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John Hollingworth

Height: 5' 11"
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown

Nationality: British (click here to hear my voice)
Natural Accent: RP/West Yorkshire

Represented by Oliver Slinger at Independent

Theatre Whilst At RADA:

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Character
Creon
Jack/Dr Chasuble
Duke
Harry
Gulliver
Mercutio /Friar
Vershinin
Sir Oliver Sneerwell
Finn
Von Pfunz
Henry Huxtable
Director
Mr Barrell

Balthasor

Production
Blood Ties (Antigone)
The Importance of Being Earnest
Women Beware Women
A Whistle in the Dark
Gulliver’s Travels
Romeo and Juliet
Three Sisters
School For Scandal
The Devil's Finger
Gabriel
The Madras House
Catastrophe
All That Fall
Much Ado About Nothing

Director
Jennie Buckman
Tim Walker
Katherine Rogers
Geoff Bullen
Matt Wilde
Edward Kemp
Nicholas Barter
Jonathan Tafler
Guy Slater
Lucy Skilbeck
Dawn Walton
William Gaskill
William Gaskill
Wilson Milam

Special Skills
Stage Combat – Distinction (BASSC); Singing (Baritone); Flamenco, Period Dance; Good French; Natural ability for accents especially Irish (North and South), American (California, New York, General American), London and UK provincial; Full clean driving licence; Capable horse rider

Other Experience
BA (Hons) English Literature from Trinity College, Dublin/University of California, Los Angeles; Roles at University included Valmont Dangerous Liaisons, Benedick Much Ado About Nothing, Sky Masterson Guys and Dolls ; Theatre elsewhere – Ignition 2, (Royal Court); Pilgrims of the Night (Rough Magic); Catherine Medbh (Arcola, OMAC Belfast); Bite Sized (Theatre 503), Etta Jenks (Finborough); Nicholas Nickleby, Threepenny Opera, Master and Margarita for the National Youth Theatre at the Lyric, Hammersmith; Weldon Rising (Beckett Centre, Dublin); Insignificance (Bell Table, Limerick); Short plays at Pleasance, London and Lion and Unicorn. Audio books – Perfect Romance; Find Your Dream Job both for Infinite Ideas Ltd. Film – Short films for UCLA’s MFA in Film Direction and for the Royal Academy of Art. Runner-up, BBC Radio Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award 2008

Special Interests
Cycling, swimming, writing

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