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| name = John Sessions | image = GAA0084.jpg | caption = | birth_name = John Gibb Marshall | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1953|01|11}} | birth_place = Bedford, Bedfordshire, England | occupation = Actor, comedian | television = Whose Line Is It Anyway? (UK) Stella Street | alma_mater = Bangor University | years_active = 1982–present }}John Gibb Marshall (born 11 January 1953),[1] better known by the stage name John Sessions, is a British actor and comedian. He is known for comedy improvisation in television shows such as Whose Line Is It Anyway?, as a panellist on QI, and as a character actor in numerous films, both in the UK and in Hollywood.[2] Early lifeJohn Sessions was born John Marshall on 11 January 1953 in Bedford, Bedfordshire, England.[2] He has a twin sister, Maggie, and an older brother.[3] EducationSessions was educated at Bedford Modern School, an independent school for boys (now co-educational), and Verulam School, St Albans, followed by Bangor University, from which he graduated with an MA in English literature.[2] At university, he had begun to appear to audiences with his comedy in shows such as "Look back in Bangor" and "Marshall Arts". He later studied for a PhD from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, although he did not complete the doctorate.[3] This period in his life was unhappy.[4] In a 'Worst of Times' column for The Independent from around 1990, he talked of how the freezing Canadian weather had depressed him, he was smoking "far too many cigarettes" and "had a couple of disastrous flings", and described his PhD dissertation as "200 pages of rubbish".[4] CareerSessions attended RADA in the late 1970s, studying alongside Kenneth Branagh; the two would work together on many occasions later in their careers.[5] In the early 1980s he worked on the small venue comedy circuit with largely improvised freewheeling fantasy monologues. He topped a double bill with French and Saunders during this period.[6] He had a number of small parts in films including The Sender in 1982, The Bounty in 1984 and Castaway in 1986.[7] Sessions played to his strengths in improvisation and comedy with his one-man stage show Napoleon, which ran in London's West End for some time in the mid-1980s.[8] Sessions and Stephen Fry were the only two regular panellists on the original radio broadcast of Whose Line Is It Anyway? in the late 1980s.[9] When the show, still hosted by Clive Anderson, made the transition to television, Fry departed from regular appearances, but Sessions remained the featured panellist for the first season, a frequent player in the second, but he did not appear again after his two appearances in the third series.[10] A gifted impressionist (he also voiced characters for Spitting Image), he drew heavily on his extensive literary education and developed a reputation for being "a bit of a swot", being able to quote extensive passages of text and make endless cultural and historical references.[11] His ready ability to switch between accents and personae meanwhile allowed his career in improvisation to flourish. In 1987 he played Lionel Zipser in Channel 4's mini-series Porterhouse Blue.[12] In 1989, Sessions starred in his own one-man TV show, John Sessions.[13] Filmed at the Donmar Warehouse in London, the show involved Sessions performing before a live audience who were invited to nominate a person, a location and two objects from a selection, around which Sessions would improvise a surreal performance for the next half-hour.[4] This series prompted two further one-man TV shows: John Sessions' Tall Tales (1991) and John Sessions' Likely Stories (1994).[14] Although billed as 'improvisation, these were increasingly pre-planned.[14] In an interview headlined 'Who The Hell Does John Sessions Think He Is?' in Q magazine in the early 1990s, he admitted that some of his improv wasn't entirely spontaneous, but that if it were advertised as scripted 'it had to be funnier'.[15] 1991 also saw Sessions in the BBC drama Jute City, a three-part thriller based around a sinister Masonic bunch of villains, co-starring with vocalist Fish (Derek W. Dick, singer in the first incarnation of rock band Marillion).[16] In 1996 he was commissioned by the Royal Academy of Arts to write "Paint, said Fred", the life of Frederic, Lord Leighton, the pre-eminent Victorian artist, in a one-man show that used his comic writing abilities and his gift for impersonation.[17] Sessions also starred in Stella Street, a surreal "soap opera" comedy about a fantasy suburban British street inhabited by celebrities such as Michael Caine and Al Pacino, which he conceived with fellow impressionist Phil Cornwell, the two of them playing several parts in each episode.[18] Sessions later returned to formal acting, with parts ranging from James Boswell (to Robbie Coltrane's Samuel Johnson) in the UK TV comedy drama Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles (1993) to Doctor Prunesquallor in the BBC adaptation of Gormenghast (2000) and in 1998 as Hercules Fortesque, a BBC HR manager in the BBC mini-series In The Red adapted from the book and the BBC radio series by Mark Taverner.[19] He provided the voice of the Professor in The Adventures of Pinocchio in 1996.[20] He also appeared in several Shakespeare films, playing Macmorris in Kenneth Branagh's Henry V (1989), Philostrate in the 1999 film of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Salerio in the 2004 movie The Merchant of Venice, with Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons.