John Hannah

John Hannah

Born: April 23, 1962
in East Kilbride, Scotland, UK
John Hannah (born April 23, 1962) is a Scottish actor of film and television. He has appeared in Stephen Sommers Mummy Series, Richard Curtis Four Weddings and a Funeral and Sliding Doors with Gwyneth Paltrow.

John David Hannah was born on April 23, 1962, in East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Raised in a working-class family, Hannah developed an early interest in acting and the arts. He attended Heathfield Primary School and Claremont High School, where his passion for drama began to flourish.

After completing his secondary education, Hannah enrolled at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now known as the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) in Glasgow. His time at the academy laid the foundation for his acting career, and he graduated with honors.

John Hannah's acting career took off in the late 1980s and early 1990s with notable stage performances, including roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company. His breakthrough on the big screen came with the critically acclaimed film "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (1994), where he played the endearing and scene-stealing character, Matthew. The film's success catapulted Hannah into international recognition.

Following his success in "Four Weddings and a Funeral," John Hannah continued to build a diverse and impressive filmography. He starred in films such as "Sliding Doors" (1998), "The Mummy" (1999), and its sequel "The Mummy Returns" (2001), gaining popularity for his charismatic and versatile performances. Additionally, he showcased his talent in television, earning praise for his roles in series like "Rebus" and "Spartacus."

Beyond the screen, John Hannah maintains a private personal life. In 1996, he married actress Joanna Roth, and the couple has two children. Despite his fame, Hannah remains known for his down-to-earth demeanor and commitment to his craft.

John Hannah's career spans across genres, from romantic comedies to action-adventure and dramatic television series. His ability to portray a wide range of characters has solidified his status as a respected and versatile actor in the entertainment industry.

Movies for John Hannah...

Bad Day At The Office
Title: Bad Day At The Office
Character: Karl Davis
Released: July 31, 2025
Type: Movie
The film follows Karl Davis waking in a wrecked hotel room with no memory of what’s happened, where he is, or even who he is.
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Bermondsey Tales: Fall of the Roman Empire
Title: Bermondsey Tales: Fall of the Roman Empire
Character: The Postman
Released: May 17, 2024
Type: Movie
London crime boss Mick Roman is deathly ill, and time is running out to find a successor. With deceit, ambition and infighting on the rise, this Roman empire may be about to fall.
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Damaged
Title: Damaged
Character: McGregor
Released: April 12, 2024
Type: Movie
A Chicago detective travels to Scotland after an emerging serial killer’s crimes match those that he investigated five years earlier, one of which was the crime scene of his murdered girlfriend.
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Title: Celebrity Race Across the World
Character: Self - Narrator
Released: September 20, 2023
Type: TV
Four celebs, 24 countries, zero VIP treatment. With no phones or flights allowed, famous faces and family pairs must get from Africa to the Arctic - by any means necessary.
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Title: The Last of Us
Character: Dr. Newman - Scientist #2
Released: January 15, 2023
Type: TV
Twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the United States and depend on each other for survival.
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Title: Scotland: A Year In The Wild
Character: Narrator
Released: June 25, 2021
Type: TV
This four-part nature series reveals the extraordinary stories of Scotland’s secret wild places and the unexpected animals that live there. Scotland hosts a spectacular array of wildlife, from highland red deer, white-tailed eagles, red squirrels and pine martens to coastal dwelling puffins, grey seals, otters, and even killer whales. Stretching from the Shetlands to the south of the country, each episode focuses on how animals strive to survive through four very different seasons in one epic year, dominated by a maritime climate that’s both punishing and unpredictable, with their lives always at the mercy of the elements.
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The Auschwitz Report
Title: The Auschwitz Report
Character: Warren
Released: March 18, 2021
Type: Movie
This is the true story of Freddy and Walter – two young Slovak Jews, who were deported to Auschwitz in 1942. On 10 April 1944, after meticulous planning, they manage to escape. While the inmates they had left behind courageously stand their ground against the Nazi officers, the two men are driven on by the hope that their evidence could save lives.
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Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
Title: Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 24, 2020
Type: Movie
Roald & Beatrix, the tail of the curious mouse, a heart-warming Christmas film inspired by the true encounter between a six-year-old Roald Dahl and his idol Beatrix Potter. A magical story of what really can happen when you are brave enough to follow your dreams. Joining Dawn French who plays Beatrix, the cast includes Jessica Hynes, Rob Brydon, Alison Steadman, Nina Sosanya, Bill Bailey and Nick Mohammed.
