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John Simm

March 2023

  • John Simm

    The Q&A
    John Simm: ‘I met one of the Stone Roses and lost the ability to speak’

    The actor on his Beatles obsession, being a cage dancer, and watching himself age on screen

May 2022

  • Rave on … the cast of Human Traffic, with John Simm (centre).

    How we made
    How we made Human Traffic: ‘The first question I asked in the auditions was: have you ever taken drugs?’

    John Simm: ‘Danny Dyer and I went to Creamfields and every clubber had seen the film. We got hundreds of off-their-nut people coming up and hugging us’

March 2021

  • Grace

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: Grace; The Flight Attendant; Dark Secrets of a Trillion Dollar Island and more – review

    If anyone can make Peter James’s bestselling Brighton crime world rock, surely it’s Endeavour writer Russell Lewis?
  • ITV STUDIOS FOR ITV GRACE SERIES 1 DEAD SIMPLE Pictured:JOHN SIMM as DS Roy Grace and RICHIE CAMPBELL as DS Branson. This image is the copyright of ITV and may only be used in direct relation to Grace series 1,2021.

    TV review
    Grace review – a twisty race against time for John Simm's fading detective

    This ITV adaptation of Peter James’s crime novel is full of immensely satisfying action – plus a star lead performance
  • Tracy-Ann Oberman and John Simm: ‘There’s much more bravery and creativity in casting for the stage.’

    Double acts
    John Simm meets Tracy-Ann Oberman: 'Without the audience, we’re just shouting in a room'

    The actors and old friends talk about how theatre beats TV, the terror of standup – and the joys of making Yoko Ono crack up

August 2020

  • Kenneth Branagh (Hamlet) in the RSC’s 1992 production at the Barbican in London.

    Tristram Kenton at the Guardian
    Method and madness: Branagh, Rylance and Rickman as Hamlet – in pictures

    In a new series, we delve into Guardian photographer Tristram Kenton’s amazing archive of stage photos. This week: Hamlet, as played by actors including Damian Lewis, Paapa Essiedu and Michelle Terry

October 2019

  • Lucian Msamati, Hammed Animashaun and Anson Boon in ‘Master Harold’... and the boys.

    The week in theatre: “Mr Harold”… and the boys; Blood Wedding; Macbeth – review

    Athol Fugard’s masterly apartheid drama, lyrical Irish Lorca, and a tragically stately Macbeth

September 2019

  • John Simm (Macbeth) in Macbeth by William Shakespeare @ Chichester Festival Theatre. Directed by Paul Miller. (Opening 27-09-19) ©Tristram Kenton 09/19 (3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com

    Macbeth review – John Simm excels despite much toil and trouble

  • John Simm

    John Simm: 'I don't feel anything when I film any more'

January 2019

  • Luke Thallon and Jane Horrocks in Family Voices

    Pinter Five and Six review – starry cast bring shorter works into the spotlight

    Jane Horrocks, Rupert Graves and others shine in Patrick Marber and Jamie Lloyd’s bold revivals of the playwright’s shorter plays

October 2018

  • TWO BROTHERS PICTURES FOR ITV STRANGERS EPISODE 2 PICTURED: JOHN SIMM as Jonah Mulray. Photographer: Steve Wong. This photograph is (C) iTV and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme or event mentioned above. Once made available by ITV plc Picture Desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the transmission [TX] date and no reproduction fee will be charged. Any subsequent usage may incur a fee. This photograph must not be manipulated [excluding basic cropping] in a manner which alters the visual appearance of the person photographed deemed detrimental or inappropriate by ITV plc Picture Desk. This photograph must not be syndicated to any other company, publication or website, or permanently archived, without the express written permission of ITV Plc Picture Desk. Full Terms and conditions are available on the website www.itvpictures.com For further information please contact: Patrick.smith@itv.com 0207 1573044

    ITV’s Strangers: finally, a drama that reflects Hong Kong's ethnic diversity

    The fear was that it would go down the ‘stranger in a strange land’ cliche. Instead, it depicts the territory’s mixed population that Hong Kong’s own media ignores

September 2018

  • The Circle’s Freddie, Jennifer, Alex and Sian.

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: The Circle; Defending the Guilty; Mystery Road and more

  • Cold comfort... (from left): Katie Leung; Anthony Wong, Dervla Kirwan, John Simm and Emilia Fox.

    From Bond to ITV’s Strangers: why is everyone ‘fridging’?

  • Harris Dickinson as John Paul Getty II with Donald Sutherland as J Paul Getty Sr in Trust.

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: Trust; Killing Eve; Black Earth Rising and more

  • John Simm as Jonah Mulray in Hong Kong.

    TV review
    Strangers review – John Simm impresses in intriguing Hong Kong thriller

February 2018

  • John Simm as Dan Bowker in Trauma.

    TV review
    Trauma review – presses our noses up against the window of parental grief

    John Simm and Adrian Lester clash in Mike Barlett’s new series, following a bereaved dad focusing his rage on the doctor who operated on his son

March 2016

  • daniel mays portrait

    On my radar
    On my radar: Daniel Mays’s cultural highlights

    The actor on Harold Pinter, a great Marlon Brando documentary, a Peter Ackroyd murder mystery and Shane Meadows’s This Is England saga

November 2015

  • The Homecoming by Harold Pinter at Trafalgar Studios. John Simm and Gary Kemp

    The Homecoming review – a great simmerer that keeps coming to the boil

  • Susannah Fielding in ‘Beaux Stratagem’ at the National Theatre

    Backstage dramas: theatre stars wait in the wings – in pictures

October 2015

  • Rosie Cavaliero as DS Susan Reinhardt in Prey.

    Trailer watch
    Prey series two trailer: this time Rosie Cavaliero hunts Philip Glenister

    A first peek at the second series of ITV’s police thriller – with another familiar face for Life on Mars fans
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