John trained in Russia at the Russian School of Acting.
He can currently be seen as Boris in comedy-drama Da Vinci’s Laundry at Riverside Studios, and can be heard in BBC audio drama Discretion from exec producer Jed Mercurio, and can most recently be seen on screen as Anton Kotov in True Detective: Night Country for HBO.
His screen credits include James Monkland in Peaky Blinders, Gavin Forbes in Manhunt, Andrei Kolchak in Luther (BBC), Lieutenant Colonel Lev Kogan in Strike Back, Frank in Black Earth Rising (BBC, Netflix) and Alan Harvey in Chasing Shadows (ITV), amongst many others.
Some of his film credits include The King’s Speech, Oliver Tudpole in The Impossible, Les Misérables, James Bond: The World is Not Enough, Made in Italy, and Muppets Most Wanted.