John Askew (actor)

John Askew is an English television, theatre and film actor. He is best known for his role as Jack Hunter in The English Game and Darren Baron in Flack (TV series).
 
John grew up in Swinton, a small town in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK. His played football at Academy level until he was 16. He attended Wath Academy. He was a member of Wentworth Youth Theatre and appeared in many of their shows at The Dearne Playhouse. As a teenager he also appeared in TV shows Shameless (British TV series). (Channel 4), The Street: Code 9 (British TV series). 
He studied Law at University of York, spending much of his time there involved with the Drama Society, including a year as Chair. He also created and performed in shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In his third year he was cast in Forty Years On (play)|40 Years On, by Alan Bennett at York Theatre Royal, directed by Damian Cruden. 
After graduating from York Law School in 2012, he trained as an actor at Arts Educational Schools, London. 
Since graduating in 2013 his stage work includes national and international tours, as well as the West End. He is most known on stage for paying Bob in Andrea Dunbar Rita, Sue and Bob Too, directed by Kate Wasserberg at Out of Joint Theatre Company|Out of Joint, as Dane Samson in Gypsy Queen which toured the UK before transferring to Canada and America, in And Did Those Feet, directed by David Thacker at Octagon Theatre, Bolton|Bolton Octagon, and in John Harvey (author) Darkness Darkness, directed by Jack McNamara at Nottingham Playhouse. 
He is best known for his TV work in The Rook (TV series) (Starz), as Jack Hunter (footballer) in The English Game by Julian Fellowes (Netflix), directed by Tim Fywell, and as Darren Barron in Flack (TV series)|Flack by Oliver Lansley (Amazon Prime/CASM/Hat Trick Productions/W (British TV channel)) playing opposite Anna Paquin, Lydia Wilson, Rebecca Benson, and Sophia La Porter.
John has also voiced various characters for the Big Finish Productions|Big Finish Dark Shadows (audio drama) series and Audible (store)|Audible
Year	Title 	Role 	Director 	Production Company/Channel
2020	Flack (TV series) 	Darren Barron 	Alicia MacDonald	Amazon Prime/CASM/Hat Trick Productions/Channel W
2020	The English Game 	Jack Hunter (footballer)	Tim Fywell 	42/Netflix
2019	The Rookie (TV series) 	Brandon 	Sunu Gonera 	Starz/Lionsgate
2008	Shameless (British TV series)	Billy 	Lawrence Till 	Channel 4
Year	Title 	Role 	Director 	Company/Venue
2019	Gypsy Queen 	Dane Samson 	Chris Lawson 	International Tour
2019	Rita, Sue and Bob Too 	Bob 	Kate Wasserberg 	Out of Joint/UK Tour
2018	And Did Those Feet 	Jim 	David Thacker 	Bolton Octagon
2017	Richard Bean 	Titch 	Jack McNamara 	UK Tour
2017	Wuthering Heights 	Heathcliff 	Andrew Beckett 	Theatre Royal, Windsor
2017	Ladies in Lavender (stage play)	Andrea Marowski 	Stuart Burrows 	Theatre Royal, Windsor
2016	The Revenger's Tragedy 	Junior 	Fiona Buffini 	Nottingham Playhouse
2016	John Harvey (author) 	Danny Ireland 	Jack McNamara 	Nottingham Playhouse
2016	An Ideal Husband 	Lord Arthur Goring	Elle De Burgh 	Jersey New Street
2015	Romeo and Juliet 	Tybalt 	Nicholas Humphrey	St. James Theatre (The Other Palace)
2015	Hay Fever (play) 	Simon Bliss 	Lillie Collier 	Theatre Royal, Windsor
2015	September Tide 	Jimmy Martyn 	Max Reynolds 	Theatre Royal, Windsor
2015	Rope (film) 	Wyndham Brandon 	Stuart Burrows 	Manor Pavilion Theatre
2014	The Importance of Being Earnest	Algernon Moncrieff	James Pellow 	Manor Pavilion Theatre
2014	The Glasshouse 	Private Blythe 	Sebastien Blanc 	Tristan Bates Theatre
2014	Travesti 	Haniel 	Rebecca Hill 	The Pleasance
2013	The Tempest 	Caliban 	David Jones 	UK Tour
2011	40 Years On 	Wigglesworth 	Damian Cruden 	York Theatre Royal
Year	Title 	Director
2020	The End of Football	Roar Uthaug
Category:English television actors
Category:English film actors
Category:People from Swinton, South Yorkshire