---
name: "John Prescott"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-prescott"
fi1m_id: "john-prescott"
imdb_id: "nm1649100"
tmdb_id: 1220194
wikidata_id: "Q332393"
roles: []
born: "13 May 1938"
died: "20 November 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T20:01:41.688737+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 Prescott

## Identity

John Prescott

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-prescott
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-prescott
- **IMDb ID:** nm1649100
- **TMDB ID:** 1220194
- **Wikidata ID:** Q332393
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q332393, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1649100/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220194

Actor. Born 13 May 1938 in Prestatyn, North Wales. Died 20 November 2024.

## Details

- **Born:** 13 May 1938, Prestatyn, North Wales
- **Died:** 20 November 2024
- **Also known as:** Lord Prescott
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Prescott, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q332393, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1649100/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220194

## Biography

John Prescott, Baron Prescott, was a British Labour politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and as Member of Parliament for Hull East from 1970 to 2010. Born in Prestatyn, North Wales, he later appeared in film and television, credited as an actor or as himself.

He is known for his cameo as himself in the BBC series *Gavin & Stacey* (2010) and for archive footage appearances including in the documentary *Taking Liberties* (2007). Prescott died in 2024.

*Sources: imdb.com, independent.co.uk, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Gavin & Stacey* (2007), Fi1m 80, as John Prescott — [page](https://film.one/tv/gavin-and-stacey.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Taking Liberties* (2007), Fi1m 66, as Self (archive footage) — [page](https://film.one/film/taking-liberties.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Red Winter* (2022), Writer
- *One Rogue Reporter* (2014), Actor
- *Gavin & Stacey* (2007), series, as John Prescott — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/gavin-and-stacey.md)
- *Bootleg* (1985), Director
- *TV Eye* (1978), series, Actor
- *Weekend World* (1972), series, Actor
- *Nationwide* (1969), series, Actor

## Gallery

- ![John Prescott, British Labour politician, during his last day as Deputy Prime Minister. (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/441861/gallery-d9d649172ec3.jpg) John Prescott, British Labour politician, during his last day as Deputy Prime Minister. (2007) — Flickr user Steve Punter, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/John_Prescott_on_his_last_day_as_Deputy_Prime_Minister%2C_June_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-John_Prescott_on_his_last_day_as_Deputy_Prime_Minister%2C_June_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rt Hon John Prescott MP at a fund-raiser in Crawley. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/441861/gallery-33a304253cf6.jpg) Rt Hon John Prescott MP at a fund-raiser in Crawley. (2009) — Andrew Skudder, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/John_Prescott_2009_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dennis Skinner and John Prescott at the 2016 Labour Party Conference.](https://film.one/media/person/441861/gallery-b9b16e30ce29.jpg) Dennis Skinner and John Prescott at the 2016 Labour Party Conference. — Rwendland, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Dennis_Skinner_and_John_Prescott%2C_2016_Labour_Party_Conference_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Dennis_Skinner_and_John_Prescott%2C_2016_Labour_Party_Conference_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Rt Hon John Prescott MP at a fund-raiser in Crawley. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/441861/gallery-9a99fc7ab754.jpg) Rt Hon John Prescott MP at a fund-raiser in Crawley. (2009) — Andrew Skudder, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/John_Prescott_2009.jpg/1280px-John_Prescott_2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Author: Getoar](https://film.one/media/person/441861/gallery-76cd3eb2a110.jpg) Author: Getoar — Getoar at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/JPrescott.jpg/1280px-JPrescott.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dennis Skinner and John Prescott at the 2016 Labour Party Conference.](https://film.one/media/person/441861/gallery-a4eb998fba8a.jpg) Dennis Skinner and John Prescott at the 2016 Labour Party Conference. — Rwendland, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Dennis_Skinner_and_John_Prescott%2C_2016_Labour_Party_Conference.jpg/1280px-Dennis_Skinner_and_John_Prescott%2C_2016_Labour_Party_Conference.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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