Portrait of John Light

Acting

John Light

Career

Active from 1998 to 2023, busiest in 1998 and 2003 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
John Light Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    4.1, average 5.4
  • Physical Comedy
    1.1, average 2.4
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.9, average 2.0
  • Pop Culture
    1.1, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Intense Suspense 3
  • Moral Dilemma 2
  • Moral Conflict 2
  • Supernatural Thriller 2
  • Angels and Demons 2
  • Religious Horror 2
  • Good vs Evil 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

47
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

5 titles · average score 68
There's Always Hope
There's Always Hope (2023)

as Luke

Murder in Provence
Murder in Provence (2022)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Dr. Marcel Vannier

National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage
National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage (2022)

as Lord Asriel / George Boatwright

Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days (2021)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Ambrose Abernathy

Showtrial
Showtrial (2021)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Adrian Gilligan

2010s

11 titles · average score 66
Maigret's Dead Man
Maigret's Dead Man (2016)
GoodWatch score 66

as 达科特

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe (2014)
GoodWatch score 85

as Oberon/Theseus

Father Brown
Father Brown (2013)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Captain Flynn / Hercule Flambeau / Hercule Flambeau

Atlantis
Atlantis (2013)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Diagoras

WPC 56
WPC 56 (2013)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Chief Inspector Roger Nelson

Jo
Jo (2013)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show

Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter (2012)
GoodWatch score 45

as Jason Fox

Vera
Vera (2011)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Andrew Franks

DCI Banks
DCI Banks (2011)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Mark Keane

Silk
Silk (2011)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Alan Bradley

Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs (2011)
GoodWatch score 58

as Mr. Smythe-Willard

2000s

20 titles · average score 59
Partition
Partition (2007)
GoodWatch score 53

as Walter Hankins

Lewis
Lewis (2007)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Felix Garwood

Dresden
Dresden (2006)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show · as Robert Newman

The Prophecy: Uprising
The Prophecy: Uprising (2005)
GoodWatch score 44

as John Riegert / Satan

The Prophecy: Forsaken
The Prophecy: Forsaken (2005)
GoodWatch score 41

as Satan

North & South
North & South (2004)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Henry Lennox

The Lion in Winter
The Lion in Winter (2003)
GoodWatch score 64

as Geoffrey

Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor (2003)
GoodWatch score 47

as John Andre

Purpose
Purpose (2002)
GoodWatch score 51

as John Elias

Intimate Affairs
Intimate Affairs (2002)
GoodWatch score 41

as Peter

Band of Brothers
Band of Brothers (2001)
GoodWatch score 91

TV show · as Lt. Col. O. Dobie

Trance
Trance (2001)

as Tony Deighton

1990s

10 titles · average score 65
Wavelengths
Wavelengths (1999)

as Phil/Journalist

Ruth Ellis: A Life for a Life
Ruth Ellis: A Life for a Life (1999)

as David Blakely

Mary, Mother of Jesus
Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999)
GoodWatch score 48

as Archangel Gabriel

The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

as Robin Hughes-Wright

The Jump
The Jump (1998)

TV show · as Mario Brunos

A Rather English Marriage
A Rather English Marriage (1998)
GoodWatch score 66

as Young Reggie

Cider with Rosie
Cider with Rosie (1998)
GoodWatch score 60

as Boyfriend Harold

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Luke Fawcett

Dalziel and Pascoe
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as DC 'Hat' Bowler

Soldier Soldier
Soldier Soldier (1991)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Private Frank Floyd

1980s

1 title · average score 77
The Bill
The Bill (1984)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show