[21] He also contributed "Sonnet 62" to the 2002 compilation album When Love Speaks (EMI Classics), which consists of famous actors and musicians interpreting Shakespearean sonnets and play excerpts.[22] In between appearing in regular film and TV roles, Sessions has made appearances on Have I Got News for You and, more recently, as a semi-regular panellist on QI.[23][5] Sessions was one of four panellists, including the permanent Alan Davies, on the inaugural episode of QI, in which he demonstrated his effortless memory of the birth and death dates of various historical figures (while simultaneously and apologetically deeming the knowledge of such facts "a sickness").[5] On radio, Sessions guested in December 1997 on the regular BBC Radio 3 show Private Passions, presented by Michael Berkeley, not as himself but as a 112-year-old Viennese percussionist called Manfred Sturmer, who told anecdotes (about Brahms, Clara Schumann, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg and others) so realistically that some listeners did not realise that the whole thing was a hoax.[24] Other Sessions creations appeared on Berkeley's show in subsequent years. Sessions has taken the role of narrating the popular Asterix stories for audiobook, since the death of Willie Rushton.[25] Sessions made a guest appearance in a special webcast version of Doctor Who, in a story called Death Comes to Time, in which he played General Tannis. He occasionally appeared in the BBC series Judge John Deed as barrister Brian Cantwell QC. In 2007, he guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio adventure 100.[26][27] In 2006, Sessions presented some of the BBC's coverage of The Proms and featured in one of the two Jackanory specials, voicing the characters and playing the storyteller in the audiobook version of Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell's children's book Muddle Earth.[28] In 2007 he appeared in the final episode of the second series of Hotel Babylon, playing hotel owner Donovan Credo, and as Geoffrey Howe in 2009's Margaret.[29] In 2010 he played Kenny Prince in Sherlock.[30] Sessions appeared in the teen drama TV show Skins in 2011 as one of two adopted fathers of Franky Fitzgerald.[4] He also appeared as a Brummy vicar in an episode of Outnumbered on BBC1.[31] Sessions has also played two British prime ministers in films, Harold Wilson in Made in Dagenham and Edward Heath in The Iron Lady.[32] In 2013 he appeared in the premiere production of the new play Longing.[33] In 2014, Sessions made a short appearance in Outlander as Arthur Duncan.[34] In October 2014, Sessions was heard as Gus, the mysterious, psychopathic computer that controlled the eponymous train/spaceship in the Doctor Who episode "Mummy on the Orient Express".[35] Sessions also appeared as Mycroft Holmes in the 2015 film Mr. Holmes.[36] Sessions played the role of Arthur Lowe in the 2015 drama We're Doomed! The Dad's Army Story.[37] He played Dr Hermann in the 2016 film Florence Foster Jenkins.[38] Personal lifeSessions supports UKIP,[39][40] "I get so bored with people going, 'Ukip are a bunch of racists.' They're nothing of the kind. Nigel Farage talks more sense than the rest of the politicians put together. The United States of Europe is madness.".[3] Sessions is openly gay.[41] In August 2014, Sessions was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's referendum on that issue.[42] His name change occurred when he became a performer, owing to the presence of a John Marshall on the Equity register already.[43] FilmographyFilm
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QI Transcripts dot com|website=www.qitranscripts.com|accessdate=1 April 2019}} 16. ^{{cite web|url=https://vhistory.wordpress.com/2014/08/05/jute-city-tape-1290/|title=Jute City – tape 1290|first=|last=VHiStory|date=5 August 2014|publisher=|accessdate=1 April 2019}} 17. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/sessions-john-1953|title=Sessions, John 1953- - Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com|accessdate=1 April 2019}} 18. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/oct/01/stella-street-jagger-richards-bowie-caine-nicholson|title=Stella Street box set review: just popping down the shop to see Mick and Keef|first=George|last=Bass|date=1 October 2015|publisher=|accessdate=1 April 2019|via=www.theguardian.com}} 19. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mwft8|title=BBC Two - ScreenPlay, Series 8, Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles|website=BBC|accessdate=1 April 2019}} 20. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/audiobook/237596541/Pinocchio|title=Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi and John Sessions - Listen Online|publisher=|accessdate=1 April 2019|via=www.scribd.com}} 21. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0785938/bio|title=John Sessions|website=IMDb|accessdate=1 April 2019}} 22. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-When-Love-Speaks/master/1078436|title=Various - When Love Speaks|website=Discogs|accessdate=1 April 2019}} 23. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/john_sessions/|title=John Sessions|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide|accessdate=1 April 2019}} 24. