John Hannah - Details

Before taking on the rigors of the action adventure genre in The Mummy, Hannah distinguished himself in the critically acclaimed drama Sliding Doors opposite Gwyneth Paltrow and in the international hit Four Weddings And A Funeral, which won him the Scottish Bafta Award as Best Actor.

He recently starred in the thriller Circus with Famke Jannsen, and has also appeared in The Hurricane, Pandemonium, The James Gang and Resurrection Man. He played the title role in two British TV series, McCallum and Rebus.

Winner of the Best Actor Award at the Stockholm Film Festival for his performance I n Madagascar Skin, Hannah studied for three years at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He has performed with Britain’s leading repertory theater companies, including the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Before his acting career took off, Hannah worked as an electrician in Scotland.