John Hollingworth (actor)

John Hollingworth
Born	21 August 1981 (1981-08-21) (age 43)[1][2][3] Keighley, England[4][5]
Nationality	British
Occupation	Actor
Notable work	Poldark Doc Martin Wuthering Heights Top Coppers Arthur & George Da Vinci's Demons Dark Angel The Hour Napoleon

John Hollingworth (born 21 August 1981)[1][2][3] is an English actor from Keighley, Bradford, West Yorkshire.[6][4][5]

Early life and education

Hollingworth was raised in Oxenhope, Keighley, by his mother Jane.[4][5][7] He studied at Bradford Grammar School, and Trinity College, Dublin.[6][7] While at Bradford Grammar School he played rugby for Yorkshire Schoolboys, and played in the same team as future England and British and Irish Lions international Charlie Hodgson, before injury forced Hollingworth to hang up his boots and become an actor.[7][8] He trained as an actor at RADA.[9]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	Dorian Gray	Patrol Policeman		[10]
2010	Pelican Blood	Owen Whittle		[10]
	Godard & Others	PC Dale		[11]
2011	The Burma Conspiracy	Invité Plateau CNBC
2012	The Dark Knight Rises	CIA Analyst		[6][10][12][13]
2016	The Legend of Tarzan	Steward		[10][14]
2017	Transformers: The Last Knight	Tristan		[10][15]
2018	Another Day of Life	Ryszard Kapuściński (voice)	Based on Kapuściński's memoir of the same name	[16][17]
	Kursk	Bruce Hamil Lt.		[18]
2019	1917	Sergeant Guthrie
2020	Rebecca	Giles Lacy
2021	In the Earth	James
2022	Trouble in Mind	Bill O'Wray
2023	Napoleon	Marshal Ney

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2009	Wuthering Heights	Robert	ITV miniseries
	Casualty 1909	Police Constable		[19]
	Being Human	Turlow	Episode: "Bad Moon Rising"	[20][21]
2011	Twenty Twelve	Reporter	BBC series	[22][23]
	The Man Who Crossed Hitler	Max Fürst	TV film	[24][25]
	London's Burning	Community Policeman	Channel 4 TV film	[10]
2012	The Hour	Alastair	3 episodes	[6][10][26]
2013	Breathless	Terence	Episode #1.1	[27]
2013, 2021	Endeavour	Taxi Driver / Dan Lofthouse	Episodes: "Home" (2013) and "Striker" (2021)	[10]
2014	Da Vinci's Demons	Francesco Sassetti	4 episodes	[21]
	Crossing Lines	Lawrence Baxendale	Episode: "The Velvet Glove"	[10]
	Our World War	Lieutenant Cohen	Episode: "War Machine"	[28][29]
2015	Arthur & George	Dr Butter	3 episodes	[30][31]
	Top Coppers	Peterson	6 episodes	[32][33]
	Josh	Teabag	Episode: "Teabag and No Sympathy"	[34][23]
2015–2017	Poldark	Captain Henshawe	20 episodes	[20][21][18][35]
2016	Dark Angel	Dr John Maling	2 episodes	[36][37]
	Midsomer Murders	Brin Dunne	Episode: "A Dying Art"	[38]
	Damilola, Our Loved Boy	Detective Wallace	Docudrama	[39]
2017–2019	Doc Martin	Professor Sam Bradman	5 episodes	[18]
2019	The Crown	Lord Porchester	Episode: "Coup"	[40]
	Vera	PC Shawn Turnley	Episode: "Cuckoo"	[41]
2019–2022	Gentleman Jack	Mr Abbott	4 episodes	[42]
2020	The Queen's Gambit	Randall Foster	Episode: "End Game"
	Soulmates	Brother Hickock	Episode: "Break on Through"
	Call the Midwife	Tony Venables	Episode: "Christmas Special"
2021	Dalgliesh	Dr. Eric Hewson	2 episodes
2022	The Witchfinder	Rafe	Episode #1.2
	The Midwich Cuckoos	Michael	Episode: "Bad Things"
2023	Beyond Paradise	Andrew Parker	Episode #1.4
	Sister Boniface Mysteries	Trevor Symonds	Episode: "The Good Samaritan"
	The Full Monty	James Warner	Episode: "Leveling Up"
2024	Mr Bates vs The Post Office	James Hartley	2 episodes
	Belgravia: The Next Chapter	Dr. Kerry	2 episodes
	Professor T.	Peter Tierney	Episode: "Attachment Issues"
	Franklin	Viscomte de Stormont / Lord David Stormont	3 episodes
TBA	Generation Z	Sergeant Parrenster	Post-production

