John Hollingworth (actor)

John Hollingworth is an English actor. He studied at Bradford Grammar School, Trinity College, Dublin and University of California, Los Angeles.[1] He trained as an actor at RADA.[2] His film work includes The Dark Knight Rises, Dorian Gray and Pelican Blood.[3] On television he played Federico Sassetti in the second season of Da Vinci's Demons and Alastair in the second series of The Hour.[3] Other television work includes playing Max Furst opposite Ed Stoppard in The Man Who Crossed Hitler.[3] He played regular character Captain Henshawe in the 2015 BBC adaptation of Poldark.[4]

He has worked extensively on stage[5] including leading roles in Making Noise Quietly,[6] Our Country's Good,[7] An Intervention[8] and Earthquakes in London.[9] Other notable theatre includes The Power of Yes at the National Theatre,[10] Design for Living at the Old Vic[11] and Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme at the Hampstead Theatre.[12] His portrayal of Nick Clegg at the Tricycle Theatre caught the attention of Alastair Campbell.[13]

He was runner-up in the BBC Soundstart Carleton Hobbs Award in 2008[14] and appeared with Damian Lewis in Series Four and Five of BBC Radio Four series Number 10.[15] Other work for Radio Four includes Deadheading[16] and Modesty Blaise.[17] He has often played multiple characters in the same production.[18]

He plays the band manager in the music video for The Futureheads single Walking Backwards.[19] An award-winning student journalist,[20] he has written occasional pieces about acting.[21] His short plays have been performed in London at the Arcola,[22] Soho Theatre and Tristan Bates Theatre.[23] His first full-length play 'Multitudes' was performed at the Tricycle Theatre in February 2015, directed by artistic director Indhu Rubasingham.[24]

In December 2015, Hollingworth guest starred as, Teabag, in Josh Widdicombe's sitcom 'Josh'. [25]

In 2016 Hollingworth starred as Brin Dunne in the ITV series Midsomer Murders episode 18.4 "A Dying Art"

References

  1. ↑ "Acting life's now good for former Bradford Grammar boy John". Bradford Telegraph and Argus.
  2. ↑ "RADA: The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art - Student".
  3. 1 2 3 "John Hollingworth". IMDb.
  4. ↑ "Poldarked".
  5. ↑ "John Hollingworth".
  6. ↑ "Making Noise Quietly".
  7. ↑ http://www.theatreguide.info/reviews/our-country-s-g-st-james-theat-8513
  8. ↑ "An intervention". watfordpalacetheatre.co.uk.
  9. ↑ Karen Bussell (23 September 2011). "Earthquakes in London (Plymouth - Tour)". WhatsOnStage.com.
  10. ↑ "Hare's Power of Yes at London's National Theatre". Playbill.
  11. ↑ "Design for Living". The Old Vic.
  12. ↑ "Observe The Sons Of Ulster Marching Towards The Somme".
  13. ↑ "Well done Tricycle theatre, and watch out Nick Clegg".
  14. ↑ "BBC - SoundStart - The Carleton Hobbs Bursary 2008".
  15. ↑ Number 10 (drama series)
  16. ↑ "Deadheading: Series 1 Comedy by Val McDermid".
  17. ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - 15 Minute Drama, Modesty Blaise, Episode 2". BBC.
  18. ↑ Miranda Sawyer. "Maxine Peake: 'I want to write about unsung heroines'". the Guardian.
  19. ↑ "Walking Backwards".
  20. ↑ http://www.oxygen.ie/2003_smedias_winners.PAGE5215.html
  21. ↑ "Legacy – an actor on the pressures of making a classic new - Out of Joint".
  22. ↑ "The Miniaturists".
  23. ↑ "Midnight Matinee Previous Line Up.".
  24. ↑ "Multitudes - Tricycle".
  25. ↑ "John Hollingworth". IMDb.

See also

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