John Macmillan
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2026
- PONIES as Tom Hasbeck
- Elsinore as Horatio
- The Oresteia as Jerome
2025
- Jay Kelly as Chef
- The Woman in Cabin 10 as Captain Addis
- 7 Bears as Prince Charming (voice)
- Dating in Your 20s as The Cynic
2024
- One Day as Aaron
- Seize Them! as King Guthrum
- Up the Catalogue as Daniel Fortescue
2023
- The Burning Girls as Mike Sudduth
- Supa Team 4 as Magedzee / Bad Magz (voice)
- National Theatre Live: Phaedra as Eric
2022
- House of the Dragon as Ser Laenor Velaryon
- Surface as Richard
- The People We Hate at the Wedding as Ollie
- Bus Girl as Mr. Relaxation (voice)
2021
- The Nevers as Byner
- Ron's Gone Wrong as Bubble Techs (voice)
- The Cleaner as Strazzamo
- The Dig as Dr Rothman
2020
- Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait as Ben (segment "Mine")
- Tumbleweed as Cooper Cat (voice)
2019
- Ghosts as Scott
- Dial M for Middlesbrough as Chad
2018
- Kiss Me First as Saul Green
- King Lear as Edmund
- Hang Ups as Adebowale 'Abs' Walters
- Famalam
2017
- Back as Julian
- Carnage: Swallowing the Past as Troye King Jones
- National Theatre Live: Yerma as Victor
- Mine as Ben
2015
- Critical as Staff Nurse Justin Costello
- Chewing Gum as Ronald
2014
- Fury as Corporal
- Maleficent as Captain
2012
- The Dark Knight Rises as Analyst #2
- Stars in Shorts as Jason
2011
- Silk as John Bright
- Comedy Blaps as Ronald
- Hanna as Lewis
- Friend Request Pending as Jason
2004
- Hustle as Harry Fielding
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Solomon Franks