John Light (actor)

John Light (actor)

John Light (born 28 September 1974 Birmingham, England) is an English cinema, television and theatre actor.

Career

His theatre performances include John, the son of Rudyard Kipling in "My Son John", The Complete Works Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon where he starred in Sean Holmes' Julius Caesar as Brutus and in Rupert Goold's The Tempest as Caliban. He appeared as Henry Lennox (with Richard Armitage and Daniela Denby-Ashe) in the BBC production "North & South" from the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell.

He also portrayed British pilot Robert Newman in the German film Dresden, in which he spoke German and played Geoffrey in the 2003 film "The Lion in Winter" alongside Patrick Stewart, Meryl Streep and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.

Family links

He is a third cousin of the poet Laurie Lee and the film director Jack Lee. His father John Light Senior is a retired headmaster and is currently the Chairman of the Gloucestershire County Cricket Club and his sister Liz Light runs a youth theatre in Birmingham, England called Stage2. Light married Canadian actress Neve Campbell on May 5, 2007. [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20038016,00.html]

External links

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* http://www.johnlightfanpage.de - Website with biography, filmography und pitures (English/German)


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