John: (on accepting his role in Doctor Who) "It's a great honour. I'm not a sci-fi maniac or anything but I enjoy it."
John: (on Life on Mars) If it had been a hazy, nostalgic 1970s trip with Noddy Holder running around and funny accents going on, I wouldn't have done it. There were some very dark things going on in the 1970s - racism, strikes, the Birmingham Six, the Guildford Four - and we need to reflect that in Life on Mars.
John: I do like doing comedy, I was in Spaced and I did a sketch thing with Steve Coogan once, and I've worked with Ricky Gervais.
For the second series of Life on Mars John was turned into a Camberwick Green style puppet.
In 1995 John won the award for Best Actor at Valencia Film Festival for his film Boston Kickout.
John starred in the 1999 film Human Traffic as Jip.
He attended Edge End High School in Nelson, Lancashire.
His height is 5'10" (1.78m).
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