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.usefulvoices.com/john-sessions/|title=John Sessions|first=|last=paul|date=20 July 2015|publisher=|accessdate=1 April 2019}} 25. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/pick-of-the-day-radio-1194406.html|title=Pick of the Day: Radio|date=26 December 1998|website=The Independent|accessdate=1 April 2019}} 26. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/11_november/05/deed_pack.shtml|title=BBC - Press Office - Judge John Deed series two|website=www.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=1 April 2019}} 27. ^{{cite web|url=https://guide.doctorwhonews.net/person.php?code=11863|title=Doctor Who Guide: John Sessions|website=Doctor Who Guide|accessdate=1 April 2019}} 28. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/oct/20/broadcasting.bbc|title=Jackanory gets revamp for specials with CGI characters|first1=Owen|last1=Gibson|first2=media|last2=correspondent|date=20 October 2006|publisher=|accessdate=1 April 2019|via=www.theguardian.com}} 29. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/hotel_babylon/episodes/2/8/|title=Hotel Babylon Series 2, Episode 8|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide|accessdate=1 April 2019}} 30. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com.mt/books?id=-Ci7BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT30&lpg=PT30&dq=john+sessions+kenny+prince&source=bl&ots=IfuDEnNohy&sig=ACfU3U2DCZ80mKLi3S03vJLqo4WmOU1deA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj89_app67hAhVKXBoKHTPoDn0Q6AEwDHoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=john+sessions+kenny+prince&f=false|title=The Immortals: An Unauthorized guide to Sherlock and Elementary|first=Matthew J.|last=Elliott|date=23 October 2013|publisher=Andrews UK Limited|accessdate=1 April 2019|via=Google Books}} 31. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0147jll|title=BBC One - Outnumbered, Series 4, Episode 1|website=BBC|accessdate=1 April 2019}} 32. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9497767/John-Sessions-reviews-a-trio-of-Margaret-Thatchers.html|title=John Sessions reviews a trio of Margaret Thatchers|first=Tim|last=Walker|date=25 August 2012|publisher=|accessdate=1 April 2019|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}} 33. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.hampsteadtheatre.com/news/2013/01/casting-announcement-iain-glen-to-star-opposite-tamsin-greig-and-john-sessions-in-longing/|title=CASTING ANNOUNCEMENT: Iain Glen to star opposite Tamsin Greig and John Sessions in Longing|website=Hampstead Theatre|accessdate=1 April 2019}} 34. ^{{cite web | last1 = Byrne-Cristiano | first1 = Laura | title = First Look: 'Outlander' images feature Jaime and Geillis | url = http://www.hypable.com/2014/08/21/exclusive-outlander-images-feature-jamie-and-geillis/ | website = hypable.com | date = 21 August 2014 | accessdate = 15 September 2014 }} 35. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04lny6c|title=BBC One - Doctor Who, Series 8, Mummy on the Orient Express|website=BBC|accessdate=1 April 2019}} 36. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/reviews-recommendations/film-week-mr-holmes|title=Film of the week: Mr. Holmes - Sight & Sound|website=British Film Institute|accessdate=1 April 2019}} 37. ^{{Cite web|title = John Sessions went bald for the 'terrific' challenge of playing Dad's Army icon Arthur Lowe (VIDEO) – TV News – What's on TV|url = http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/tv-news/news/john-sessions-went-bald-for-the-terrific-challenge-of-playing-dads-army-icon-arthur-lowe-video|website = What's on TV|access-date = 2016-02-20}} 38. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b084zbf0|title=BBC One - Florence Foster Jenkins|website=BBC|accessdate=1 April 2019}} 39. ^{{cite web | last = Dessau | first = Bruce |title = Opinion: Comedians & UKIP | url = http://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/945/opinion-comedians-ukip | publisher = Beyond The Joke | date = 15 July 2014 | accessdate = 26 August 2014 }} 40. ^{{cite web | last = Moss | first = Stephen |title=John Sessions, comedy pioneer: 'I lost my way' | Film |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/14/john-sessions-interview-comedy-pudsey-the-dog-the-movie | work = The Guardian | publisher = Guardian Media Group | date = 14 July 2014 | accessdate = 26 August 2014 }} 41. ^{{cite news | last = Hoggard | first = Liz | title = How we met: Alan McWalter & John Sessions | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/how-we-met-alan-mcwalter-amp-john-sessions-454924.html | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100926193850/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/how-we-met-alan-mcwalter-amp-john-sessions-454924.html | archivedate = 26 September 2010 | location = London | work = The Independent | publisher = Independent Print Ltd | date= 1 July 2007 | accessdate = 4 January 2009 }} 42. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text |title=Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories |work=The Guardian |location=London |date=7 August 2014 |accessdate=26 August 2014}} 43. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/actor-john-sessions-lawyer-malcolm-2655925|title=Actor John Sessions and lawyer Malcolm Evans among Bangor University’s honorary fellowships|first=Rhodri|last=Barker|date=10 July 2012|website=northwales|accessdate=1 April 2019}} External links
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