John Simm grew up in Nelson, near Burnley.
When John Simm was a youngster he and his father Ron formed a singing act, Us 2.
In 1997 John Simm made his stage debut in Simon Bent's 'Goldhawk Road' at the Bush.
John Simm's credits include Cracker in 1995 and the starring role of Danny Kavanagh in The Lakes.
John Simm's other notable roles include playing journalist Cal McCaffrey in State Of Play and starring as Sam Tyler in Life on Mars.
In 2008, John Simm was cast as the Puritan anti-monarchist Edward Sexby in Channel Four's The Devil's Whore.
