John Light (actor)

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John Light (born 28 September 1974 Birmingham, England) is an English cinema, television and theatre actor.

[edit] Career

His theatre performances include John, the son of Rudyard Kipling in "My Son John", The Complete Works Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon where he starred in Sean Holmes' Julius Caesar as Brutus and in Rupert Goold's The Tempest as Caliban. He appeared as Henry Lennox (with Richard Armitage and Daniela Denby-Ashe) in the BBC production 'North and South' from the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell.

He also portrayed British pilot Robert Newman in the German film Dresden, in which he spoke German.

[edit] Family links

He is a third cousin of the poet Laurie Lee and the film director Jack Lee. His father John Light Senior is a retired headmaster and is currently the Chairman of the Gloucestershire County Cricket Club and his sister Liz Light runs a youth theatre in Birmingham, England called Stage2. Light married Canadian actress Neve Campbell on May 5, 2007.[1]

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