Stage roles

Hollingworth won early roles in National Youth Theatre productions of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The Threepenny Opera and The Master and Margarita opposite Matt Smith.[8]

He has worked extensively on stage, which include leading roles in Making Noise Quietly,[43] Our Country's Good,[6][44][45] An Intervention[46] and Earthquakes in London.[47] In 2011, he starred opposite Maxine Peake in The Deep Blue Sea at the West Yorkshire Playhouse.[48][49]

Some of his other theatre credits include Women, Power and Politics at the Tricycle theatre,[46] For King and Country at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth,[46] The Playboy of the Western World at the Nuffield Theatre (Southampton),[46] Ignition 2 at the Royal Court Upstairs,[46] The Power of Yes at the National Theatre,[50] Design for Living at the Old Vic[51] and Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme at the Hampstead Theatre.[52]

His portrayal of Nick Clegg at the Tricycle Theatre caught the attention of fellow Keighley born Alastair Campbell.[53] In 2017 he appeared in Alan Ayckbourn’s trilogy of plays The Norman Conquests at Chichester Festival Theatre.[54]

Hollingworth was Offie-nominated for his role in The Sugar Syndrome at the Orange Tree Theatre in 2020.[55] He performed in Trouble In Mind at The National Theatre in 2021/2022.[56] He played Antony in Shakespeare’s Antony & Cleopatra at The Globe Theatre in 2024.[57] The production won an award at the UK Theatre Awards in November 2024.[58] He went on to play the lead in the new Richard Bean play ‘Reykjavik’, returning to the Hampstead Theatre in November 2024.[59]

Radio roles

Hollingworth was runner-up in the BBC SoundStart Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award in 2008.[60]

He appeared with Damian Lewis in series four and five of the BBC Radio 4 drama series Number 10.[61][62] Other work for Radio 4 includes the comedies Deadheading[63][64][65] and Modesty Blaise, both of which have 5 episodes each.[66][67] He has often played multiple characters in the same production.[68]

Other work

Hollingworth plays the band manager in the music video for The Futureheads' single "Walking Backwards".[69] An award-winning student journalist,[70] he has written occasional pieces about acting.[71] His short plays have been performed in London at the Arcola,[72] Soho Theatre and Tristan Bates Theatre.[73] His first full-length play Multitudes which is set in the City of Bradford, was performed at the Tricycle Theatre in February 2015, directed by artistic director Indhu Rubasingham.[4][74] In 2018, Hollingworth wrote "Songs for the Seven Hills" for Sheffield Theatres for their community company The Sheffield People's Theatre.

References

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51. "Design for Living". The Old Vic.
52. "Observe The Sons Of Ulster Marching Towards The Somme".
53. "Well done Tricycle theatre, and watch out Nick Clegg". 18 July 2010.
54. "The Norman Conquests review – Ayckbourn's weekenders get lost in longing". The Guardian. 4 October 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
55. "2020: Full Run: Plays: Supporting Performance – John Hollingworth – The Sugar Syndrome". Retrieved 26 October 2024.
56. "Trouble in Mind". playbill.com. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
57. "Antony & Cleopatra, Summer 2024". Shakespeare's Globe. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
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62. "BBC Radio 4 - Drama - Number 10 - Series 5 - Episode 2". BBC. 21 February 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
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External links

• John Hollingworth at IMDb