Script editing for ZERO ONE, new screenplay for Ad Bol
Tours of EUROPEAN BLUES in Spain
Shooting short film clips for mobile fone movies
Directing TAD Brothers comedy performance, Berlin
Performances at the Torino Street festival JUST FOR JOY
Italian tour of European Blues
Winner Heidenheim Kleinkunst Ptrize
Appeared at the Comedy Monster festival. Rome
Tours of EUROPEAN BLUES of Spain, Italy.
Acting DAWSON in the movie WICKED directed by Michael Knighton
Editing the movie ITS A WOMANS WORLD
Premier of CASTINGS scheduled for December 2004
Playing main role (COOK) in Greg Macqueen's TV short LITTLE BROTHER, LITTLE SISTER (adapted from David Compton's play)
Directed and co-wrote IT'S A WOMAN'S WORLD as a project for the Oerol Festival, Holland.
BACKTRACKER, the short film shoewn on Danish TV
Tours of EUROPEAN BLUES in Austria, Spain
Performed in Palazzo im Park, Bremen
Performed in Palazzo im Park, Bremen
Acting
in PUMP (Castings) Netherlands film directed
by Ad Boll
Appearance
TV show on Swiss TV :live from Winthertur Casino
Directing
the women's theatre company Mevrouw
Bakker
Directed
succesful JAB project at Oerol festival, Holland
Writing
and directing Backtracker - a short
movie in western genre.
Released The Warriors of Light New Album - The
Rogue Planet
Performed in
LA MAMA THEATRE, New York City, with theatre group DZIECI playing
the role of TIRESIAS in ' FOOLS MASS
Performed in
LA MAMA THEATRE, New York City, with theatre group DZIECIDEVIL
/CARDINAL RICHELIEU in the production of DEVILS OF
LOUDON see
critique
Performing
with Dzieci in New York City
Directing
Missing Link Project, premiered november 2002 - production - LOOPS
Main
roles in short film by Emil van Zuijlen - GEBROEDERS MOLL (Holland), and the film by Simon Falkentorp The QUARRY (Denmark)
MAYDAY in Jango Edwards pilot 'Thomas Clown Affair'
Performance
for Danish County Councils Conference
Premiere
of LIGHTMAKER at Berlin Film Festival Panorama Special, starring
with Rod Steiger
Presenter
for Toshiba Medical Systems at the Vienna Medical Congress
Performance
at the Freiburger Kultur Messe
Won
BEST ACTOR award at Williamsburg of Brooklyn Film Festival, New
York City 2001
Performed in the Palzzo
Colombino variety in Freiburg, Germany
Starred
as Richard in FAR
FROM CHINA, feature film by director Christian Leigh, Films
Copenhagen
Performed
EUROPEAN BLUES at the Festival of Mime. London
Co-lead
in a 20-minute 35 mm movie by Geppe Monros, Barcelona
Presenter
of the Congress of World Veterinarians before Princess Margriet
of Holland.
Guest
performance/teacher at the 3rd Congress of Nordic drama.
Finishing
shooting/post production for LIGHT-MAKER (director Dieter Meier)
in Los Angeles for Yello Productions.
Toured
EUROPEAN BLUES in Austria, Holland, Spain
TV
project in process in connection with Bellissima Channel, Amsterdam
Preliminary
stages of planning directing for multi-media project with Sound
Venture, Aarhus, DK
Shot
commercial for BECEL margerine, Holland
Invited
artist at the festival of Mime, Troyes, France.
Studied
FSP course 2 and 3 of Pleiadian Lightwork.
Celebrated
50 years on the planet, 25 years in show business
Performed
for displaced Indians in Chapas, Mexico for ‘Clowns without Frontiers’
Toured
Holland, Austria, Switzerland
Premiered
MEMBERS ONLY in Spanish at Taraga Festival
Director
of new show for the group, PORPOL, Vitoria (Spain)
Directed
workshop project for Festival of Araia, Spain
Director
of the Aarhus Artist School final production (Denmark)
Extra
shoots for "NO MAN"S LAND" directed by Nina Rosenmaier
(Flora Danica Film, Copenhagen)
Played
HARLEY (lead) in feature film, "NO MAN'S LAND", directedby
Nina Rosenmeier (Flora Danica Film, Copenhagen)
Worked
on ‘station-identity' shorts for Teleclub, Zurich
Directed
Aarhus Artiste-School final production (Denmark)
Post-production
for "ONCE UPON A DREAM" in Los Angeles.
TV
commercial for Sun Alliance Insurance, (London)
Cinema
commercial for Teleclub TV Channel, Zurich
Tours
of Spain
Spent
most of the year recovering from a serious accident
Master
of Ceremonies at Cabaret Tent, Roskilde Festival.
Writing
the project BORIS the DRAGON, a multi-media fantasy.
Directed
MEMBERS ONLY for Inter-Kulturel Centre, Aarhus, Denmark.
Appeared
in Commercial for RALLY TV, Stockholm
Dr.
BUTTER(lead) in 16mm 30 minute movie, "KILLER BERBERECHOS",
(BAUSAN FILM Prods., Barcelona) directed by Andres Cruz
Performed
in Cabaret tent, Roskilde Festival, Denmark
Performed
at JUSTE POUR RIRE (Just for Laughs' ) Festival, Montreal, Canada
Master
of Ceremonies at Aarhus Festival Spiegel tent, Denmark.