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Max Cloud
Title: Max Cloud
Character: Revengor
Released: December 18, 2020
Type: Movie
A space cruiser crashes on a planet that is home to an intergalactic prison.
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Enemy Lines
Title: Enemy Lines
Character: Colonel Preston
Released: April 24, 2020
Type: Movie
In the frozen, war torn landscape of occupied Poland during World War II, a crack team of allied commandos are sent on a deadly mission behind enemy lines to extract a rocket scientist from the hands of the Nazis.
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Title: Transplant
Character: Dr. Jed Bishop
Released: February 26, 2020
Type: TV
Dr. Bashir Hamed, a Syrian doctor with battle-tested skills in emergency medicine, makes the difficult decision to flee his country and build a new life in Canada with his younger sister Amira. Bash works to navigate a new environment after earning a coveted residency in the Emergency Department of one of the best hospitals in Toronto, York Memorial.
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The Garden of Evening Mists
Title: The Garden of Evening Mists
Character: Magnus Gemmell
Released: November 29, 2019
Type: Movie
A woman seeking a quiet life in post-World War II British Malaya finds love and a common interest in gardening with a mysterious Japanese man.
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Title: The Victim
Character: DI Steven Grover
Released: April 8, 2019
Type: TV
A grieving mother is accused of identifying online the man she believes killed her son. But is he really a notorious child murderer or a tragic victim of mistaken identity?
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One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Title: One Red Nose Day and a Wedding
Character: Matthew
Released: March 15, 2019
Type: Movie
You’re invited to the wedding of the year, as the original cast of Four Weddings and a Funeral reunite in this one-off sequel. Twenty-five years after the events of Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Charles, Carrie, Fiona, Tom, David, Matthew, Bernard, Lydia and Father Gerald are back in church. But whose wedding is it - and will there be any more familiar faces?
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Title: Race Across the World
Character: Self - Narrator
Released: March 3, 2019
Type: TV
In a frenetic race across the world, travellers can choose any route they like - but no flights or phones are allowed. On the trip of a lifetime, which pair will finish first?
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Princess Emmy
Title: Princess Emmy
Character: King Karl (voice)
Released: January 24, 2019
Type: Movie
Princess Emmy has a secret gift – she is the only one in the kingdom of Kandis who can speak to horses. She has a wonderful time with her best friends, a stable full of amazing horses. When her scheming cousin, Gizana, appears, Emmy’s chance to become an officially inaugurated princess is threatened. She must undergo a test for the right to keep her special gift.
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Blood, Sweat And Terrors
Title: Blood, Sweat And Terrors
Released: November 6, 2018
Type: Movie
Anthology film consisting of 9 shorts featuring blood, action and horror.
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Genesis
Title: Genesis
Character: Paul Brooks
Released: April 21, 2018
Type: Movie
After an apocalyptic event, the remnants of humanity create an artificial intelligence to save them.
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Overboard
Title: Overboard
Character: Colin
Released: April 13, 2018
Type: Movie
A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee.
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Scorched Earth
Title: Scorched Earth
Character: Doc
Released: February 2, 2018
Type: Movie
In a post-apocalyptic future, bounty hunter Attica Gage pursues a ruthless outlaw at the head of a dangerous criminal gang.
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Toy Gun
Title: Toy Gun
Character: Elio Sironi
Released: January 2, 2018
Type: Movie
Ruggero, a meek young man, impulsively robs a bank to prove to his ex-wife that he is courageous and masculine. A police investigation engulfs everyone except our unassuming hero who is completely ignored. Through a set of hilarious coincidences, he gets away with the robbery, while corrupt bank officials take the fall for what looks like an inside job.
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Title: Trust Me
Character: Dr Archie Watson
Released: August 8, 2017
Type: TV
A series of gripping thrillers that expose the dark side of the people we trust to care for us - doctors.
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The Marker
Title: The Marker
Character: Brendan Doyle
Released: June 25, 2017
Type: Movie
Noir thriller about a criminal seeking redemption by tracking down the daughter of the woman he killed. Along the way he is haunted by his guilt in the guise of the woman's ghost.
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Another Mother's Son
Title: Another Mother's Son
Character: Arthur Forster
Released: March 24, 2017
Type: Movie
The true story of Louisa Gould, a widow living in Nazi occupied Jersey, who takes in a Russian prisoner of war.
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Love of My Life
Title: Love of My Life
Character: Richard
Released: February 17, 2017
Type: Movie
What if you had only five days to figure out... everything.
