John Hodgkinson (actor, born 1966)
John Hodgkinson | |
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| Born | John Hodgkinson 21 June 1966 Surbiton, Greater London, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Awards | The Journal Performing Artist of the Year (2011) |
John Hodgkinson (born 21 June 1966) is an English actor. He is known mostly for his stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and for his performance as Tom Kettle in The Ferryman, for which he was nominated as Best Actor in a Supporting Role in the 2018 Laurence Olivier Awards.[1] In 2011, he was named The Journal's Performing Artist of the Year for the part of Chris Mullin in Michael Chaplin's A Walk on Part with the Live Theatre Company.[2]
Early life
Hodgkinson was born in Surbiton, Greater London. He attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.[3]
Theatre, TV and Film
Theatre
Donmar Warehouse: When We Are Married (2025-26)
RSC: Titus Andronicus, Hampstead Theatre (2025)
National Theatre: Dear England (2025, 2023 and in the West End)[4]
In London’s West End: Best of Enemies
Other theatre includes:
The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Provoked Wife, Venice Preserved, Twelfth Night, Love’s Labour’s Lost and Love’s Labour’s Won for the RSC; The Country Wife and Aristo at Chichester; The Ferryman, The Eleventh Capital and Hangmen (also on Broadway) at the Royal Court; Orson’s Shadow at Southwark Playhouse; Donkey’s Years at the Rose, Kingston; The Libertine at the Citizens, Glasgow; White Rabbit Red Rabbit and A Walk on Part (also at Soho Theatre and the Arts) for Live Theatre; His Dark Materials, Hapgood (also at West Yorkshire Playhouse), Uncle Vanya, Murmuring Judges and Racing Demon at Birmingham Rep; Absurdia and The Front Page at the Donmar; and A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Taming of the Shrew at Regent’s Park
Film
- Napoleon (2023)
- Firelight (1997) – Carlo
- Thunderpants (2002) – Launch Controller 1
- Skyfall (2012) – Silva's Isolation guard
- Leave to Remain (2013) – Judge
- Heart of Lightness (2014) – Jason Malvern
Television
- Inside Victor Lewis-Smith (1993–95) – 'BBC suit' 1
- Sometime, Never (1996) – Kev
- Dad (1997)
- Keeping Mum (1998) – Geoffrey
- Duck Patrol (1998) – Gareth
- Boyz Unlimited (1999) – Steve Peebles
- People Like Us (1999)
- Pure Wickedness (1999) – Colin
- The Peter Principle (2000) – Mike Cooper
- Chambers (2000) – Guy
- Holby City (2001) – Terry Thomson
- Doctors (2001) – Robert Shields
- The Bill (2001) – Mark Pinney
- Lee Evans - So What Now? (2001) – Raymond
- The Estate Agents (2002) – Death Row Client
- EastEnders (2004) – Bowers
- Peep Show (2003–04) – Tony
- My Family (2004) – Registrar / Vicar
- Broken News (2005) – Reporter in the Sea
- Doctors (2005) – Timothy Lutterworth
- Heartbeat (2007) – Brian Rogers
- Criminal Justice (2008) – Rogers
- Holby City (2010) – Glyn Hibbert
- Silk (2012) – DS Roger Berwick
- Big Bad World (2013) – Graham
- Whitechapel (2013) – Sid Walden
- The Escape Artist (2013) – Mr. Hughes
- The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (2016) – Helicopter Pilot
- Witless (2016) – Sergeant Forrest
- Victoria (2016) – Police Inspector
- Rillington Place (2016) – DCI Griffin
- Life After Life (2022) - Dr Kellet
- Dear England, BBC (2026)
Personal life
Hodgkinson is based in Tottenham, North London, and is married with two sons, a whippet and, a greyhound.[5] He is a member of the Equity trade union, and is a 'highly skilled' cricketer.[6]
References
- ^ "Olivier Awards 2018: The nominations in full". Archived from the original on 28 April 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ "Culture Awards Alumni: The Class of 2011 - The Journal". www.thejournal.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 October 2015.
- ^ "John Hodgkinson | Our Heritage | Open Air Theatre".
- ^ "John Hodgkinson | National Theatre". www.nationaltheatre.org.uk. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
- ^ Hodgkinson, John [@HodgkinsonJohn] (9 January 2016). "@JennyAnnDee me: boys 23,19. Married one year. Tottenham. About to get whippet" (Tweet). Retrieved 4 January 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Spotlight".