John Macmillan

John Macmillan

Acting

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.

Known For

Filmography

Elsinore

Elsinore

2026Horatio
Movie
The Oresteia

The Oresteia

2026Jerome
Movie
PONIES

PONIES

6.72026Tom Hasbeck
TV
Jay Kelly

Jay Kelly

6.12025Alan
Movie
Dating in Your 20s

Dating in Your 20s

2025The Cynic
Movie
The Woman in Cabin 10

The Woman in Cabin 10

6.22025Captain Addis
Movie
7 Bears

7 Bears

8.32025Prince Charming (voice)
TV
Up the Catalogue

Up the Catalogue

4.82024Daniel Fortescue
Movie
Seize Them!

Seize Them!

5.82024King Guthrum
Movie
One Day

One Day

7.72024Aaron
TV
The Burning Girls

The Burning Girls

6.92023Mike Sudduth
TV
Supa Team 4

Supa Team 4

6.42023Magedzee / Bad Magz (voice)
TV
National Theatre Live: Phaedra

National Theatre Live: Phaedra

2023Eric
Movie
The People We Hate at the Wedding

The People We Hate at the Wedding

6.32022Ollie
Movie
House of the Dragon

House of the Dragon

8.42022Ser Laenor Velaryon
TV
Surface

Surface

6.32022Richard
TV
Bus Girl

Bus Girl

4.72022Mr. Relaxation (voice)
Movie
Ron's Gone Wrong

Ron's Gone Wrong

7.82021Bubble Techs (voice)
Movie
The Cleaner

The Cleaner

6.92021Strazzamo
TV
The Nevers

The Nevers

7.92021Byner
TV
The Dig

The Dig

6.92021Dr Rothman
Movie
Tumbleweed

Tumbleweed

10.02020Cooper Cat (voice)
Movie
Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait

Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait

3.52020Ben (segment "Mine")
Movie
Dial M for Middlesbrough

Dial M for Middlesbrough

6.52019Chad
Movie
Ghosts

Ghosts

7.92019Scott
TV
Hang Ups

Hang Ups

6.42018Adebowale 'Abs' Walters
TV
King Lear

King Lear

6.02018Edmund
Movie
Famalam

Famalam

6.02018
TV
Kiss Me First

Kiss Me First

6.42018Saul Green
TV
Mine

Mine

5.52017Ben
Movie
Back

Back

7.12017Julian
TV
National Theatre Live: Yerma

National Theatre Live: Yerma

8.82017Victor
Movie
Carnage: Swallowing the Past

Carnage: Swallowing the Past

6.42017Troye King Jones
Movie
Chewing Gum

Chewing Gum

7.12015Ronald
TV
Critical

Critical

6.92015Staff Nurse Justin Costello
TV
Fury

Fury

7.52014Corporal
Movie
Maleficent

Maleficent

7.12014Captain
Movie
Stars in Shorts

Stars in Shorts

6.02012Jason
Movie
The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises

7.82012Analyst #2
Movie
Comedy Blaps

Comedy Blaps

2011Ronald
TV
Friend Request Pending

Friend Request Pending

7.52011Jason
Movie
Hanna

Hanna

6.62011Lewis
Movie
Silk

Silk

7.52011John Bright
TV
Sherlock

Sherlock

8.52010Community Officer
TV
Heartless

Heartless

5.82010She
Movie
Hustle

Hustle

7.82004Harry Fielding
TV
Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

7.51997Solomon Franks
TV
The Scurry

The Scurry

Movie