---
name: "John Light"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-light"
fi1m_id: "john-light"
imdb_id: "nm0509936"
tmdb_id: 65642
wikidata_id: "Q714848"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 September 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T16:05:43.177760+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."
---

# John Light

## Identity

John Light

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-light
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-light
- **IMDb ID:** nm0509936
- **TMDB ID:** 65642
- **Wikidata ID:** Q714848
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Light_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q714848, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0509936/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65642

Actor. Born 30 September 1974 in Birmingham, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 September 1974, Birmingham, England, UK
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Also known as:** جان لایت
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 75 (1), 2000s 83 (1), 2010s 71 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Light_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q714848, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0509936/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65642

## Biography

John Light is an English actor working in film, television and theatre. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and made his screen debut in the late 1990s.

His early film role was as Young Reggie in *A Rather English Marriage* (1998). On television he has appeared in *North & South* (2004) as Henry Lennox, *Band of Brothers* (2001) as Lt. Col. O. Dobie, and in recurring roles in *Father Brown* (2013–) as Hercule Flambeau and *Around the World in 80 Days* (2021) as Ambrose Abernathy. Theatre credits include a Laurence Olivier Award-nominated performance in *Taken at Midnight* (2014) and the role of Lord Asriel in the National Theatre production of *The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage*, filmed for *National Theatre Live* (2022).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Silk* (2011), Fi1m 71, as Alan Bradley — [page](https://film.one/tv/silk.md)
- *North & South* (2004), Fi1m 83, as Henry Lennox — [page](https://film.one/tv/north-and-south.md)
- *A Rather English Marriage* (1998), Fi1m 75, as Young Reggie — [page](https://film.one/film/a-rather-english-marriage.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

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

- *There's Always Hope* (2023), as Luke
- *Murder in Provence* (2022), series, as Dr. Marcel Vannier
- *National Theatre Live: The Book of Dust — La Belle Sauvage* (2022), as Lord Asriel / George Boatwright
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (2021), series, as Ambrose Abernathy
- *Showtrial* (2021), series, as Adrian Gilligan
- *Maigret's Dead Man* (2016), as 达科特
- *A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe* (2014), as Oberon/Theseus
- *Atlantis* (2013), series, as Diagoras
- *WPC 56* (2013), series, as Chief Inspector Roger Nelson
- *Jo* (2013), series, Actor
- *Father Brown* (2013), series, as Captain Flynn / Hercule Flambeau, Hercule Flambeau
- *Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter* (2012), as Jason Fox
- *Albert Nobbs* (2011), as Mr. Smythe-Willard
- *DCI Banks* (2011), series, as Mark Keane
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Andrew Franks — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Silk* (2011), series, as Alan Bradley — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/silk.md)
- *Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons* (2008), series, as Simon Maxwell
- *Lewis* (2007), series, as Felix Garwood
- *Partition* (2007), as Walter Hankins
- *Scoop* (2006), as Poker Player
- *Dresden* (2006), series, as Robert Newman
- *The Prophecy: Forsaken* (2005), as Satan
- *Heights* (2005), as Peter
- *The Prophecy: Uprising* (2005), as John Riegert / Satan
- *North & South* (2004), series, as Henry Lennox — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/north-and-south.md)
- *The Lion in Winter* (2003), as Geoffrey
- *Lloyd & Hill* (2003), as Colin Cochrane
- *Dracula II: Ascension* (2003), as Eric
- *The Good Pope* (2003), as Mattia Carcano giovane
- *Il Papa buono* (2003), series, as Mattia Carcano giovane
- *Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor* (2003), as John Andre
- *Intimate Affairs* (2002), as Peter
- *Purpose* (2002), as John Elias
- *Band of Brothers* (2001), series, as Lt. Col. O. Dobie — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/band-of-brothers.md)
- *Love in a Cold Climate* (2001), series, as Christian
- *Trance* (2001), as Tony Deighton
- *Ruth Ellis: A Life for a Life* (1999), as David Blakely
- *Mary, Mother of Jesus* (1999), as Archangel Gabriel
- *Aristocrats* (1999), as Lord Edward FitzGerald
- *Wavelengths* (1999), as Phil/Journalist
- *The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax* (1999), as Robin Hughes-Wright
- *A Rather English Marriage* (1998), as Young Reggie — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/a-rather-english-marriage.md)
- *Cider with Rosie* (1998), as Boyfriend Harold
- *The Jump* (1998), series, as Mario Brunos
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Luke Fawcett — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as DC 'Hat' Bowler
- *Soldier Soldier* (1991), series, as Private Frank Floyd
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor

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