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Harry Benson: Shoot First
Title: Harry Benson: Shoot First
Character: Self
Released: November 4, 2016
Type: Movie
What we know today about many famous musicians, politicians, and actresses is due to the famous work of photographer Harry Benson. He captured vibrant and intimate photos of the most famous band in history;The Beatles. His extensive portfolio grew to include iconic photos of Muhammad Ali, Michael Jackson, and Dr. Martin Luther King. His wide-ranging work has appeared in publications including Life, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. Benson, now 86, is still taking photos and has no intentions of stopping.
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Title: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
Character: Mage
Released: October 22, 2016
Type: TV
A comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd. An adaptation of Douglas Adams’ wildly successful comic novels.
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Alleycats
Title: Alleycats
Character: Yates
Released: June 23, 2016
Type: Movie
When bike courier Chris witnesses what looks like a murder, his first instinct is to cut and run. But when his curiosity draws him back in, he's soon embroiled in a world of corruption, political power, and illegal bike racing.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character: Theseus
Released: May 30, 2016
Type: Movie
At the tyrannical court of Athens, pitiless dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hippolyta, a prisoner of war, while young Hermia is sentenced to death by her own father for loving the wrong man. Meanwhile, in the town below, an amateur theatre group rehearses. And beyond Athens, in the wild woods, dark forces are stirring...
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Title: Rosamunde Pilcher: Fighting for Her Family
Character: Lord Rupert Mallory
Released: October 19, 2015
Type: TV
Valentine is famous for writing parenting guide books and being the perfect woman, wife and mother. But out of the blue, her husband announces he wants a divorce, and their children side with him. As their daughter is about to marry, circumstances repeatedly force the estranged spouses back together.
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Title: Marley's Ghosts
Character: Adam
Released: September 30, 2015
Type: TV
Marley has a rare gift that comes with mixed blessings - she can talk to the dead, who sadly now include both her husband Adam, her lover Michael and her vicar… Awkward.
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Title: Taskmaster
Character: Himself
Released: July 28, 2015
Type: TV
Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion in this brand new game show?
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Angel
Title: Angel
Character: Lapslie
Released: July 20, 2015
Type: Movie
Angel, a woman who was horribly abused by her grandmother as a little girl and institutionalized after killing her, embarks on a killing spree as an adult. Though sentenced for the rest of her life to an insane asylum, Angel was released due to inside governmental pressure while being pronounced dead in order to avoid public outcry. Now Angel’s on the loose again, and a government agent is ordered to kill her in order to cover up the blunder.
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Girona
Title: Girona
Released: July 9, 2015
Type: Movie
For twenty-seven years Hart has sought sanctuary in the anonymity of the same suite, the Girona, in the same hotel, on the same night of the year – the 26th October. Into his life walks Sophie, a beguiling young woman with the hint of a dark past, could she be the ghost of his long dead wife?
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Bone in the Throat
Title: Bone in the Throat
Character: Sullivan
Released: March 16, 2015
Type: Movie
A young ambitious chef gets mixed up with the East End London mob. While showing off his culinary skills, he finds himself trapped.
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Scotland In A Day
Title: Scotland In A Day
Released: September 18, 2014
Type: Movie
Mockumentary set on the day of the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum and designed to capture a snap shot of a nation on the brink of both triumph and disaster.
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Shooting for Socrates
Title: Shooting for Socrates
Character: Billy Bingham
Released: July 11, 2014
Type: Movie
Set in Belfast against the backdrop of the 1986 World Cup, Shooting for Socrates tells the story of a momentous time in Northern Ireland's football history through the eyes of players, fans and the media. The film also follows the lives of passionate football supporter Arthur and his son Tommy from East Belfast. The lead up to a momentous day in the life of a young boy (his 10th birthday) mirrors the build up to the big day for the Northern Ireland football team as they play the greatest match of their lives.
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Ping Pong Summer
Title: Ping Pong Summer
Character: Mr. Miracle
Released: June 6, 2014
Type: Movie
In 1985 a summer vacation in Ocean City, Md., changes the life of a shy white teen who's obsessed with table tennis and hip-hop music.
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Title: The Widower
Character: DI Charlie Henry
Released: March 17, 2014
Type: TV
Over a thirteen year period, a seemingly mild‐mannered male nurse, Malcolm Webster, set about poisoning and murdering his first wife, attempting to do the same to his second wife and moving on to a further scheme to deceive his third fiancée.
