John Fortune

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

Biography

John Fortune was an English satirist, comedian, writer, and actor, best known for his work with John Bird and Rory Bremner on the TV series Bremner, Bird and Fortune. He was educated at Bristol Cathedral School and King's College, Cambridge, where he was to meet and form a lasting friendship with John Bird.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Bristol, England, UK

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

30 June 1939, 86 years old

Known For

Match Point

The Tailor of Panama

Saving Grace

Calendar Girls

Maybe Baby

Bloodbath at the House of Death

Take a Girl Like You

The End of Arthur's Marriage

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Match Point

John the Chauffeur

2005

Calendar Girls

Frank

2003

Between Iraq and a Hard Place

2003

Peter Cook: At a Slight Angle to the Universe

Self

2002

The Tailor of Panama

Maltby

2001

Maybe Baby

Acupuncturist

2000

Saving Grace

Melvyn

2000

The Strange Case of Delfina Potocka

2nd Official

1999

Giving Tongue

Chief Executive

1996

A Very Open Prison

Prime Minister

1995

England, My England

Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon

1995

Don't Leave Me This Way

George Saunders

1993

Life After Life

Detective Inspector Curtin

1990

The Demon Lover

Eric Farnham

1986

Bloodbath at the House of Death

John Harrison

1984

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

Self - Various Roles

1982

Timon of Athens

Poet

1981

The Cobblers of Umbridge

Phil Cobbler

1973

Rory Bremner: From Blair to Here

George Parr

Unknown

The Light Princess

Prince

1978

Jumbo

Dick Thompson

1976

Take a Girl Like You

Sir Gerald

1970

The End of Arthur's Marriage

Server

1965

The Drinking Party

Phaedrus

1965