John Simm

Q: Has John Simm won any awards?

Yes, John Simm has received multiple awards, including the Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor for his role in 'Life on Mars.'

Q: What was John Simm's first film?

John Simm's first film was 'The Magic Toyshop' released in 1987, where he played the character of a young boy.

Q: What are John Simm's most successful films?

Some of John Simm's most successful films include 'The Last Detective' and 'The Devil's Whore,' both of which received critical acclaim and showcased his talents.

Q: What is known about John Simm's personal life?

John Simm is married to actress Kate Magowan, and they have two children together. He tends to keep his family life private.

Q: What is John Simm's estimated net worth?

John Simm's estimated net worth is approximately $6 million, reflecting his successful career in television and film.

Q: What milestones has John Simm achieved in his filmography?

John Simm has achieved numerous milestones, including starring in critically acclaimed series and films. His role in 'Life on Mars' is particularly notable for its impact on British television.

Q: Is John Simm involved in any upcoming projects?

As of now, John Simm is involved in the 2023 film 'Who Killed Jill Dando?' which explores the real-life murder investigation of the British television presenter.

Known for

Life on Mars (2008)

IMDb 7.4 / 10

2008 / Crime, Drama / 44mins

After a car crash, police detective Sam Tyler mysteriously finds himself transported back to 1973 and still working as a detective.

Name

John Simm

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Born

10 July 1970, Harlow, Essex, England

Spouses

Kate Magowan (2004–present)

