John Simm

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John Ronald Simm (born 10 July 1970) is an English actor, director and musician.

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

He is best known for playing Sam Tyler in Life on Mars, and The Master in Doctor Who.

His other television credits include: State of Play, The Lakes, Crime and Punishment, Exile, Prey and Cracker. His films include Wonderland, Everyday, Boston Kickout, Human Traffic and 24 Hour Party People.

Early life

John Ronald Simm was born on 10 July 1970 in Leeds, the eldest of three children. His father, Ronald, was a musician from Manchester. From the age of 12, Simm sang and played guitar with his father on stage in the working men's clubs. He grew up in Lancashire in numerous places around northwest England, including Blackpool, Burnley, Colne, Manchester, and Nelson. He attended Edge End High School in Nelson, where he was inspired by his drama teacher Brian Wellock. In 1986, he enrolled at Blackpool and The Fylde College in Blackpool for three years, and starred in Guys and Dolls and West Side Story at Blackpool's Grand Theatre. However, he soon decided that musical theatre did not interest him, so he joined an amateur dramatic group and honed his skills in his spare time, playing the title roles in Billy Liar and Amadeus. He then moved to London at the age of 19 to train at the Drama Centre London, where he studied Stanislavski's system of method acting. His acting teacher was Reuven Adiv, whom he credits as a major influence on his life. He graduated in 1992.

Personal life

In April 2004, Simm married actress Kate Magowan in the Forest of Dean. They have two children: son Ryan and daughter Mollie. He is a supporter of Manchester United FC.

Simm and Magowan have appeared together in four films: 24 Hour Party People, Is Harry On The Boat?, the award-winning short film Devilwood and the heist thriller Tuesday, as well as in the BBC Series Exile.

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Career

Simm was a founding member, songwriter, and guitarist with the rock band Magic Alex in the 1990s and early 2000s; the band was named after "Magic Alex" Mardas, a Greek electronics engineer best known for his work with the Beatles. Echo & the Bunnymen supported the group on two British tours. Simm plays guitar on the album Slideling by his buddy, Echo & the Bunnymen singer Ian McCulloch. He appeared on a few of McCulloch's solo live shows, including one at Wembley Arena as the main support to Coldplay. Until 2005, Magic Alex's one album, Dated and Sexist, was released.

Simm made his professional acting debut in 1992 in the role of Joby Johnson in an episode of the BBC drama Between the Lines, in which Simm appeared in one scene as PC Witty, but the scene was cut). Richard Francis, a lovestruck schoolboy, in Heartbeat, and a drugged-up burglar in The Locksmith were among the many roles where he honed his craft on camera. Kendle Bains appeared in two series of BBC sitcom Men of the World, as the lead role. Gary Kingston, a deluded murderer, appeared in Chiller on his next project.

In 1995, Simm played Bill Preece, the troubled teenager in the celebrated ITV police drama Cracker. This is considered his breakthrough role. In Boston Kickout, he received the Best Actor award at the Valencia Film Festival, beating Dennis Hopper to his debut in the Best Actor category. He made his professional appearance in the Simon Bent's Goldhawk Road at the Bush Theatre in 1996, directed by Paul Miller. Danny Kavanagh, the lead role in the first series of The Lakes, a BBC film directed by Jimmy McGovern, appeared in 1997. In 1999, he appeared in the second series of The Lakes as well as appearing as Jip in the award-winning cult clubbing film Human Traffic and as Eddie in Michael Winterbottom's acclaimed Wonderland. He appeared in the first episode of BBC drama Clocking Off, written by Paul Abbott, with whom he would appear again in 2002 as Cal McCaffrey in the multi-awarded political thriller series State of Play. Simm appeared in John Parlour's Never Never Forever for Channel 4, as the leading role of loan shark John Parlour.

Simm appeared in the film 24 Hour Party People as New Order frontman Bernard Sumner in 2002. He performed the Joy Division song "Digital" onstage with New Order at a live concert in Finsbury Park the same year. In the BBC version of Crime and Punishment, adapted by Tony Marchant, it was also this year. The Knight's Tale, also published by Marchant, is the first in a line of modern reworkings of The Canterbury Tales in which Simm appeared in the role of Queen Alex. Simm appeared in the film Miranda later this year, opposite Christina Ricci and John Hurt.

In 2004, he appeared as the researcher and charity prosecutor Daniel Appleton in the BAFTA award-winning Channel 4 drama Sex Traffic. This two-parter chronicled two young Moldovan sisters who were sold into sexual slavery. Simm starred as Detective Inspector Sam Tyler in Howard Davies' production of Joe Penhall's Blue/Orange in 2006, dating back to 1973. Simm was nominated for Best Programme at the 2007 BAFTA Television Awards, but sadly lost out on the competition for Best Actor.

