
Biography
John Macmillan is a British actor. Known for House of the Dragon (2022), The Nevers (2021) and King Lear (2018). THEATRE includes The Lady from the Sea at The Bridge; Phaedra at the National Theatre; The Lover / The Collection in the West End; Killer at Shoreditch Town Hall; Yerma (also at Park Avenue Armory, New York), The Member of the Wedding and In the Red and Brown Water at the Young Vic; The Homecoming at Trafalgar Studios; Children's Children and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot at the Almeida; Piranha Heights at Soho; Cymbeline for Cheek by Jowl (world tour); Macbeth at the Royal Exchange Manchester; and Hamlet at the Donmar Warehouse and on Broadway (for the last two he was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award). TELEVISION includes Surface, One Day, The Cleaner, The Burning Girls, The Great, Ghosts, Extraordinary, House of the Dragon, The Nevers, Famalam, King Lear, Hang Ups, Back, Kiss Me First, Ordinary Lies, The Windsors, Chewing Gum, Hoff the Record, Critical, and Silk. FILM includes The Woman in Cabin 10, The Scurry, Jay Kelly, The People We Hate at the Wedding, Maleficent, The Dark Knight Rises, and Hanna.
Acted in 47
2020s
- 2026
The Oresteia
Jerome
- 2025
Dating in Your 20s
The Cynic
- 2024
Up the Catalogue
Daniel Fortescue
Seize Them!
King Guthrum
- 2023
The Burning Girls
Mike Sudduth · 6 episodes
National Theatre Live: Phaedra
Eric
- 2022
Bus Girl
Mr. Relaxation (voice)
- 2021
- 2020
Tumbleweed
Cooper Cat (voice)
Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait
Ben (segment "Mine")
2010s
- 2019
Dial M for Middlesbrough
Chad
- 2018
Hang Ups
Adebowale 'Abs' Walters · 3 episodes
- 2017
Mine
Ben
Back
Julian · 6 episodes
National Theatre Live: Yerma
Victor
Carnage: Swallowing the Past
Troye King Jones
- 2015
Critical
Staff Nurse Justin Costello · 13 episodes
- 2014
- 2012
Stars in Shorts
Jason
- 2011
Friend Request Pending
Jason
- 2010
2000s
- 2004
1990s
- 1997
No release date
The Scurry
Movie