John Hodgkinson

Acting

John Hodgkinson

Born June 21, 1966 · Surbiton, Surrey, England, UK (age 60)

John Hodgkinson is an English actor. He is known predominantly for his stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and for his performance as Tom Kettle in The Ferryman, for which he has been nominated as Best Actor in a Supporting Role in the 2018 Laurence Olivier Awards. 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 o…

Known For

Young Washington
NEW
Young Washington · 2026
Young Washington
8.02026
MovieHistoryWar
Before he led a nation, George Washington was a young soldier thrown into a global conflict. With alliances crumbling and war closing in, he must choose who to trust and confront the leader he's becoming.
SkyfallSkyfall · 2012
Skyfall
7.32012
MovieActionAdventure
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, it's up to Bond, aided only by field agent Eve, to locate the mastermind behind the attack.
NapoleonNapoleon · 2023
Napoleon
6.32023
MovieHistoryWar
An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.
Elden Ring
Mar 3, 2028
Elden Ring · 2028
Elden Ring
2028
MovieFantasyAction
A live-action adaptation of the dark fantasy video game, set in the war-torn world of the Lands Between, which was once united by the Elden Ring. Plot details TBA.
FirelightFirelight · 1998
Firelight
6.71998
MovieRomanceDrama
In 1838, lovely governess Elisabeth Laurier agrees to bear a child of an anonymous English landowner, and he will in return pay her father's debt. At birth, she, as agreed, gives up the child. Seven years later, she is hired as governess to a girl on a remote Sussex estate. The girl's father, Charles Godwin, turns out to be that anonymous landowner. So Elisabeth has to be her own daughter's governess, and she can't reveal the secret of her tie with little Louisa.
ThunderpantsThunderpants · 2002
Thunderpants
3.42002
MovieComedyFamily
An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becoming an astronaut.
Heart of LightnessHeart of Lightness · 2014
Heart of Lightness
5.62014
MovieComedyDrama
9 British actors arrive in the far north of Norway to act the Ibsen play "Lady From The Sea". They have never been in Norway before and have no idea that the sun won't set for the next month.
RSC Live: Twelfth NightRSC Live: Twelfth Night · 2018
RSC Live: Twelfth Night
7.52018
MovieComedy
Twelfth Night is a tale of unrequited love – hilarious and heartbreaking. Two twins are separated in a shipwreck, and forced to fend for themselves in a strange land. The first twin, Viola, falls in love with Orsino, who dotes on OIivia, who falls for Viola but is idolised by Malvolio. Enter Sebastian, who is the spitting image of his twin sister... Christopher Luscombe, Director of the ‘glorious’ (Daily Telegraph) Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing (2014 and 2016), returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company to tackle Shakespeare’s greatest comedy, a brilliantly bittersweet account of "the whirligig of time".

Movies

Young Washington
NEW
Young Washington · 2026
Young Washington
8.02026
MovieHistoryWar
Before he led a nation, George Washington was a young soldier thrown into a global conflict. With alliances crumbling and war closing in, he must choose who to trust and confront the leader he's becoming.
SkyfallSkyfall · 2012
Skyfall
7.32012
MovieActionAdventure
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, it's up to Bond, aided only by field agent Eve, to locate the mastermind behind the attack.
NapoleonNapoleon · 2023
Napoleon
6.32023
MovieHistoryWar
An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine.
Elden Ring
Mar 3, 2028
Elden Ring · 2028
Elden Ring
2028
MovieFantasyAction
A live-action adaptation of the dark fantasy video game, set in the war-torn world of the Lands Between, which was once united by the Elden Ring. Plot details TBA.
FirelightFirelight · 1998
Firelight
6.71998
MovieRomanceDrama
In 1838, lovely governess Elisabeth Laurier agrees to bear a child of an anonymous English landowner, and he will in return pay her father's debt. At birth, she, as agreed, gives up the child. Seven years later, she is hired as governess to a girl on a remote Sussex estate. The girl's father, Charles Godwin, turns out to be that anonymous landowner. So Elisabeth has to be her own daughter's governess, and she can't reveal the secret of her tie with little Louisa.
ThunderpantsThunderpants · 2002
Thunderpants
3.42002
MovieComedyFamily
An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becoming an astronaut.
Heart of LightnessHeart of Lightness · 2014
Heart of Lightness
5.62014
MovieComedyDrama
9 British actors arrive in the far north of Norway to act the Ibsen play "Lady From The Sea". They have never been in Norway before and have no idea that the sun won't set for the next month.
RSC Live: Twelfth NightRSC Live: Twelfth Night · 2018
RSC Live: Twelfth Night
7.52018
MovieComedy
Twelfth Night is a tale of unrequited love – hilarious and heartbreaking. Two twins are separated in a shipwreck, and forced to fend for themselves in a strange land. The first twin, Viola, falls in love with Orsino, who dotes on OIivia, who falls for Viola but is idolised by Malvolio. Enter Sebastian, who is the spitting image of his twin sister... Christopher Luscombe, Director of the ‘glorious’ (Daily Telegraph) Love’s Labour’s Lost and Much Ado About Nothing (2014 and 2016), returns to the Royal Shakespeare Company to tackle Shakespeare’s greatest comedy, a brilliantly bittersweet account of "the whirligig of time".
National Theatre Live: Dear EnglandNational Theatre Live: Dear England · 2024
National Theatre Live: Dear England
2024
MovieDrama
The country that gave the world football has since delivered a painful pattern of loss. Why can’t England’s men win at their own game? With the worst track record for penalties in the world, Gareth Southgate knows he needs to open his mind and face up to the years of hurt, to take team and country back to the promised land.
RSC Live: Love's Labour's LostRSC Live: Love's Labour's Lost · 2015
RSC Live: Love's Labour's Lost
2015
MovieComedyRomance
A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.
National Theatre Live: HangmenNational Theatre Live: Hangmen · 2016
National Theatre Live: Hangmen
8.02016
MovieComedyDrama
In his small pub in the northern English town of Oldham, Harry is something of a local celebrity. But what's the second-best hangman in England to do on the day they've abolished hanging? Amongst the cub reporters and pub regulars dying to hear Harry's reaction to the news, his old assistant Syd and the peculiar Mooney lurk with very different motives for their visit.
RSC Live: Love's Labour's WonRSC Live: Love's Labour's Won · 2015
RSC Live: Love's Labour's Won
2015
MovieRomanceComedy
Christopher Luscombe directs one of Shakespeare's great romantic comedies. Labour's Won the world has changed forever, the roaring ’20s just around the corner. With Edward Bennett and Michelle Terry as the sparring couple.
National Theatre Live: Best of EnemiesNational Theatre Live: Best of Enemies · 2023
National Theatre Live: Best of Enemies
9.02023
MovieDramaHistory
In 1968 America, as two men fight to become the next president, all eyes are on the battle between two others: the cunningly conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and the unruly liberal Gore Vidal. During a new nightly television format, they debate the moral landscape of a shattered nation.