The Yellow House for Channel 4, a biographical drama created by Talkback Thames based on Martin Gayford's book about artists Vincent van Gogh (Simm) and Paul Gauguin (John Lynch), was his next project. Simm was back to the theatre as the title character in Paul Miller's acclaimed Bush Theatre production of Simon Bent's version of Elling, a comedy about two men from a psychiatric hospital adjusting to normal life and to each other in the same year. Following encouraging press reviews and a long-running run, Simm's production was moved to Trafalgar Studios 1 in July 2007 where he was nominated for an Olivier Award for his efforts.

Russell T. Davies had selected Simm to appear as the Doctor's nemesis in the long-running BBC series Doctor Who in 2007. In the final three episodes of "Utopia," "The Sound of Drums," and "Last of the Time Lords," he appeared. When it was first cast, it was revealed that Mr. Saxon would be playing a character based on the name of Mr. Saxon, a term that later revealed as The Master's alias. He reprised his role in the 2009 two-part special "The End of Time" and returned in 2017 for the final two episodes of the 10th series, "World Enough and Time" and "The Doctor Falls." Edward Sexby appeared in The Devil's Whore, a four-part English Civil War epic for Channel 4, in 2008. He appeared at the Royal Variety Performance with Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller, as well as starring in the film Skellig, which was broadcast on Sky1 in April 2009.

Simm joined Everyday, Michael Winterbottom's ongoing project, which will be broadcast in real time over five years. In September 2012, the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, and it was in competition at the 2013 London Film Festival. Simm returned to the West End in 2009 to critical acclaim, playing in the Andrew Bovell's speech Speaking in Tongues at the Duke of York's Theatre.

Simm played Hamlet at the Sheffield Crucible in September 2010.

Simm appeared on Sky 1 in 2011. He appeared in Baxter, the project's reunited him with Philip Glenister and Marc Warren, as well as Max Beesley and Ben Chaplin. Mad Dogs became a critical and ratings success, receiving a BAFTA award for best drama serial, and a second and third series were ordered. In late 2011, the second series was shot in Mallorca and Ibiza and premiered on Sky 1, the same time as the third series was shot in South Africa. In January 2014, a final series was aired. Simm appeared in Exile on BBC One in May 2011, as Tom Rondstadt, Olivia Colman, and Simm's mother, Kate Magowan. For his work, he received his second BAFTA Award for Best Actor.

Simm appeared in a revival of Harold Pinter's Betrayal at the Crucible Theatre from 17 May to September 2012. In The Village, a six-part BBC drama depicting life in a Derbyshire village during World War II, John Middleton played John Middleton.

In a recent revival of Harold Pinter's The Hothouse, directed by Jamie Lloyd, he returned to Trafalgar Studios in London's West End to star opposite Simon Russell Beale. He then wrapped up work on Prey, a three-part thriller in which he plays detective Marcus Farrow. On April 28, 2014, the mini-series debuted on ITV. Philip Glenister appeared in the leading role in the second series.

Simm started filming the BBC America eight-part Intruders in Vancouver, British Columbia, in February 2014. Jack Whelan, an ex-LAPD cop, appears on the LAPD. Mira Sorvino, James Frain, and Millie Bobby Brown appeared in the series on BBC America in August 2014. After just one season, it was cancelled. In addition to this, he appeared in The Village in Derbyshire's second season. Simm appeared in Code of a Killer, a two-part drama for ITV, later this year.

In 2015, he took a break from film to focus on theatre. In Patrick Marber's Three Days in the Country, a tribute to Turgenev's A Month in the Country), he appeared in Lenny's 50th anniversary performance in London's West End for the first time.

Simm was invited to perform in The Catch for ABC in 2016. Mireille Enos and Peter Krause appeared in the film, which was executive produced by Shonda Rhimes and shot at Sunset Bronson studios and on location around Los Angeles. Simm played Rhys Griffiths, a recurring character in season 1 and a regular in season 2. After the second season, the show was cancelled.

Simm will reprise his role as the Master in the tenth series of Doctor Who, according to the BBC, who appears in the two-part finale, World Enough and Time / The Doctor Falls.

In Mike Bartlett's Trauma on ITV, he starred Dan Bowker opposite Adrian Lester in 2018. David Mars, a Labour MP, appeared in Collateral, written by David Hare, opposite Carey Mulligan and Billie Piper for the BBC, in the same year. On ITV, he appeared as Jonah Mulray, a scholar whose life comes crashing down after his wife is killed in a car accident in Hong Kong.

Simm appeared in Jamie Lloyd's Pinter at the Pinter in 2018-19—a groundbreaking season of Harold Pinter's one-Act plays. He appeared in Pinter Six, which was a collection of Party Time and Celebration.

In the Chichester Festival Theatre production that ran from 21 September to October 26, 2019, he played Macbeth.

Simm, the Master of Masterful, a Big Finish Productions audio drama, will be starring several other actors. In January 2021, it was first introduced in January 2021.

In Grace, based on Peter James' best-selling crime fiction series books, he is currently playing the title role. Russell Lewis' adaptation of Grace for the ITV screen.

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