John Hodgkinson (born 21 June 1966) is an English actor. He is known mostly for his stage work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and for his performance as Tom Kettle in The Ferryman, for which he was 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 on Part with the Live Theatre Company.
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Early life
Hodgkinson was born in Surbiton, Greater London. He attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.
Career
Hodgkinson has appeared in Best of Enemies in London’s West End, Dear England at the National Theatre, When We Are Married at the Donmar Warehouse, Titus Andronicus at the Hampstead Theatre and Middlemarch at the RSC [1]. Other theatre credits include The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Provoked Wife, Venice Preserved, Twelfth Night, Love's Labour's Lost and Love's Labour's Won for the RSC; The Country Wife and Aristo at Chichester; The Ferryman, The Eleventh Capital and Hangmen (also on Broadway) at the Royal Court; Orson's Shadow at Southwark Playhouse; Donkeys' Years at the Rose, Kingston; The Libertine at the Citizens, Glasgow; White Rabbit Red Rabbit and A Walk on Part (also at Soho Theatre and the Arts) for Live Theatre; His Dark Materials, Hapgood (also at West Yorkshire Playhouse), Uncle Vanya, Murmuring Judges and Racing Demon at Birmingham Rep; Absurdia and The Front Page at the Donmar; and A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Taming of the Shrew at Regent’s Park.
Personal life
Hodgkinson is based in Tottenham, North London, and is married with two sons, a whippet and, a greyhound. He is a member of the Equity trade union, and is a 'highly skilled' cricketer.
Filmography
Film
Firelight (1997) – Carlo
Thunderpants (2002) – Launch Controller 1
Skyfall (2012) – Silva's Isolation guard
Leave to Remain (2013) – Judge
Heart of Lightness (2014) – Jason Malvern
Small Axe: "Red, White and Blue" (2020) – Police interviewer
Napoleon (2023) – Fouche
Elden Ring (2028) – TBA
Television
Inside Victor Lewis-Smith (1993–95) – 'BBC suit' 1
Sometime, Never (1996) – Kev
Dad (1997)
Keeping Mum (1998) – Geoffrey
Duck Patrol (1998) – Gareth
Boyz Unlimited (1999) – Steve Peebles
People Like Us (1999)
Pure Wickedness (1999) – Colin
The Peter Principle (2000) – Mike Cooper
Chambers (2000) – Guy
Holby City (2001) – Terry Thomson
Doctors (2001) – Robert Shields
The Bill (2001) – Mark Pinney
Lee Evans - So What Now? (2001) – Raymond
The Estate Agents (2002) – Death Row Client
EastEnders (2004) – Bowers
Peep Show (2003–04) – Tony
My Family (2004) – Registrar / Vicar
Broken News (2005) – Reporter in the Sea
Doctors (2005) – Timothy Lutterworth
Heartbeat (2007) – Brian Rogers
Criminal Justice (2008) – Rogers
