John Vernon

John Vernon
Male, Actor
Location: Greater London
Ethnicity
Caucasian
Age Range
48 - 58
Height
6' 2" (1m 88cm)
Weight
15st. 13lb. (101kg)
Hair Colour
Brown
Eye Colour
Brown
Build
Large

Overview

Ethnicity
Caucasian
Age Range
48 - 58
Height
6' 2" (1m 88cm)
Weight
15st. 13lb. (101kg)
Hair Colour
Brown
Eye Colour
Brown
Build
Large

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Credits

Year Role / Type Name of Production / Director Company / Venue
2020 U/S Serebriakov & Telegin
Theatre 		Uncle Vanya
Ian Rickson 		Sonia Friedman Productions
Harold Pinter Theatre
2019 Benny
Film 		Russian Whispers
Keif Gwinn 		Sketch In Studios
2019 Cover - John Malkovich as Barney Fein
Theatre 		Bitter Wheat
David Mamet 		Nimax
The Garrick Theatre
2019 Cover David Suchet as Gregory Solomon
Theatre 		The Price
Jonathan Church 		Wyndham's Theatre
Wyndham's Theatre
2018 Ensemble
Theatre 		King Lear
Jonathan Munby 		ATG
Duke Of York's Theatre
2017 - 2018 Cover Stephen Mangan & Peter Wight
Theatre 		The Birthday Party
Ian Rickson 		Sonia Friedman Productions
The Harold Pinter Theatre
2017 - 2018 Ensemble Cover
Theatre 		North By NorthWest
Simon Phillips 		Kay & McLean Productions/Jonathan Church Productions
Theatre Royal Bath / Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto
2016 Ensemble
Theatre 		A Room With A View
Adrian Noble 		Bath Theatre Royal
Bath Theatre Royal
2016 Nat
Theatre 		Elegies for Angels Punks and Raging Queens
Rupert Hands & Mathew Chandler 		Elegies (One-Off Charity Performance)
Charing cross Theatre
2016 Understudying Martin Shaw as Hobson
Theatre 		Hobson's Choice
Jonathan Church/Rupert Hands 		Theatre Royal Bath
Vaudeville Theatre
2015 Alfred Doolittle
Theatre 		Pygmalion
Philip Dart 		Vienna's English Theatre
Vienna's English Theatre, Vienna, Austria.
2015 Jimmy Kidd & Johnny Yates (cover - both)
Theatre 		The Red Lion
Ian Rickson/Anna Girvan 		Royal National Theatre
Dorfman Theatre
2014 Vic
Film (Short) 		Fishbowl
Aidan Sheridan 		Holepunch Pictures
2013 Man in Bar (Monologue)
Theatre 		Californian Lives "Ben & Joe's"
Emma King-Farlow 		Arbery productions
King's Head Islington
2012 Sergeant Parry
TV 		Call The Midwife
Jamie Payne 		Neal St. Films.
2012 Colin Scoggins
TV 		9/11: Voices from the Air
Stephen Finnigan 		Darlow Smithson Productions
2010 - 2011 Dear Dragon/Casimir/Toot-Toot
TV 		Florries Dragons
Will Brenton 		Wish Films
Village Productions
2011 Lance Watkins
TV 		Doctors
Graham Moore 		BBC
2011 Le Routier Anglais
Film (Feature) 		Ma part du Gâteau
Cedric Klapisch 		Studio Canal
2010 Tommy Robbins
TV 		I Shouldn't Be Alive
Stephen Finnigan 		Darlow Smithson Productions
2009 Studio Producer
Commercial 		Anouk Lion Bar commercial (NL)
Boom
2007 Eddie (pawn broker)
TV 		East Enders
Karl Nielson 		BBC Television
Elstree
2006 Charles Bronson
TV 		Longford
Tom Hooper 		Ch4/HBO
2005 Tachibana
Film (Feature) 		Millenium Actress - English Dub
Satoshi Kon 		Manga Ent.
animated film
2005 Fergusson
TV 		Heartbeat
Roger Bamford 		Granada
2005 Mickey Blackstone
TV 		The Bill
Jim Loach 		ITV
Merton/location
2002 Earl
Film (Feature) 		Nailing Vienna
Jonathan English 		Meltemi Entertainment
2001 Baldrick
Film (Feature) 		Crusade of Vengeance
Byron James 		Warner Bros
Lithuania
2001 Warner
TV 		Starhunter
Patrick Malakian 		Chum Television/Star Hunter Productions (Toronto)
Canada
2000 D.N.E. Agent
TV 		The Strangerers
Nick Wood 		Absolutely Television & Taken for Granted Produtions Ltd.
1999 Steve Doyle
TV 		The Knock
Gerry Poulson 		Bronson/Knight Productions
1999 Rory Shaw
TV 		Heartbeat
Frank W Smith 		YTV/Granada
1999 Lugar
TV 		The New Adventures of Robin Hood
Petra Haffter 		Tarnview Ltd./Warner Brothers
1997 Hippo
Theatre 		The Fall
Andrew McLean 		Hurt productions
Chelsea Arts Centre
1996 Course Narrator
Computer Game 		Virtual Golf
Guy Miller 		Core Design
1996 Niles (and all male voices)
Computer Game 		Blam Machinehead
Guy Miller 		Core Design
1996 Errendi 'Fark' Farquharson
Computer Game 		Privateer 2: The Darkening
Steve Hilliker 		Origin Systems Inc/EA
1996 D.S. Barry
Film (Feature) 		Princess In Love
David Greene 		CBS
1996 PC Paris
TV 		East Enders
Steve Garwood 		BBC
Elstree
1996 DS Oxley
TV 		Staying Alive
James Hawes 		Granada
1996 Richard Cole
Theatre 		In Broad Daylight
Patrick Sandford 		Sandford Prod.
Tricycle Theatre
1995 Martin Warren
TV 		The Bill
Audrey Cooke 		Thames
1995 Conrad
Theatre 		Orion and the Great Bear
John Vernon 		Ho Hum Th Co.
Traverse Th. Edinburgh
1993 Duncan
TV 		You Me And It
Ed Bennet 		BBC/Wall to Wall Productions
1993 DS Monson
TV 		The Bill
Derek Lister 		Thames
1992 A & R Man
TV 		Harry Enfield's Television Programme
Geoff Posner 		BBC
1992 Roger Sullivan
TV 		Medics
Richard Standeven 		Granada
1992 Macbeth
Theatre 		Macbeth
Laura Thonpson 		Pentameters
Pentameters, Hampstead
1990 - 1991 Conrad
Theatre 		Orion and The Great Bear
John Vernon 		Ho Hum Theatre Co.
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh & Croydon Warehouse
1991 Richard Cole
Theatre 		In Broad Daylight
Patrick Sandford 		Tricycle Theatre
1991 David Welwyn
TV 		Agatha Christie: Poirot
Andrew Grieve 		LWT
1991 Nose/Mr Martin
Theatre 		Our Man' & 'The Bald Prima-Donna
Our Man Th Co.
Finborough Theatre
1991 Laertes/player King
Theatre 		Hamlet
Laura Thonpson 		Rose th co.
Rose Theatre
1988 Percy Shelley
Theatre 		Blood & Ice
Richard Shannon 		Ho Hum Theatre Co.
Battersea Arts Centre
1988 Owen
Theatre 		Translations
Nesta Jones 		George Wood Theatre
1988 Macbeth
Theatre 		Macbeth
Laura Thompson 		Pentameters Theatre
1987 Laertes/Player King
Theatre 		Hamlet
Laura Thompson 		Rose Theatre
1986 L.R.O. Kimmon
Theatre 		Q.Rs & A. Is Clearly State...
Tony Attard 		Kings Head, London
Kings Head Theatre
1986 Alec D'Urberville
Theatre 		Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Michael Fry 		Floorboards Theatre Co.
Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh
1985 Frank
Theatre 		Alpha Beta
Denise Armon 		AB Productions
Etcetera Theatre
1985 Juan Davies
Theatre 		Taken Out
Sue Glanville 		Drill Hall
Drill Hall, London
1984 Larry
Theatre 		Fancy Footwork
Mandy Smith 		Elephant Th Co
Elephant Theatre
1984 Mephistophilis
Theatre 		Dr Faustus
Andrew Johnson 		BH Productions
Bridge House Theatre
1983 Lars
Theatre 		Diary of a Rat
Michael Almaz 		Bear Th Co
De Hems Pub, Soho

