John Simm

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The eldest of three children, John was born in West Yorkshire and grew up in Nelson, Lancashire and around the North West, including Manchester, Colne, Burnley and Blackpool. His father, a Mancunian musician, taught him to play guitar and from age 12 John joined his father on stage in the working men’s clubs. They became a semi-professional double act, calling themselves Us2.

When he was 16, John went to Blackpool and Fylde College in St Annes for three years, starring in Guys and Dolls and West Side Story. Soon after, he joined an amateur dramatic group, playing the title roles in Billy Liar and Amadeus. He then moved to London and attended the Drama Centre, a very strict classical theatre school where he studied the Stanislavski School of method acting.

Independently of his acting career in the 1990s, John was a founder member; songwriter and guitarist with the rock band Magic Alex (named after The Beatles' electrician). The group played support on two tours with Echo and the Bunnymen. Plus, John plays guitar on the track Sliding, from the album Slideling, by his friend Echo and the Bunnymen singer, Ian McCulloch. John also played lead guitar on a few of McCulloch's solo live shows, including one at Wembley arena as main support to Coldplay.

After originally splitting in 2003, Magic Alex released a musical compendium of their finest moments in 2007. Their album Dated & Sexist is currently available on iTunes. In 2009, Magic Alex announced "Hell has frozen over" and that they are returning. Watch their space... magicalexthegroop for the latest news and updates.

John made his professional acting debut in 1992 with his role as Joby Johnson in an episode of Rumpole of the Bailey.

His breakthrough role came in 1995 as a psychotic teenager in Cracker. He then received a Best Actor Award at the Valencia Film Festival for his feature film debut role in the coming-of-age drama, Boston Kickout.

Also in 1995, John appeared on stage in the Nick Ward play as Danny Rule at the Royal Court Theatre. He then played Colin in Simon Bent's Goldhawk Road, at the Bush Theatre in 1996.

John first found fame in 1997 in the critically acclaimed and often controversial drama, The Lakes.

He then appeared in 1999 in another lauded film production, Human Traffic, a tale of sex, drugs and music set against the Cardiff club scene of the 1990s.

In 2002, John sang the acoustic version of Blue Monday as enigmatic New Order front man Bernard Sumner, in 24 Hour Party People. He also appeared as Raskolnikov in the BBC adaptation of Crime and Punishment.

John was nominated for a 2006 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor in Life On Mars.

Just after his roles in Life On Mars and Doctor Who, John returned to the Bush Theatre in 2007, in the title role in the comedy Elling, which later transferred to the Trafalgar Studios for his West End debut and for which he was nominated for a 2008 Best Actor Laurence Olivier Award.

In September 2009, John returns to the stage leading an exciting cast including Ian Hart (The Virgin Queen, Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone) and Kerry Fox (An Angel at my Table, Shallow Grave), in the highly charged thriller SPEAKING IN TONGUES.

John is also involved in an ongoing project, Seven Days, with director Michael Winterbottom, which is being filmed in real time over five years until 2010. They film for a few weeks every year. The project co-stars Shirley Henderson.

John is married to actress Kate Magowan, who also appears with him in 24 Hour Party People, Devilwood and Tu£sday. They have two children; Ryan and Molly.

John is well known as an avid Manchester United supporter and music-lover of The Beatles.

"As a great father and husband and son and friend and as an exceptional actor. That’d be nice."

(Adapted from John Simm on Wikipedia)