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Title: Duck Quacks Don't Echo
Released: February 7, 2014
Type: TV
Lee Mack wrangles a team of scientists and celebrity guests to find the truth behind the trivia on this bizarrely educational panel show.
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Title: 우주는 얼마나 작은가?
Released: January 9, 2014
Type: TV
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The Christmas Candle
Title: The Christmas Candle
Character: William Barstow
Released: November 22, 2013
Type: Movie
Deep in the heart of the English countryside lies the enchanting village of Gladbury. Legend has it every 25 years an angel visits the village candlemaker and touches a single candle. Whoever lights this candle receives a miracle on Christmas Eve. But in 1890, at the dawn of the electric age, this centuries old legend may come to an end.
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Title: Atlantis
Character: Tychon
Released: September 28, 2013
Type: TV
A fantasy drama set in a world of legendary heroes and mythical creatures. Far from home and desperate for answers, Jason washes up on the shores of an ancient land. A mysterious place; a world of bull leaping, of snake haired goddesses and of palaces so vast it was said they were built by giants - this is the city of Atlantis. Aided by his two new friends, Pythagoras and Hercules, Jason embarks on a voyage of discovery, and salvation, which sees him brush shoulders with Medusa, come face to face with the Minotaur and even do battle with the dead.
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Title: Atlantis
Character: Aeson
Released: September 28, 2013
Type: TV
A fantasy drama set in a world of legendary heroes and mythical creatures. Far from home and desperate for answers, Jason washes up on the shores of an ancient land. A mysterious place; a world of bull leaping, of snake haired goddesses and of palaces so vast it was said they were built by giants - this is the city of Atlantis. Aided by his two new friends, Pythagoras and Hercules, Jason embarks on a voyage of discovery, and salvation, which sees him brush shoulders with Medusa, come face to face with the Minotaur and even do battle with the dead.
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Title: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Character: Holden Radcliffe
Released: September 24, 2013
Type: TV
Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.
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The Wee Man
Title: The Wee Man
Character: Tam McGraw
Released: January 18, 2013
Type: Movie
The true life story of the rise to power of Glasgow gangster Paul Ferris.
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Title: Rosamunde Pilcher: The Other Wife
Character: Richard Kendall
Released: December 23, 2012
Type: TV
Rebecca Kendall has it all: a stunning house, two wonderful daughters and a handsome, loving husband. When Richard dies in a plane crash, Rebecca slowly learns the full extent of her husband’s lies and deceit.
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Title: Elementary
Character: Rhys Kinlan
Released: September 27, 2012
Type: TV
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.
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The Words
Title: The Words
Character: Richard Ford
Released: September 7, 2012
Type: Movie
The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn't write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his literary star continues to rise, Jansen is forced to confront the steep price that must be paid for stealing another man's work, and for placing ambition and success above life's most fundamental three words.
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Title: A Touch of Cloth
Character: DI Jack Cloth
Released: August 26, 2012
Type: TV
Hannah plays DI Jack Cloth, who is called in to investigate an apparent series of serial killings alongside his new partner, DC Anne Oldman, described as a "plucky, no-nonsense sidekick". Playing with the cliches and conventions of British police dramas, subplots include Cloth dealing with visions of his dead wife and the bisexual DC Oldman coming to grips with her feelings for both her female fiancee and Cloth.
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Title: Black Mirror
Character: Richard King
Released: December 4, 2011
Type: TV
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a smartphone - a black mirror of our 21st Century existence.
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Title: Kidnap and Ransom
Character: Alexander Willard
Released: January 13, 2011
Type: TV
Kidnap and Ransom is a British television three-part miniseries, originally shown on ITV in January 2011 with a second series following in February 2012. The series follows the work of a British hostage negotiator Dominic King, played by Trevor Eve, who is also executive producer of the series.
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Title: Spartacus
Character: Batiatus
Released: January 22, 2010
Type: TV
Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are primetime entertainment.
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We Are the People We've Been Waiting For
Title: We Are the People We've Been Waiting For
Character: Narrator
Released: November 17, 2009
Type: Movie
This landmark documentary explores the extent to which young people around the world are being failed by an education system created at the time of the Industrial Revolution. A provocative and relevant exploration of the most important issue of our time, We Are The People We've Been Waiting For confronts our expectations of what education systems ought to be achieving for our children.
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Title: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Character: Jonathan Carnahan
Released: July 1, 2008
Type: Movie
Archaeologist Rick O'Connell travels to China, pitting him against an emperor from the 2,000-year-old Han dynasty who's returned from the dead to pursue a quest for world domination. This time, O'Connell enlists the help of his wife and son to quash the so-called 'Dragon Emperor' and his abuse of supernatural power.