Education

Year Qualification Where
1982 creative arts B.A. (hons) crewe and alsager college of he
1979 2 yr. Acting Coventry School of Speech and Drama

About me

Experienced actor - everything from:...

1. Shakespeare to modern & classics to new writing - mainstream, off-west end and festival theatre.

2. Featured characters in tv dramas.

3. Featured artist in tv ad campaigns & voice-over artist on viral ads and promos.

4. American and International Feature Films to Independent Low-Budget Movies and Student Films.

I have written and directed for the theatre and have also written many ADR scripts for animation series (translations which have needed writing to animation for lip-synch recording) and original animation scripts and radio/tv/film documentary voice over scripts.

I performed as a stand-up comedian on the circuit in London between 1987 and 1990 and appeared at venues like The Tunnel Club, Ealing Comedy, Hackney Cabaret, Chuckle Club; and on the same bills as Jerry Sadowitz, Jo Brand, Hattie Hayridge, Jim Tavare, etc.

Additional Information

Stand-up comedy 1987-90

Extensive fringe theatre experience 1983-present

Experienced in TV and Film in UK and abroad (Europe and North America)

15 years of experience in animation character voices for film and tv series (both UK and US character voices and impressions etc) and documentary voice overs ... also lip-synched dubbing of adapted/translated foreign-language live-action tv shows/series.

Additional Skills

Voice over artist - have voiced many animations (series and films) over last 15 years - very experienced and versatile.

Scriptwriting - written many adr scripts for animation series (including lip synch etc.) also re=dubs of live action series, documentaries and films.

Directing for Theatre (particularly new writing)

Skills

Skin Colour White
Hair Length Short
Native accent English
Accents (UK) Birmingham, Cockney, Cornish, Devon, Essex, Geordie, Lancashire, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Northern England, Northern Irish, Northern Working Class, RP, Scottish Highlands, Scottish, Standard, Somerset, South London, Welsh, Standard, Yorkshire
Accents (North American) Californian, General American, Mexico, Midwest Farm & Ranch, New York City, Southern American, Texas
Interested in Comedy, Commercials, Corporate, Film (Professional), Film (Student), Panto, Presenting, Radio, Rehearsed Readings, Roleplay, Teaching Theatre, Theatre (Fringe), Theatre (Professional), Theatre (Touring), TV, Voice Over
Experienced In Comedy, Commercials, Corporate, Film (Professional), Film (Student), Panto, Radio, Rehearsed Readings, Roleplay, Theatre (Fringe), Theatre (Professional), Theatre (Touring), TV, Voice Over
General Singing Skills Chorus
Stage Combat Skills Basic
Driving Licences Standard
Facial Characteristics Goatee
Perform nude? Only Professionally
DBS checked No
Accents (International) Australian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Farsi/Persian, French, German, Indian, Irish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Mexican, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, Ukranian