JOHN HANNAH (Terry Swinton)
was most recently seen on the big screen opposite
Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz in the blockbuster hit The Mummy. He also starred with
Gwyneth Paltrow in Sliding Doors, but is probably best known for his role in the smash hit
Four Weddings and a Funeral, for which he was awarded the Scottish BAFTA as Best Actor.
Hannah also won the Best Actor Award at the Stockholm Film Festival for his performance in
Madagascar Skin.
His other films have included The James Gang, Resurrection Man and Truth or Dare,
directed by Academy Award‘-nominee John Madden. He will next be seen in Columbia
Pictures’ Circus, starring opposite Famke Jansen and Peter Stormare.
Hannah studied for three years at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama before
doing the rounds of Britain’s leading repertory companies, including the National Theatre
Co., the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Bristol Old Vic, the Newcastle Playhouse and the
Glasgow Citizens Theatre. His most recent stage productions have been the role of Lee in the
National Theatre production of Somewhere and the role of Jean in a Young Vic production of
Miss Julie.