John Hodgkinson (born 21 June 1966) is an English actor. He is known predominantly for his stage work with the

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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

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in Michael Chaplin's ''A Walk on Part'' with the Live Theatre Company.

Early life

Hodgkinson was born in

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, Greater London. He attended the

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Filmography

Film

* '' Firelight'' (1997) – Carlo * '' Thunderpants'' (2002) – Launch Controller 1 * ''

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'' (2012) – Silva's Isolation guard * ''Leave to Remain'' (2013) – Judge * ''Heart of Lightness'' (2014) – Jason Malvern

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 * ''

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'' (2001) – Terry Thomson * ''

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'' (2001) – Robert Shields * ''

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'' (2001) – Mark Pinney * '' Lee Evans - So What Now?'' (2001) – Raymond * '' The Estate Agents'' (2002) – Death Row Client * ''

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'' (2004) – Bowers * ''

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'' (2003–04) – Tony * '' My Family'' (2004) – Registrar / Vicar * '' Broken News'' (2005) – Reporter in the Sea * ''

'' (2005) – Timothy Lutterworth * '' Heartbeat'' (2007) – Brian Rogers * ''

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'' (2008) – Rogers * ''

'' (2010) – Glyn Hibbert * ''

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'' (2012) – DS Roger Berwick * '' Big Bad World'' (2013) – Graham * ''

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'' (2013) – Sid Walden * '' The Escape Artist'' (2013) – Mr. Hughes * '' The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret'' (2016) – Helicopter Pilot * '' Witless'' (2016) – Sergeant Forrest * '' Victoria'' (2016) – Police Inspector * '' Rillington Place'' (2016) – DCI Griffin * '' Life After Life'' (2022) - Dr Kellet

Personal life

Hodgkinson is based in

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, 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.

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* 1966 births English male television actors Living people People from Surbiton English male film actors Male actors from London People educated at Tiffin School Actors from the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames {{England-actor-stub