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name: "John Heffernan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-heffernan-940459"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 June 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-18T08:55:49.656863+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# John Heffernan

Actor. Born 30 June 1981 in Billericay, Essex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 June 1981, Billericay, Essex, England, UK
- **Active:** 2010–2019
- **Also known as:** Джон Хеффернан
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 67 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 1, History 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $10m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Heffernan_(British_actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20676942, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3467387/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/940459

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Official Secrets*](https://film.one/film/official-secrets.md) (65)

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## Biography

John Heffernan is a British actor born on 30 June 1981 in Billericay, Essex. He trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London and began his career with walk-on roles at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

He has worked extensively in theatre, appearing with the English Touring Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Notable stage roles include the title parts in *Edward II* at the National Theatre and *Oppenheimer* with the RSC.

On screen he has appeared in films including *Eye in the Sky* (2015), *Crooked House* (2017), *Official Secrets* (2019) as James Welch, *Misbehaviour* (2020) and *The Duke* (2021). Television credits include *Luther* (2010) as Steven Rose, *Outlander* (2014), *The Crown* (2016) as Lord Altrincham, *Brexit: The Uncivil War* (2019), *Dracula* (2020) and *Misbehaviour* (2020).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Official Secrets* (2019), Fi1m 65, as James Welch — [page](https://film.one/film/official-secrets.md)
- *The Crown* (2016), Fi1m 78, as Lord Altrincham — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Luther* (2010), Fi1m 72, as Steven Rose — [page](https://film.one/tv/luther.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *This Town* (2024), series, as Commander Bentley
- *A Ghost Story for Christmas: Lot No. 249* (2023), as The Friend
- *National Theatre Live: Much Ado About Nothing* (2022), as Benedick
- *Becoming Elizabeth* (2022), series, as Duke of Somerset
- *The Duke* (2021), as Neddie Cussen
- *The Banishing* (2021), as Linus
- *Misbehaviour* (2020), as Gareth
- *Dracula* (2020), series, as Jonathan Harker
- *Forget Me Not* (2019), as Jack
- *Official Secrets* (2019), as James Welch — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/official-secrets.md)
- *Brexit: The Uncivil War* (2019), as Matthew Elliott
- *Crooked House* (2017), as Laurence Brown
- *The Loch* (2017), series, as Dr. Simon Marr
- *Cern and the Sense of Beauty* (2017), as Narrator (voice)
- *The Crown* (2016), series, as Lord Altrincham — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-crown.md)
- *Eye in the Sky* (2015), as Major Harold Webb
- *Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell* (2015), series, as Lascelles
- *Beyond the Pale* (2014), as Captain Charles Shore
- *Outlander* (2014), series, as Brigadier General Lord Thomas
- *Murder on the Home Front* (2013), series, as Zeigler
- *All This Can Happen* (2013), as Narrator
- *Ripper Street* (2012), series, as Ronald Capshaw
- *The Hollow Crown* (2012), series, as Francis
- *Luther* (2010), series, as Steven Rose — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/luther.md)
- *National Theatre Live: The Habit of Art* (2010), as George
- *King Lear* (2008), as Oswald
- *Foyle's War* (2002), series, as James Griffin
- *Red Alert: Hockeytown 3* (2002), as Narrator
- *A Ghost Story for Christmas* (1971), series, as The Friend
- *Tomb Raider*, series, as David

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