TV Shows

HeartbeatHeartbeat · 1992
Heartbeat
7.21992
SeriesCrimeDrama
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
SilkSilk · 2011
Silk
7.52011
SeriesDrama
Passionate defence barrister Martha Costello faces challenging cases and surprising clients, which test her faith in the criminal justice system. Gifted colleague Clive Reader is called to the bar with her. They work hard with pupils, Nick Slade and Niamh Cranitch, but ultimately only one can eventually be taken on as a member of chambers.
Peep ShowPeep Show · 2003
Peep Show
8.02003
SeriesComedy
Peep Show follows the lives of two men from their twenties to thirties, Mark Corrigan, who has steady employment for most of the series, and Jeremy "Jez" Usbourne, an unemployed would-be musician.
VictoriaVictoria · 2016
Victoria
7.42016
SeriesDrama
The story of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and resurgent republicanism – and died 64 years later the head of the largest empire the world had ever seen, having revitalised the throne’s public image and become “grandmother of Europe”.
Dear EnglandDear England · 2026
Dear England
5.82026
SeriesDrama
Haunted by decades of failures, Gareth Southgate becomes England manager and uses psychology to confront fear and pursue victory.
Catherine the GreatCatherine the Great · 2019
Catherine the Great
6.72019
SeriesDrama
This four-part historical drama follows the end of Catherine the Great's reign and her affair with Russian military leader Grigory Potemkin that helped shape the future of Russian politics.
Small AxeSmall Axe · 2020
Small Axe
6.82020
SeriesDrama
An anthology series of five stories looking at the lives of a group of friends and their families in London’s West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early 80s.
WitlessWitless · 2016
Witless
6.92016
SeriesComedy
Leanne and Rhona are two ordinary flatmates whose lives are thrown into disarray after witnessing a gangland shooting. They find themselves whisked into witness protection, given new identities and left to fend for themselves in a grubby flat Swindon - and all before they can so much as collect their toothbrushes. Staying undercover doesn’t prove easy…
The Escape ArtistThe Escape Artist · 2013
The Escape Artist
7.12013
SeriesDrama
A chilling and bloody legal thriller that explores the line between law and justice. Will Burton, a talented junior barrister of peerless intellect and winning charm, specialises in spiriting people out of tight legal corners. He is in high demand as he has never lost a case. But when his talents acquit the notorious prime suspect in an horrific murder trial, that brilliance comes back to bite him with unexpected and chilling results, not to mention a shocking twist.
Big Bad WorldBig Bad World · 2013
Big Bad World
2013
SeriesComedy
Ben Turnbull, a directionless, young graduate, returns to his home town of Great Yarmouth after leaving uni.
Boyz UnlimitedBoyz Unlimited · 1999
Boyz Unlimited
5.01999
SeriesComedy
Boyz Unlimited is a British comedy series created by David Walliams, Matt Lucas and Richard Osman. It was initially broadcast on Channel 4 from 5 February to 12 March 1999. A six-part satire about the music industry, Frank Harper stars as career criminal Nigel Gacey, who gives himself a year to form his own boy band. Produced by Hat Trick Productions and credited as being written by Osman, Boyz Unlimited was struck by poor ratings and negative critical reception, resulting in cancellation; Walliams would later claim that his experiences caused both him and Lucas to refuse to work with Hat Trick on subsequent projects for many years, and Osman's experiences would cause him to lose confidence in his writing ability.