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Moose in the Glen
Title: Moose in the Glen
Character: Narrator
Released: April 16, 2008
Type: Movie
Multimillionaire landowner Paul Lister wants to turn his 23,000-acre estate north of Inverness into Europe's first wilderness reserve. Reinstating the old Caledonian pine forests is the first of his plans. He then wants to release long-lost animals, starting with moose and wild boar, and eventually predators such as brown bears, lynx and wolves. Some of the local people are far from convinced by Paul's vision. Will he even be allowed to let loose moose in the glen?
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Horizon: How Does Your Memory Work?
Title: Horizon: How Does Your Memory Work?
Character: Self-Narrator (Voice)
Released: March 25, 2008
Type: Movie
You might think that your memory is there to help you remember facts, such as birthdays or shopping lists. If so, you would be very wrong. The ability to travel back in time in your mind is, perhaps, your most remarkable ability, and develops over your lifespan. Horizon takes viewers on an extraordinary journey into the human memory. From the woman who is having her most traumatic memories wiped by a pill, to the man with no memory, this film reveals how these remarkable human stories are transforming our understanding of this unique human ability. The findings reveal the startling truth that everyone is little more than their own memory.
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Title: Movie Connections
Character: Self
Released: September 10, 2007
Type: TV
Documentary series looking at the stories behind the production of popular English films, showing how they tie in with the production of other movies through the actors or actresses.
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Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
Title: Sinking of the Lusitania: Terror at Sea
Character: Prof. Ian Holbourn
Released: May 12, 2007
Type: Movie
The story of the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 after she was torpedoed off the Irish coast. The story is told from the perspective of Prof. Holbourn (a passenger), the German U-boat and its captain and crew, and other passengers, crew and Admiralty staff
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The Last Legion
Title: The Last Legion
Character: Nestor
Released: April 19, 2007
Type: Movie
As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.
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Ghost Son
Title: Ghost Son
Character: Mark
Released: April 5, 2007
Type: Movie
A widowed newlywed stays on her deceased husband's South African farm, then bears a child who seems to be possessed by the dead man.
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Title: New Street Law
Character: Jack Roper
Released: May 4, 2006
Type: TV
The exploits and cases of two rival barristers' chambers with very different attitudes to justice.
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Title: Cold Blood
Character: Jake Osbourne
Released: October 19, 2005
Type: TV
Despised serial killer Brian Wicklow is the only one who can locate the body of a young woman. But he's spent most of his incarceration playing mind-games with the authorities and talking in riddles. But there may finally be a man who can get to him: a former convict with a tormented past of his own.
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Title: 8 Out of 10 Cats
Character: Self
Released: June 3, 2005
Type: TV
8 Out of 10 Cats is a British television comedy panel game produced by Zeppotron for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by company Harris Poll. The show's title is derived from a well-known advertising tagline for Whiskas cat food, which originally claimed that "8 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskas".
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Title: Agatha Christie's Marple
Character: Inspector Tom Campbell
Released: December 12, 2004
Type: TV
The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.
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Title: Amnesia
Character: D.S. Mackenzie Stone
Released: March 29, 2004
Type: TV
An amnesiac might be a key figure in Detective Mackenzie Stone's search for his own wife, who disappeared five years ago.
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Title: Sea of Souls
Character: John Wade
Released: February 2, 2004
Type: TV
Sea of Souls follows para-psychologist Monaghan and his two sidekicks from a fictitious Scottish University that investigates paranormal activity.
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I Accuse
Title: I Accuse
Character: Dr. Richard Darian
Released: November 30, 2003
Type: Movie
Kimberly Jansen is a single mother who lives in a small Canadian town. After cutting her hand at a party, she visits the hospital to seek what she assumes will be routine treatment. Instead, she falls victim to a predator in a white coat: Dr. Richard Darian, who drugs her and rapes her while she is asleep. Kimberly attempts to press charges, but the townsfolk and the local police, who regard her as a tramp and respect the doctor, dismiss her accusations.
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Title: Carnivàle
Character: Stangler
Released: September 14, 2003
Type: TV
Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christian theology with gnosticism and Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Title: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Character: Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Released: August 27, 2003
Type: Movie
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde is Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of horror, the duality of mankind and the darker side of late Victorian society. Dr Henry Jekyll (John Hannah), a great scientist, handsome, and renowned throughout the scientific community, is developing a formula that will revolutionise human nature by isolating criminal elements. He experiments on himself and intoxicated by the drug he undergoes a monstrous transformation. He is released from conventions of the social order and his own moral code into euphoric, remorseless wickedness - the villainous Mr Hyde. What follows is the gripping and terrifying stuggle of two opposing personalities battling for the soul of one man...
