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John Hannah Biography
John David Hannah is a Scottish film and television actor. He came to prominence in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), for which he was
nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role as Matthew. His other film appearances include Sliding Doors (1998) and The Mummy trilogy (1999–2008). His television roles include Dr. Iain McCallum in McCallum (1995–1998); D.I. John Rebus in Rebus (2000–2001)
Jack Roper in New Street Law (2006–2007); Jake Osbourne in Cold Blood (2007–2008), Quintus Lentulus Batiatus in Spartacus (2010–2011), Jack Cloth in A Touch of Cloth (2012–14), Jason’s father (Aeson) in the BBC series Atlantis (2013–15), Dr Holden Ratcliffe in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2016-2017), Colin in Overboard (2018), and Dr Archie Wilson in the BBC series Trust Me.
John Hannah Age
John David Hannah is a Scottish film and television actor born on 23 April 1962.
John Hannah Height
He has a standing height of 5 feet 10 inches.
John Hannah Family
Hannah was born in East Kilbride in Lanarkshire, the youngest of three children: he has two older sisters. His mother, Susan, was a cleaner at Marks & Spencer, and his father, John, a toolmaker. He attended Heathery Knowe Primary School then Claremont High School in East Kilbride and went on to an apprenticeship as an electrician. In East Kilbride, he participated in the East Kilbride Rep Theatre Club. At the suggestion of a colleague, after completing his apprenticeship he then attended the prestigious Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
John Hannah Education
Talking about his educational background, He attended Heathery Knowe Primary School then Claremont High School in East Kilbride and went on to an apprenticeship as an electrician.
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John Hannah Career
After graduation, He had parts in theatre productions, films and television, which included leading roles. He broke into the “big-time” with his appearance as Matthew in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). Since this breakthrough role, he has played a psychopathic killer alongside Helen Baxendale in Truth or Dare and a mystery-solving pathologist in McCallum. He was a karaoke-mad dead-beat dad in The James Gang, a drunken, thieving comic-relief character in The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001) and a Monty Python-quoting romantic comedy love interest in Sliding Doors (1998).
He also starred in the axed U.S. series MDs (2002), as well as making guest appearances in Alias (2001), Carnivàle (2002) and Frasier (2003). In 2006 he starred in the drama series New Street Law. In 2007-08, he played a starring role in the ITV crime drama Cold Blood. On 24 December 1997, Hannah and Scottish Films producer Murray Ferguson established a production company called Clerkenwell Films. Clerkenwell’s first big production was the Rebus series, including Black And Blue and The Hanging Garden.
However, Rebus was later taken in-house by STV Productions, and Hannah was replaced in the leading role in the series by Ken Stott.He is the voice of The Co-operative Group adverts in Europe. More recently, he played the part of Quintus Lentulus Batiatus, the owner of a gladiator training house, in Spartacus: Blood and Sand and the prequel Spartacus: Gods of the Arena. He played the recurring role of scientist Holden Radcliffe on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in a recurring role during season three and gets promoted to series regular during season four.
John Hannah Net Worth
John Hannah is a Scottish actor who has a net worth of $4 million. John Hannah was born April 23, 1962, in East Kilbride, Scotland
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‘Four Weddings’ star John Hannah bets passer-by he is not Hugh Laurie — and wins $10
Updated 1307 GMT (2107 HKT) June 5, 2019
Actor John Hannah won a $10 bet after being mistaken for Hugh Laurie.(CNN)With fame comes fortune — but also the tendency to be recognized in public places as you go about your daily business.
But for actor John Hannah, a recent encounter turned out to be a case of mistaken identity. Hugh Laurie played the prickly Dr. Gregory House. The Scottish star, whose long list of on-screen credits includes the movies “The Mummy,” “Sliding Doors” and “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” was passing through Toronto airport when he was approached by a man who thought he looked familiar. Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah in the 1998 drama ‘Sliding Doors’ The only problem was that he believed him to be someone else entirely: Hugh Laurie, the star of hit medical drama “House.” In fact, the man was so convinced of his star-spotting abilities that he even offered Hannah a wager. In a tweet to his 24,400 followers after the encounter, Hannah wrote: “Just met a guy in the elevator at Toronto airport who asked if I was Hugh Laurie? I said no. He said I think you are! So I bet him $10 I wasn’t. And he accepted. Passport out. He looked a bit surprised when I said he owed me 10 bucks. Fairs fair the dude paid up. “John Hannah
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Just met a guy in the elevator at Toronto airport who asked if I was Hugh Laurie? I said no. He said I think you are! So I bet him $10 I wasn’t. And he accepted. Passport out. He looked a bit surprised when I said he owed me 10 bucks. Fairs fair the dude paid up.
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11:51 PM – Jun 4, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 1,534 people are talking about this The two men are of a similar age — Hannah is 57, while Laurie is two years older. But while Hannah has a Scottish accent, Laurie hails from Oxfordshire in southern England. Nevertheless, the misguided man is not the only person to have spotted the similarity. When asked by a Twitter follower if the comparison had been made before, Hannah tweeted: “Hugh Laurie. Jimmy Nesbit. Those are the usual.” Hannah said he is also sometimes mistaken for Northern Irish actor James Nesbitt, pictured. In “Sliding Doors,” Hannah met the movie’s main character, played by Gwyneth Paltrow, in an elevator. The encounter played out as two possible scenarios, one of which featured them falling in love.ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7u7PRZ6WerF%2Bau3DDyKSgaKKfnbtutMCnpZqgXZe2sLPRmqehsV2WtKZ5x56goKCkYrumwIywpqusmGKzornIpbBmmZ6Zeq%2Bx1qxka2c%3D