Toast of London

Wartime Farm

as Narrator

Mad Dogs

as Baxter

Exile

as Tom Ronstadt

Moving On

as Moose

Doctor Who Greatest Moments

as Self

The Devil's Whore

as Edward Sexby

Would I Lie to You?

as Self

Monsoon Railway

as Narrator - (Voice)

The One Show

as Self

Life on Mars

as Sam Tyler

Doctor Who

as The Master

Doctor Who Confidential

2005

8.2

The Dark Side of Porn

as Self

The Culture Show

as Self

This World

Sex Traffic

as Daniel Appleton

Imperium: Nero

as Caligola

London

as Friedrich Engels

State of Play

as Cal McAffrey

Canterbury Tales

as Ace

One Life

Crime and Punishment

as Raskolnikov

Clocking Off

as Stuart Leach

Never Never

as John Parlour

Spaced

as Stephen Edwards

The Lakes

as Danny Kavanagh

Chiller

as Gary Kingston

Men of the World

as Kendle Bains

Cracker

as William 'Bill' Preece

6.6

Oasis

1993

as Posh Robert

Heartbeat

as Richard Francis

Cutting Edge

as Self - Narrator

Rumpole of the Bailey

1975

6.9

Crew (2)

Movies (1)

Joey

2020

Executive Producer

8.0

Television (1)

Ark Royal

Other