John Paisley (actor)

This article is about the Scottish actor. For the former CIA officer, see John Paisley (CIA officer).

John Paisley is a Scottish actor working in China.

Early life and acting career

Paisley was born in Scotland in 1938. He graduated from Edinburgh College of Speech and Drama,^[1] followed by the Royal Academy of Music and Drama (London) in 1959.^[2] He initially worked as an actor and stage manager as part of a repertory in England. He emigrated to Australia in 1961, working as an actor, teacher, writer, and playwright. He relocated to China to lecture at the Beijing University Department of Foreign Languages from 1999 to 2005, before returning to film work in Chinese productions. He married the painter Zheng Keying, his third wife, in 2005.^[3]

His most significant recent role was as John Rabe in the 2009 movie City of Life and Death.^[4]

Filmography^[4]

Television

Screenplays

Footnotes

References

• "John Paisley, actor". castingcallpro.com. Retrieved 14 September 2010. 
• "John Paisley, CV". salonart.net. Retrieved 14 September 2010. 
• "John Paisley". IMDb. Retrieved 14 September 2010. 
• "Behind The Silver Screen". China Daily. china.org.cn. 8 July 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2010. 
• "Contrabandits Episode Details". Classic Australian Television. Don Storey. Retrieved 19 June 2014.