Children

2 children, names not publicly disclosed

Parents

Peter Simm, Christine Simm

Estimated Net Worth

$6 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	TV I, Jack Wright Explosive events unfold after Wright family patriarch Jack is discovered dead from a supposed suicide, leaving his immediate family utterly...	Gray Wright	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2023	Movie Right Here, Right Now On July 13, 2002, Fatboy Slim, real name Norman Cook, performed the second of his free open-air concerts, The Big...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2021	TV Crime Detective Inspector Ray Lennox investigates the disappearance of a schoolgirl while battling cocaine addiction and a mental breakdown.	Gareth Horsborough	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2021	TV Crime Detective Inspector Ray Lennox investigates the disappearance of a schoolgirl while battling cocaine addiction and a mental breakdown.	Mr Confectioner	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2021	TV Starstruck A drunken New Year's Eve hook-up becomes far more complicated for Jessie when she discovers her one night stand is...	Martin	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2021	TV Grace Brighton based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job, but...	DS Roy Grace	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2020	Movie Joey A lonely clown working in a forgotten seaside resort falls in love and is forced to confront a terrible secret...	Joey	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2020	TV Cold Courage Two young Finnish women in London are drawn inexorably together via the Studio - a clandestine group dedicated to bringing...	Arthur Fried	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2019	TV DNA Journey Celebrities are given a unique insight into their lives using innovative DNA science and technology to trace their ancestors.	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2018	TV Strangers A sheltered London professor attempts to uncover the cause of his wife’s mysterious death in Hong Kong, traveling there after...	Jonah Mulray	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2018	TV Collateral When a pizza delivery driver is shot dead in south London, a tenacious detective goes after the people traffickers behind...	David Mars	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2018	TV Trauma A three-part drama set in the trauma unit of a London hospital, a grieving father blames a high-achieving trauma consultant...	Dan Bowker	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2016	TV The Catch Strong and successful Alice Martin is a fraud investigator who's about to be the victim of fraud by her fiancé....	Rhys	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2016	TV The Catch Strong and successful Alice Martin is a fraud investigator who's about to be the victim of fraud by her fiancé....	Rhys Griffiths	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2015	TV Code of a Killer Based on the extraordinary true story of Alec Jeffreys' discovery of DNA fingerprinting and its first use by Detective Chief...	Alec Jeffreys	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2014	TV Intruders Members of a secret society chase immortality by seeking refuge in the bodies of others.	Jack Whalen	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2014	TV Prey Three-part crime thriller. When detective Marcus Farrow looks into a seemingly forgotten case, he has no idea of the chaos...	Marcus Farrow	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2013	TV Toast of London Steven Toast, an eccentric middle-aged actor with a chequered past, spends more time dealing with his problems off stage than...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2013	Movie Father's Day Joe wants out but the Don won't take no for an answer. Carl lays a plan to use Alison as...	Dave	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2013	TV The Village The Village is a BBC television drama created and written by Peter Moffat. Consisting of two six-episode series—the project intended...	John Middleton	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2012	Movie Everyday This film charts the relationship between a man imprisoned for drug smuggling and his wife and is being shot over...	Ian	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2012	TV Wartime Farm Historian Ruth Goodman and archaeologists Alex Langlands and Peter Ginn turn back the clock to run Manor Farm in Hampshire...	Narrator	TMDB 8.8 / 10
2011	Movie Discovering Hamlet Journey into "Hamlet"-the play and the man-through the experiences of some of the major actors and directors who have brought...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2011	TV Exile Exile is a British psychological thriller television series created by Paul Abbott and Danny Brocklehurst for BBC One. The three-part...	Tom Ronstadt	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2011	TV Mad Dogs Mad Dogs is a British black comedy and psychological thriller television series created by Cris Cole that began airing on...	Baxter	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2010	Movie Doctor Who: The End of Time The Doctor finally faces his destiny as both his home planet and old foe reappears.	The Master	Not rated
2009	TV Moving On Moving On is a British television series set in contemporary Britain consisting of standalone dramas all sharing the theme of...	Moose	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2009	Movie Skellig An ordinary boy named Michael is going through some extraordinary changes in his life. His family has just moved into...	Dave	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2008	TV The Devil's Whore The Devil's Whore is a four-part television drama serial produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, broadcast from 19 November...	Edward Sexby	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2008	Movie Tu£sday Four career criminals, two glamorous bank workers and one over-the-hill has-been all happen to be planning a robbery on a...	Silver	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2008	Movie Cutting Edge - The Human Spider A look at Alain Robert, dubbed the Human Spider, who scales some of the world's tallest buildings without the aid...	Narrator	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2008	Movie The Ties That Bind Us A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the story...	The Master (archive footage)	Not rated
2007	Movie Factory: Manchester from Joy Division to Happy Mondays Documentary celebrating the triumph, tragedy and human comedy that was Manchester record company, Factory. Started by the late Tony Wilson,...	Himself - Narrator (voice)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2007	TV Monsoon Railway Director Gerry Troyna, painting an affectionate portrait of the Indian railway culture.	Narrator - (Voice)	Not rated
2007	TV Would I Lie to You? A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob...	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2007	Movie Moose on the Loose Anchorage capital city of Alaska is the wildest city on Earth thanks to its dramatic wildlife. Alongside 260,000 people are...	Narrator	Not rated
2007	Movie The End of 'Life on Mars' A documentary about the conclusion of Life on Mars	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2007	Movie The Yellow House John Simm stars as Vincent Van Gogh in The Yellow House, a feature-length drama that tells the moving human story...	Vincent Van Gogh	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2007	Movie The 50 Greatest Television Dramas Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest...	Self	Not rated
2006	Movie Devilwood In a lawless outpost in 17th Century England, the people have ceased to be God-fearing but learn to fear the...	Gabriel	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2006	TV The One Show A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.	Self	TMDB 4.4 / 10
2006	Movie Brothers of the Head In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A...	Boatman	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2006	Movie The Dark Side of Porn: The Real Animal Farm A look at the story behind the bestiality tape ANIMAL FARM. From its production in early 70's Denmark, to when...	Narrator	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2006	TV Life on Mars A detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over by a speeding car....	Sam Tyler	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2005	Movie Monsoon Railway A look at three typical employees on Indian Railways as they fight the annual battle to keep the railway service...	Narrator	Not rated
