John Simm

John Simm: Biography in Details

Who is John Simm?

John Simm is an actor as well as a director. His real name is John Ronald Simm and belongs to the British community.

He has been recommended twice for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor and is a Laurence Olivier Award nominee for best actor.

Furthermore, he has played in numerous movies like Life on Mars as Sam Tyler, Doctor Who as The Master, Wonderland, every day, Boston Kickout, and Human Traffic, as well as 24-Hour Party People.

He has also materialized on television series such as the State of Play, The Lakes, Crime and Punishment, Exile, Prey, and Cracker.

John Simm: Childhood, Education, and Family

John Simm was born on 10th July 1970 in  Leeds, United Kingdom. He was the eldest son of three children.

He had nurtured in the places around North West England, including Blackpool, Burnley, Nelson, Colne, and Manchester.

Like his father, Ronald was a musician; and from the age of twelve, John had begun to sing as well as play guitar.

Additionally, he orchestrated  Edge End High School, where he was inspired by drama teacher Brian Wellock.

Then he tackled at Blackpool and the Fylde College in Lytham St. Annes for three years and starred in Guys and Dolls and West Side Story at Blackpool’s Grand Theatre in 1986.

When he turned nineteen, he moved to London to train at the Drama Centre London where he addressed  Stanislavski’s system of method acting and graduated in 1992.

John Simm: Professional Life and Career

Moving towards the experienced part of his life, he started his career in 1992.

Between the period of the 1990s and 2000s, he had become a founding member, songwriter, and guitarist with the rock band Magic Alex.

He had also played the role of Joby Johnson in an episode of the TV series Rumpole of the Bailey.

Then he followed a variety of roles during which time he honed his craft in front of the camera, including a psycho in The Bill, a lovestruck schoolboy in Heartbeat, and a drugged-up burglar in The Locksmith.

He had played the troubled teenager Bill Preece in the acclaimed ITV police drama Cracker in 1995.

He had featured film in Boston Kickout, beating Dennis Hopper to the Best Actor award at the Valencia Film Festival in the same year.

The next year, he formulated his professional stage debut in the Simon Bent play Goldhawk Road at the Bush Theatre, directed by Paul Miller.

He had also achieved the lead role of Danny Kavanagh in the first series of The Lakes, a BBC series written by Jimmy McGovern.

He starred in the second series of The Lakes as well as appearing as Jip in the award-winning cult clubbing movie Human Traffic as well as  Michael Winterbottom’s Wonderland in 1999.

Then he had again starred in the opening episode of the BBC drama Clocking Off, written by Paul Abbott in 2000.

Subsequently, he had featured in another Michael Winterbottom film as New Order frontman Bernard Sumner in 2002.

That same year, he sang the Joy Division song “Digital” onstage with New Order.

 He had played the researcher as well as charity investigator in the BAFTA award-winning Channel 4 in 2004.

He had appeared in the three episodes “Utopia”, “The Sound of Drums”, and “Last of the Time Lords” in 2007.

Likewise, he was invited to the US to act in The Catch for ABC. Starring Mireille Enos and Peter Krause in 2016 and appeared in the two-part finale, “World Enough and Time”, The Doctor Falls in 2017.

John Simm: Salary and Net Worth

Through his hard work in his professional life, he has earned the much which has to fulfill his as well as his family’s needs.

But he hasn’t mentioned his salary as well as his net worth.

John Simm: Rumors and Controversy

His recent activities say that he is not making an imminent return to the show named Doctor Who.

 These rumors were deflated by both Matt Smith and Steven Moffat.

John Simm: Body Measurements

Moving towards his body measurements, he has a height of 5ft 8 inches.

He has mentioned his hair color which is light brown as well as a light brown pair of eyes.

John Simm: Social Media Profiles

Simm is quite active on social media such as Facebook and Instagram.

Currently, he has almost 181k followers on Facebook and more than 69k followers on Instagram.

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