John Wood, CBE (born 1 January 1930) is an English actor.

Biography

Wood was born in Derbyshire and studied at Jesus College, Oxford. Known as a stage actor, he has played extensively in Shakespeare, having joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1970s. He has also appeared in many of Tom Stoppard's plays. Wood also has a wide-ranging cinema career, which includes significant roles in WarGames (1983), Ladyhawke (1985), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), and Ian McKellen's Richard III (1995), Sabrina (1995), and The Revengers' Comedies (1997), among others.

Movies

• Stolen Face (1952) .... Dr. John 'Jack' Wilson
• Two Way Stretch (1960) (uncredited) .... Army officer
• The Challenge (1960) .... School Inspector
• Invasion Quartet (1961) .... Duty Officer - War Office
• Wings of Death (1961) .... Photographer
• The Rebel (1961) .... Poet
• Live Now - Pay Later (1962) .... Curate
• Postman's Knock (1962) (as John Woods) .... P.C. Woods
• Just for Fun (1963) .... Official
• That Kind of Girl (1963) .... Doctor
• The Mouse on the Moon (1963) .... Countryman
• Love Is a Ball (1963) .... Julian Soames
• Just Like a Woman (1967) .... John Martin
• Which Way to the Front? (1970) .... Finkel
• One More Time (1970/I) .... Figg
• The Engagement (1970) .... Penciller
• Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) .... Colonel Kobylinsky
• Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) (as Tom Wood) .... English Officer
• Somebody Killed Her Husband (1978) .... Ernest Van Santen
• Agentti 000 ja kuoleman kurvit (1983) .... Agent 009
• WarGames (1983) .... Dr. Stephen Falken
• Ladyhawke (1985) .... Bishop of Aquila
• The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) .... Jason
• Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986) .... Jeremy Talbott
• Heartburn (1986) .... British Moderator
• Lady Jane (1986) .... John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland
• Orlando (1992) .... Archduke Harry
• Shadowlands (1993) .... Christopher Riley
• The Young Americans (1993) .... Richard Donnelly
• The Madness of King George (1994) .... Thurlow
• Uncovered (1994) .... Cesar
• Sabrina (1995) .... Tom Fairchild
• Richard III (1995) .... King Edward IV
• Jane Eyre (1996) .... Mr. Brocklehurst
• The Gambler (1997) .... The General
• Metroland (1997) .... The Retired Commuter
• The Avengers (1998) .... Trubshaw
• Sweet Revenge (1998) .... Col. Marcus
• Mad Cows (1999) .... Alistair
• The Venice Project (1999) .... The Viscount
• An Ideal Husband (1999) .... Lord Caversham
• Chocolat (2000) .... Guillaume Blerot
• The Little Vampire (2000) .... Lord McAshton
• The Body (2001) .... Cardinal Pesci
• Imagining Argentina (2003) .... Amos Sternberg
• The Rocket Post (2004) .... Sir Wilson Ramsay
• The White Countess (2005) .... Prince Peter Belinsky