John Light (actor)
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John Light (born 28 September 1974) is an English cinema, television and theatre actor.
Career
His theatre performances include The Complete Works Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon, where he starred in Sean Holmes' Julius Caesar as Brutus and in Rupert Goold's The Tempest as Caliban. He appeared as Henry Lennox (with Richard Armitage and Daniela Denby-Ashe) in the BBC production North & South from the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell. He played the title character (the son of Rudyard Kipling) in My Son John.
He portrayed British pilot Robert Newman in the German film Dresden, in which he spoke German and played Geoffrey in the 2003 film The Lion in Winter alongside Patrick Stewart, Glenn Close and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers. He also appeared in the title role of the 2009 play A New World: A Life of Thomas Paine.
Personal life
Light was born in Birmingham, England. He is a third cousin of the poet Laurie Lee and the film director Jack Lee. His father, John Light (Sr.) is a retired headmaster and is currently the Chairman of the Gloucestershire County Cricket Club. His sister Liz Light runs a youth theatre in Birmingham called Stage2.
In 2005, Light began dating Canadian film and television actress Neve Campbell. The couple became engaged in December 2005, and married on May 5, 2007 in Malibu, California.[1] Campbell filed for divorce from Light on June 30, 2010 in Los Angeles.[2]
References
- ^ people.com "Neve Campbell & John Light Marry in Malibu"
- ^ "Neve Campbell Files Divorce On the Down Low". TMZ. 1 December 2010. Retrieved 2010-12-01.
External links
- John Light at IMDb
- http://www.johnlightfanpage.de - Website with biography, filmography und pitures (English/German)
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