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Camouflage
Title: Camouflage
Character: Male Guest
Released: December 31, 2002
Type: Movie
Short animated film by Jonathan Hodgson
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Title: MDs
Character: Dr. Robert Dalgety
Released: September 25, 2002
Type: TV
Medicine could be a lucrative business if it weren't for all those sick people. So goes the motto of the mega-sized, mega-frugal HMO that runs Mission General Hospital in San Francisco, where two renegade doctors bend the rules and find the loopholes in a constant quest to treat their patients. Together, they practice medicine with a take-no-prisoners attitude and don't-take-no-for-an-answer tactics.
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I'm with Lucy
Title: I'm with Lucy
Character: Date 1 - Doug
Released: September 4, 2002
Type: Movie
It's an hour before Lucy's wedding and her best friend wants to hear all about what led up to that moment. So, Lucy tells about the five men she had blind dates with over the past year (Doug, Gabriel, Bobby, Barry, and Luke) and her experiences with each one. But which one of the five men is Lucy about to walk down the aisle with?
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Before You Go
Title: Before You Go
Character: Mike
Released: June 20, 2002
Type: Movie
The funny, heart-warming and moving new film, from director Lewis Gilbert. When Violet Heaney's three daughters return home for her funeral, each sister finds her own way of coping with her loss. For Teresa, the eldest, it's herbal tea, obsessive cleaning and hectoring her long-suffering husband, Frank. Catherine, the youngest, resorts to retail therapy, industrial quantities of marijuana and manic phone calls to her elusive boyfriend in Barcelona. Middle daughter Mary seeks consolation in professional detachment and the arms of her lover, Mike. Like Mary, Mike's a doctor. Unlike Mary, he's married... The sisters soon discover that their early memories have grown fuzzy over time and the past becomes fuzzier still as they attempt to cope with their mother's parting.
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Title: Alias
Character: Martin Shepard
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydney becomes a double agent for the real CIA.
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Pandaemonium
Title: Pandaemonium
Character: William Wordsworth
Released: June 29, 2001
Type: Movie
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an unstable but brilliant poet, becomes friends with the unknown William Wordsworth, and together they set out to recreate English poetry in the spirt of liberty and democracy. As time goes by, cracks begin to appear in the relationship. Sam becomes addicted to opium, while William's ego and ambition distance him further from his friend.
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The Mummy Returns
Title: The Mummy Returns
Character: Jonathan Carnahan
Released: May 4, 2001
Type: Movie
Rick and Evelyn O’Connell, along with their 8-year-old son Alex, discover the key to the legendary Scorpion King’s might: the fabled Bracelet of Anubis. Unfortunately, a newly resurrected Imhotep has designs on the bracelet as well, and isn’t above kidnapping its new bearer, Alex, to gain control of Anubis’s otherworldly army.
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Circus
Title: Circus
Character: Leo
Released: May 5, 2000
Type: Movie
Bruno, a sadistic criminal, wants clever con man Leo out of the way. Leo and his equally clever wife, Lily, are up to something. So too is Julius: he hires Leo to kill Gloria, Julius's wife. Leo does it, but then Julius shows up with the murder on tape, saying Gloria isn't his wife - it's blackmail. Leo's bookie, Troy, is also closing in, wanting to be paid. Bruno and Lily as well as Bruno and Julius have their own scams running, and Leo is their target. Maybe Leo can get Troy off his back, avoid Moose (Bruno's huge enforcer), send Gloria's corpse out of England, turn the tables on Bruno's murderous brother Caspar, and outfox Lily. Or is Lily his fox? It's a three-ring circus.
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Title: Rebus
Character: Rebus
Released: April 26, 2000
Type: TV
Detective series set in and around Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector John Rebus, whose methods earn him the wrath of his superiors, does not hesitate to circumvent the law to enforce it.
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The Intruder
Title: The Intruder
Character: Charlie
Released: November 19, 1999
Type: Movie
Catherine meets Nick by accident and, after a whirlwind romance, the two get married and Catherine moves into Nick's apartment only that's the start of problems when an unseen intruder begins playing strange mind games with Catherine in an apparent attempt to drive her insane.
