John Hannah (actor)

For other people named John Hannah, see John Hannah (disambiguation).

John Hannah
Hannah at the San Diego Comic-Con International in July 2010
Born	(1962-04-23) 23 April 1962 East Kilbride, Scotland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present
Spouse	Joanna Roth ​ (m. 1996)​
Children	2

John David Hannah (born 23 April 1962) is a Scottish film and television actor. 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) 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 (2012–14), Jason's father (Aeson) in the BBC series Atlantis (2013–15), 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

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 then attended the prestigious Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Career

After graduation, Hannah had parts in theatre productions, films and television, which included leading roles. He broke into the "big-time" with his appearance as Matthew in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). Since this breakthrough role, he has played a psychopathic killer alongside Helen Baxendale in Truth or Dare and a mystery-solving pathologist in McCallum. He was a karaoke-mad dead-beat dad in The James Gang, a drunken, thieving comic-relief character in The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001) and a Monty Python-quoting romantic comedy love interest in Sliding Doors (1998). Hannah also starred in the axed U.S. series MDs (2002), as well as making guest appearances in Alias (2001), Carnivàle (2002) and Frasier (2003). In 2006 he starred in the drama series New Street Law. In 2007–08, he played a starring role in the ITV crime drama Cold Blood.

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.

He is 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 recurring role of scientist Holden Radcliffe on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in a recurring role during season three and gets promoted to series regular during season four.

Personal life

Hannah married actress Joanna Roth on 20 January 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 the 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.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Brond	Robert	TV series, 3-part
1990	Harbour Beat	Neal McBride
1994	Milner	Windscreen washer	Television film
	Four Weddings and a Funeral	Matthew
	Faith	Nick Simon	TV film
	Pauline Calf's Wedding Video	Mark	TV film
1995	Madagascar Skin	Harry
1996	Circles of Deceit: Kalon	Jason Sturden	TV film
	Truth or Dare	Nick	TV film
	The Innocent Sleep	James
	The Final Cut	Gilmore
1997	The James Gang	Spendlove James
	The Love Bug	Simon Moore III	TV film
	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
	Amnesia	D.S. Mackenzie Stone	Two episodes
2005	Cold Blood	Jake Osbourne	Series one
2007	Cold Blood 2	Jake Osbourne	Series two
	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	Still Waters / Angel	Lapslie
	Bone in the Throat	Sullivan
2016	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Duke Theseus	TV film
2017	Another Mother's Son	Arthur
	Love of My Life	Richard
2018	Princess Emmy	King Karl	voice
	Genesis	Paul Broocks
	Scorched Earth	Doc
	Overboard	Colin
	Blood, Sweat and Terrors	James Borans	Segment "Get Some"
2019	The Garden of Evening Mists	Magnus Gemmell
2020	Enemy Lines	Colenal Preston

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Bookie	Johnny Dawson	3 episodes
	Screen Two	Pretty Boy	1 episode
1990	Taggart	Danny Bonnar	1 episode
	Boon	Willie Connolly	1 episode
1991	Shrinks	Hamish	1 episode
1992	The Bill	Derek Pierce	1 episode
	Between the Lines	D.C. Mellis	1 episode
1993	Paul Calf's Video Diary	Mark	TV Short
1994	Capital Lives	John Robinson	1 episode
1995	Out of the Blue	D.S Frankie Drinkall	6 episodes
1995–1998	McCallum	Dr. Iain McCallum	8 episodes
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	1 episode
	Carnivàle	Stangler	2 episodes
2004	Agatha Christie's Marple 4.50 from Paddington	Inspector Tom Campbell	single drama
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 Documentary
2008	Agatha Christie's Poirot Appointment with Death	Dr. Gerard	1 episode
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	1 episode
	Damages	Rutger Simon	10 episodes
2012–2014	A Touch of Cloth	D.I. Jack Cloth	6 episodes
2013–2015	Atlantis	Tychon (Jason's Father)	3 episodes
2013	Elementary	Rhys	1 episode
2014	The Widower	DS Charlie Henry	2 episodes
2015–2016	Marley's Ghosts	Adam	9 episodes
2016–2017	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Holden Radcliffe	23 episodes
2017	Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency	The Mage	8 episodes
2019	Race Across the World	Narrator	14 episodes
	The Victim	DI Stephen Grover	4 episodes
	Trust Me	Dr. Archie Watson	2 episodes
2020	Transplant	Jed Bishop	Series regular

Video games

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

External links

• John Hannah at IMDb
• John Hannah on Mellow Magic