John David Hannah (born 23 April 1962) 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 (1999â€"2008). His
television roles include: Dr Iain McCallum in McCallum (1995â€"1998);
D.I. John Rebus in Rebus (2000â€"2001); Jack Roper in New Street Law
(2006â€"2007); Jake Osbourne in Cold Blood (2007â€"2008), Quintus
Lentulus Batiatus in Spartacus (2010â€"2011), Jack Cloth in A Touch of
Cloth (2012â€"14), Jason's father (Aeson) in the BBC series Atlantis
(2013â€"15), Dr Holden Radcliffe in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
(2016-2017), Colin in Overboard (2018), and Archie Wilson in the BBC
series Trust Me.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.After graduation, Hannah 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, the alcoholic, pilfering
but endearing, lovable comic-relief brother of the female lead in The
Mummy (1999), The Mummy Returns (2001) and The Mummy: Tomb of the
Dragon Emperor (2008) and a Monty Python-quoting romantic comedy love
interest in Sliding Doors (1998). Hannah also starred in the axed U.S.
series MDs (2002), as well as making guest appearances in Alias
(2001), Carnivà le (2002) and Frasier (2003). In 2006 he starred in
the drama series New Street Law. In 2007â€"08, he played a starring
role in the ITV crime drama Cold Blood.
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 (1999â€"2008). His
television roles include: Dr Iain McCallum in McCallum (1995â€"1998);
D.I. John Rebus in Rebus (2000â€"2001); Jack Roper in New Street Law
(2006â€"2007); Jake Osbourne in Cold Blood (2007â€"2008), Quintus
Lentulus Batiatus in Spartacus (2010â€"2011), Jack Cloth in A Touch of
Cloth (2012â€"14), Jason's father (Aeson) in the BBC series Atlantis
(2013â€"15), Dr Holden Radcliffe in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
(2016-2017), Colin in Overboard (2018), and Archie Wilson in the BBC
series Trust Me.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.After graduation, Hannah 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, the alcoholic, pilfering
but endearing, lovable comic-relief brother of the female lead in The
Mummy (1999), The Mummy Returns (2001) and The Mummy: Tomb of the
Dragon Emperor (2008) and a Monty Python-quoting romantic comedy love
interest in Sliding Doors (1998). Hannah also starred in the axed U.S.
series MDs (2002), as well as making guest appearances in Alias
(2001), Carnivà le (2002) and Frasier (2003). In 2006 he starred in
the drama series New Street Law. In 2007â€"08, he played a starring
role in the ITV crime drama Cold Blood.
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