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Building A Better Mummy
Title: Building A Better Mummy
Character: Himself
Released: September 28, 1999
Type: Movie
An in-depth look into the creative and technical processes that brought us the heart-stopping visual effects of the film, with director Stephen Sommers and the crew at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM).
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The Hurricane
Title: The Hurricane
Character: Terry
Released: September 17, 1999
Type: Movie
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
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The Mummy
Title: The Mummy
Character: Jonathan Carnahan
Released: April 16, 1999
Type: Movie
Dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell stumbles upon the hidden ruins of Hamunaptra while in the midst of a battle to claim the area in 1920s Egypt. It has been over three thousand years since former High Priest Imhotep suffered a fate worse than death as a punishment for a forbidden love—along with a curse that guarantees eternal doom upon the world if he is ever awoken.
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Sliding Doors
Title: Sliding Doors
Character: James Hamilton
Released: April 23, 1998
Type: Movie
London publicist Helen, effortlessly slides between parallel storylines that show what happens when she does or does not catch a train back to her apartment. Love. Romantic entanglements. Deception. Trust. Friendship. Comedy. All come into focus as the two stories shift back and forth, overlap and surprisingly converge.
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Resurrection Man
Title: Resurrection Man
Character: Darkie Larche
Released: February 13, 1998
Type: Movie
Belfast, in 1970s. Victor Kelly is a young protestant man who hates the Catholics so much that one night he begins to brutally murder them. A reporter soon tries to uncover the murder and obtained prestige for himself, while Victor sinks deeper into madness.
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The Love Bug
Title: The Love Bug
Character: Simon Moore III
Released: November 29, 1997
Type: Movie
The inimitable VW Beetle is losing all his races and destined for the scrap heap until mechanic Hank takes him over and gives him a new lease of life. Soon, Herbie is winning again, to the fury of his previous owner, who builds a menacing black bug to challenge Herbie to the ultimate race.
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The James Gang
Title: The James Gang
Character: Spendlove James
Released: November 7, 1997
Type: Movie
After an audacious jewellery robbery the whole James family heads for home on the run with the obsessive detective Julia Armstrong in hot pursuit.
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Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)
Title: Romance and Rejection (So This Is Romance?)
Character: Tonay
Released: November 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Mike is a composer who dreams of creating symphonies but instead, dashes off jingles for TV commercials -- all the while pining over ex-girlfriend Helen. But Mike's life takes several unexpected turns when he meets Sara. After the two depart for an idyllic vacation together, Mike locates his mother (Susannah York), who, 35 years previous, had left his father. Writer-director Kevin W. Smith's feature-film directorial debut.
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Title: McCallum
Character: Dr. Iain McCallum
Released: January 13, 1997
Type: TV
McCallum is a British television series that was produced by STV Productions. Dr Iain McCallum was the original lead character, played by John Hannah. McCallum was a forensic pathologist who traveled by Triumph Motorcycle, and solved murders. The character had romantic involvements with two of the other principal characters, Joanna, and later Angela. The last episode did not include McCallum and Angela as the story stated that they had taken jobs in America. They were replaced by Dr. Dan Gallagher and Dr. Charley Fielding.
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Title: Silent Witness
Character: Dr. Charles Beck
Released: February 21, 1996
Type: TV
Silent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes.
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The Innocent Sleep
Title: The Innocent Sleep
Character: James
Released: January 25, 1996
Type: Movie
Inspired by the 1982 Roberto Calvi Affair in which an Italian banker was found hanging from a bridge across the River Thames, the story follows Alan, a man from Northern England who is homeless after the loss of his wife and job. One night while sleeping in a deserted building, Alan witnesses the murder of a high-profile businessman. He attempts to leave the scene unnoticed, but the killers realize that someone has seen them commit the crime. He goes to the police only to discover that one of the killers is leading the case. To stay alive, Alan recruits the help of Billie Hayman, an American journalist, to cover his story.
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Truth or Dare
Title: Truth or Dare
Character: Nick
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
When three university friends turn up unexpectedly, twenty-something lawyer Lorna Johnston is led into a dangerous world.
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The Final Cut
Title: The Final Cut
Character: Gilmore
Released: November 5, 1995
Type: Movie
A former bomb squad leader comes out of retirement to investigate a series of bombings plaguing Seattle.
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Title: Out of the Blue
Released: May 23, 1995
Type: TV
Out of the Blue follows a team of detectives at Brazen Gate CID through grisly murder cases, clashes with an already-divided community and through the dramas of their personal lives.