2005	TV The Dark Side of Porn This documentary series examines the adult entertainment industry.	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2005	TV Doctor Who The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who...	The Master	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2005	TV Doctor Who Confidential Doctor Who Confidential is a documentary to complement the revival of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who....	Unknown character	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2005	Movie Blue/Orange In a psychiatric hospital, a junior doctor is treating a young black man diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. The patient...	Dr. Bruce Flaherty	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2004	TV The Culture Show A weekly BBC Two magazine programme focusing on the best of the week's arts and culture news, covering books, art,...	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2004	TV Sex Traffic The wrenching plight of two Bosnian sisters and their descent into the dark world of enforced prostitution. Their journey is...	Daniel Appleton	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2004	TV Imperium: Nero As a young boy, future emperor Nero witnesses the mad Emperor Caligula kill his father and exile his mother. While...	Caligola	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2004	Movie Nero As a young boy, future emperor Nero witnesses the mad Emperor Caligula kill his father and exile his mother. While...	Caligula	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2004	TV London London is a 2004 three-part BBC history documentary series about the history of London, presented by Peter Ackroyd.	Friedrich Engels	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2004	Movie Ten Minute Movie A lowly extra gets a shot at stardom. Now the glory, and the girl, are at Sam's fingertips. But suddenly...	Nick	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	TV This World The series is mainly focused on social issues and current affairs stories around the world. International current affairs documentaries, replacing...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2003	TV One Life One life is a BBC ONE's documentary programme. Each episode is a high quality and compelling film which reflects life...	Unknown character	Not rated
2003	TV Canterbury Tales Six single dramas adapted from six of Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th century Canterbury Tales, transferred to a modern, 21st century setting,...	Ace	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2003	TV State of Play The murder of Sonia Baker, a young political researcher, leads journalist Cal McCaffrey to uncover complex links between government and...	Cal McAffrey	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2002	Movie Boys Alone Take ten boys aged 11 and 12. A variety of backgrounds. Put them together in a house, with no adult...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2002	Movie 24 Hour Party People Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his...	Bernard	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2002	TV Crime and Punishment Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is...	Raskolnikov	Not rated
2002	Movie Crime and Punishment Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is...	Raskolnikov	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2002	Movie Miranda A librarian begins a passionate affair with a mysterious woman who walks into his library. When she suddenly disappears he...	Frank	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2001	Movie Is Harry on the Boat? On Ibiza, tour rep Brad is determined to win the informal competition among the male reps to sleep with the...	Prize Winner	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2000	TV Never Never John Parlour and Jo Weller form a credit union but John's predatory lending scheme threatens both the poor residents of...	John Parlour	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2000	Movie Forgive and Forget David O'Neil, a plasterer and mature student Theo have been best mates for fourteen years and are practically inseparable. However,...	Theo	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2000	TV Clocking Off Clocking Off is a British television drama series broadcast on BBC One for four series from 2000 to 2003. It...	Stuart Leach	TMDB 7.6 / 10
1999	TV Spaced Spaced: the anti-Friends, in that it examines the lives of common 20 somethings, but in a way that is more...	Stephen Edwards	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1999	Movie Human Traffic For Jip, Lulu, Koop, Nina and Moff, the dead-end jobs they endure during the week just kill the time until...	Jip	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1999	Movie Wonderland There's little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They're lonely Londoners. Nadia, a...	Eddie	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1998	Movie Understanding Jane In desperation Elliot and Oz decide to reply to a telephone dating ad to kickstart their non-existent love lives. Their...	Oz/2nd Party Stonehead	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1997	Movie Diana & Me Australian Diana Spencer wins a competition in a women's magazine, and as a prize gets a trip for two to...	Neil	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1997	TV The Lakes The Lakes is a mystery drama created and written by Jimmy McGovern for BBC1. The first series – comprised of...	Danny Kavanagh	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1995	Movie Boston Kickout School leaver Phil moves with his father from inner-city London to the satellite Hertfordshire New Town of Stevenage, where they...	Phil	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1995	Movie Mirror Man When the schizophrenic Gary Kingston murders his social worker, his case is handed over to the unsuspecting Anna Spalinsky. Social...	Gary Kingston	Not rated
1995	TV Chiller Chiller is a five-part British horror anthology television series, produced by Yorkshire Television, broadcast on ITV from 9 March to...	Gary Kingston	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1995	Movie Carrying Dad Frank and his brother Len meet on the day of their father's funeral. Together, with the help of Len's son...	Sean	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1994	Movie Meat Brilliant, brutal and shocking drama starring Jonny Lee Miller and John Simm, following an ex-convict who falls for a prostitute,...	Cecil	TMDB 4.5 / 10
1994	Movie A Pinch of Snuff Receiving a tip from his dentist Jack Shorter, policeman Peter Pascoe takes a closer look at the Calliope Kinema Club,...	Clint Heppelwhite	Not rated
1994	TV Men of the World Men of the World is a BBC sitcom which starred David Threlfall and John Simm.	Kendle Bains	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1993	TV Cracker The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight into the criminal mind.	William 'Bill' Preece	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1993	TV Oasis Oasis was a short lived CITV drama series which was about a group of children who ran an inner city...	Posh Robert	Not rated
1992	TV Heartbeat Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical...	Richard Francis	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1990	TV Cutting Edge The flagship documentary series show distinctive, compelling films that offer a snapshot of life in Britain today.	Self - Narrator	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1989	TV Screen One Anthology drama series.	Cecil	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1975	TV Rumpole of the Bailey Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer....	Unknown character	TMDB 7.1 / 10
TBA	Movie When the Wolves Came When the Wolves Came follows the day leading up to a devastating village raid. Caught in the chaos are Alfred,...	Roger	Not rated
TBA	Movie Do You Wanna Wrap Here?: The Making of Boston Kickout Behind the scenes of Paul Hills' 1995 feature film, Boston Kickout.	Self	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2020	Movie Joey A lonely clown working in a forgotten seaside resort falls in love and is forced to confront a terrible secret...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 8.0 / 10
TBA	TV Ark Royal A three part series documenting the role of the British Navy during the war in Iraq where British troops are...	Other Art	Not rated

Right Here, Right Now

2023 / TMDB 6.2

Joey

2020 / TMDB 8.0

Father's Day

2013 / TMDB 5.5

Everyday

2012 / TMDB 5.5

Discovering Hamlet

2011 / TMDB 7.5

Skellig

2009 / TMDB 6.1

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Known for

Life on Mars (2008)

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