---
name: "John Macmillan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-macmillan"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T14:40:00.571309+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 Macmillan

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 2012–present
- **Also known as:** John MacMillan
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (2), 2020s 64 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,081m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Macmillan_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112161752, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3025293/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/550549

## Coming up

- *Elsinore* (2026-11-20), as Horatio

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Chewing Gum*](https://film.one/tv/chewing-gum.md) (78)

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## Biography

John Macmillan (also credited as MacMillan) is a British actor. He trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London after attending Waterford Kamhlaba United World College in Mbabane, Eswatini, and began his career in theatre in 2007.

He received Ian Charleson Award nominations for performances in *Hamlet* and *Macbeth*, and was nominated for a Satellite Award for his role as Edmund in the 2018 BBC Two adaptation of *King Lear*. His television credits include the BBC One drama *Silk* (2011–2014), the Channel 4 sitcom *Chewing Gum* (2015–2017) as Ronald, *Back* (2017–2021), *Hang Ups* (2018) and *House of the Dragon* (2022) as Ser Laenor Velaryon. Film roles include *Hanna* (2011), *Maleficent* (2014), *Fury* (2014) and *The Dig* (2021).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Jay Kelly* (2025), Fi1m 64, as Chef — [page](https://film.one/film/jay-kelly.md)
- *Chewing Gum* (2015), Fi1m 78, as Ronald — [page](https://film.one/tv/chewing-gum.md)
- *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012), Fi1m 74, as Analyst #2 — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight-rises.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

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

- *Elsinore* (2026), as Horatio
- *PONIES* (2026), series, as Tom Hasbeck
- *Jay Kelly* (2025), as Chef — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/jay-kelly.md)
- *Dating in Your 20s* (2025), as The Cynic
- *The Woman in Cabin 10* (2025), as Captain Addis
- *7 Bears* (2025), series, as Prince Charming (voice)
- *Up the Catalogue* (2024), as Daniel Fortescue
- *Seize Them!* (2024), as King Guthrum
- *One Day* (2024), series, as Aaron
- *The Burning Girls* (2023), series, as Mike Sudduth
- *Supa Team 4* (2023), series, as Magedzee / Bad Magz (voice)
- *National Theatre Live: Phaedra* (2023), as Eric
- *The People We Hate at the Wedding* (2022), as Ollie
- *House of the Dragon* (2022), series, as Ser Laenor Velaryon
- *Surface* (2022), series, as Richard
- *Bus Girl* (2022), as Mr. Relaxation (voice)
- *Ron's Gone Wrong* (2021), as Bubble Techs (voice)
- *The Cleaner* (2021), series, as Strazzamo
- *The Nevers* (2021), series, as Byner
- *The Dig* (2021), as Dr Rothman
- *Tumbleweed* (2020), as Cooper Cat (voice)
- *Boys On Film 20: Heaven Can Wait* (2020), as Ben (segment "Mine")
- *Dial M for Middlesbrough* (2019), as Chad
- *Ghosts* (2019), series, as Scott — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/ghosts.md)
- *Hang Ups* (2018), series, as Adebowale 'Abs' Walters
- *King Lear* (2018), as Edmund
- *Famalam* (2018), series, Acting
- *Kiss Me First* (2018), series, as Saul Green
- *Mine* (2017), as Ben
- *Back* (2017), series, as Julian
- *National Theatre Live: Yerma* (2017), as Victor
- *Carnage: Swallowing the Past* (2017), as Troye King Jones
- *Chewing Gum* (2015), series, as Ronald — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/chewing-gum.md)
- *Critical* (2015), series, as Staff Nurse Justin Costello
- *Fury* (2014), as Corporal
- *Maleficent* (2014), as Captain
- *Stars in Shorts* (2012), as Jason
- *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012), as Analyst #2 — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-knight-rises.md)
- *Comedy Blaps* (2011), series, as Ronald
- *Friend Request Pending* (2011), as Jason
- *Hanna* (2011), as Lewis
- *Silk* (2011), series, as John Bright
- *Sherlock* (2010), series, as Community Officer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/sherlock.md)
- *Heartless* (2010), as She
- *Hustle* (2004), series, as Harry Fielding
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Solomon Franks

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