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Madagascar Skin
Title: Madagascar Skin
Character: Harry
Released: January 26, 1995
Type: Movie
This is the story of Harry and Flint, an unlikely couple. Harry is a shy young gay man who can't seem to fit into his local bar scene. Flint is a crusty, older, and seemingly straight man with a questionable background. They meet on a gorgeous coastline, and evolve from distrust to deep love.
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Pauline Calf's Wedding Video
Title: Pauline Calf's Wedding Video
Character: Mark
Released: December 29, 1994
Type: Movie
Spoof video diary. Steve Coogan takes on the roles of downtrodden Paul and the vivacious blonde Pauline Calf, who finally gets herself up the aisle with the man of her dreams. Even a punch-up in the toilet can't spoil her special day.
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Milner
Title: Milner
Character: Windscreen Washer
Released: December 19, 1994
Type: Movie
Stephen Milner is a solicitor, but he fits uneasily into the world of Lewis Strange and Partners, who are an upmarket firm of solicitors. The film follows Milner's fraught relationship with a lucrative client, Ron Jesson. When one of his offices goes up in flames, the press are convinced that Ron arranged the fire for insurance purposes. Milner also has to cope with an estranged wife, batty mother and debt ridden younger brother.
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Title: Faith
Character: Nick Simon
Released: September 7, 1994
Type: TV
Michael Gambon stars in this high-tension thriller of political corruption and international intrigue. Peter Moreton, a high-ranking government official, scrambles to keep his secret lifestyle hidden from the world when his daughter purposely leaks his affair to a reporter she is dating. Nick Simon is the reporter caught between his love for Moreton’s daughter Polly and his desperation to keep his job and land the biggest story of his career.
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Four Weddings and a Funeral
Title: Four Weddings and a Funeral
Character: Matthew
Released: March 9, 1994
Type: Movie
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.
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Paul Calf's Video Diary
Title: Paul Calf's Video Diary
Character: Mark
Released: December 30, 1993
Type: Movie
Lager lout and philosopher Paul Calf records his video diary over New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. Accompanied by his friends Fat Bob and Roland and his sister Pauline, he staggers through two days of drinking, fighting and failed sex, in desperate pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, Julie.
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Title: Frasier
Character: Avery McManus
Released: September 16, 1993
Type: TV
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.
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Title: GMTV
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: TV
GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end. The final edition of GMTV was broadcast on 3 September 2010.
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Title: Between the Lines
Released: September 4, 1992
Type: TV
Detective Superintendent Tony Clark is an ambitious member of the Complaints Investigation Bureau, an internal organisation that investigates claims of corruption inside the police in England and Wales. Along the way Clark overcomes strong influence from his superiors and problems in his private life, most notably the break-up of his marriage following an affair with WPC Jenny Dean.
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Title: Civvies
Released: February 20, 1991
Type: TV
Former soldiers in Britain's elite Parachute Regiment struggle to come to terms with civilian life after leaving the army.
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Harbour Beat
Title: Harbour Beat
Character: Neal McBride
Released: October 23, 1990
Type: Movie
Neal McBride is a Glasgow cop who likes to go undercover - the rest of the police wish he would stay there. When he arrests a politician he gets reassigned to where they used to send criminals: Australia. Lancelot Cooper is a Sydney cop but a country boy at heart; he is as trusting as McBride is suspicious. The two are partners on a case where death, deception and betrayal propels them into a desperate fight for survival.
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Title: Agatha Christie's Poirot
Character: Dr. Gerard
Released: January 8, 1989
Type: TV
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
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Reasonable Force
Title: Reasonable Force
Character: Pretty Boy
Released: March 27, 1988
Type: Movie
In times of civil unrest, crack police units like Inspector Maclntyre 's get the job of keeping order on the streets. But when a demonstrator dies after a riot, who will the public - and the Police Force itself - hold accountable?
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Title: Natural World
Character: Narrator
Released: October 30, 1983
Type: TV
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.
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Title: Natural World
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 30, 1983
Type: TV
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.
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Title: Taggart
Released: September 6, 1983
Type: TV
Taggart is a Scottish detective television programme.The series revolves around a group of detectives initially in the Maryhill CID of Strathclyde Police, though various storylines have happened in other parts of the Greater Glasgow area, and as of the most recent series the team have operated out of the fictional John Street police station across the street from the City Chambers.
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Title: Horizon
Character: Himself - Narrator
Released: February 4, 1964
Type: TV
Horizon tells amazing science stories, unravels mysteries and reveals worlds you've never seen before.