First
shoots of feature film SCAPEGOAT, (Dir. Michael Summers)
Performed
for the Queen of Denmark at Aarhus Festival
Starred
as BASTA in feature film "ONCE UPON A DREAM", directed
by Dieter Meier (Potocka Prods, Warsaw, Poland/Yello Music, Zurich,
Switzerland)
Starred
in and co-wrote BLUEVILLE SERENADE, a rock musical in Amsterdam,
Holland.
Directed
animation group/performed solo in the Olympic Village for the Olympic
Games and the Special Olympic Games, Barcelona, Spain
Wrote/
acted in short comedy sketches for PINNIC, children's programme,
TVE 1, Spain
Appeared
in Commercial for RALLY TV, Stockholm
Starred
as BASTA
in feature film "ONCE UPON A DREAM", directed by Dieter
Meier (Potocka Prods, Warsaw, Poland/Yello Music, Zurich, Switzerland)
Appeared
in Commercial for RALLY TV, Stockholm
Performed
at JUSTE POUR RIRE ( Just for Laughs) Festival, Montreal, Canada
Played
PATTERSON in feature film, "ESCRITO EN LAS ESTRELLAS" directed
by Ricard Reguant (Fair Play Prods, Barcelona).
Invited
artist as JERRY in episode 2 of "DARK JUSTICE" directed
by David Calloway (Lorimar Prods, Los Angeles and TV3, Barcelona
Spain.)
Starred
as MARIO in feature film, "MANILA" directed by AntonioChaverrias
(Quasar Prods, Barcelona, Spain - winner: Best film of the year
in Catalonia)
Played
THX 337 in feature film "CYBERHEDEN", directed by Mario
Orfini (Eidoscope Prods., Cine Citta, Rome, Italy)
Played
leading role, BERTO, in Italian feature film, "LUNGO IL FIUME",
directed by Vanna Paoli. (Corvo Productions, Cine Citta, Rome.)
Premiered
THE BEST OF JOHNNY, solo show of Johnny's best acts.
Featured
as THE MISSIONARY in feature film "THE RETURN", directed
by Jens Joren Thorsen (Superfilm Prods, Copenhagen).
Master of Ceremonies on the ‘Orange Stage’ at
Roskilde Rock Festival (Denmark)
Appeared
in rock video TIED UP music-single by YELLO.
Directed
cabaret performance for Boulevard Theatre, Stockholm.
Master
of Ceremonies at Aarhus Rock Festival Orange Stage, (Denmark)
Appeared
in Commercial for RALLY TV, Stockholm
Toured
DIRTY MONEY- the show, in Europe.
Performed
at the International Festival of Clowns, Tokyo.
Performed
at "The JOHNNY MELVILLE FESTIVAL" a ten-day retrospective,
Aarhus, DK, featuring all 5 solo performances.
Produced
the record DIRTY MONEY - the ALBUM
Devised/directed < MUSICAL MONKS > for the International Festival of Cabaret (Homo Ridens) di Bologna, Italy.
Premiered
solo show < DIRTY MONEY > as a special project for the 'Off-T.A.T'.,
Frankfurt, directed by Matt Mitler.
Devised/directed < MUSICAL MONKS > for the International Festival of Cabaret (Homo Ridens) di Bologna, Italy.
Studied
and performed drumming/dance with Mustapha Tetty Addy in Togo
Performed MEMBERS ONLY at the official Adelaide International Festival,
Australia.
Performed
at the first Charlie Rivel Memorial Festival.
Workshop
leader at the first 3rd World Dance intensive in Vienna.
Starred
as THEO, in TV film GAME OVER (Austria's entry for the International
T.V. Festival of Montreux directed by Peter Saman (ORF
TV)
Founder/director/writer/actor
of the INTERNATIONALISTS', formulated, wrote, directed
and starred in the project < IT DON'T MEAN A THING >
for the Theater, am Turm, Frankfurt.
Co-wrote
music for/ acted in BLOOD AND CHAMPAGNE directed
by Marika Lagercrantz, (Stockholm).
Performed
MEMBERS ONLY at the Nancy Festival of World Theatre, France.
Performed at Rosklilde Festival on the Orange stage, Denmark
Premiered
solo show MEMBERS ONLY at Vienna Festival.
Premiered
solo show 'TROUBLESHOOTER at the Festival of
Theatre of Nations, Amsterdam.
Played
JOHNNY AGAIN in feature film WHAT'S THE BEEF RODO? directed
by Hans Joachim Berndt (Filmhaus, Munchen)
Released
the record THE WEE ALBUM Nurnburg, Germany.
Premiered
solo show 'TROUBLESHOOTER at the Festival of
Theatre of Nations, Amsterdam.
Played
JOHNNY AGAIN in feature film WHAT'S THE BEEF RODO? directed
by Hans Joachim Berndt (Filmhaus, Munchen)
Released
the record THE WEE ALBUM Nurnburg, Germany.
Premiered
first solo show COME AGAIN at Festival of Fools,
Amsterdam, Holland
Founder/director/writer/actor
of 'KABOODLE Theatre Co', London - toured UK, Italy, Germany,
Holland, Greece
Worked on pre-production of GRAYSTOKE with Warner Brothers - received education in specialist movement ttraining for chimpanzee acting.
Project
leader/tutor of the Summer School for Radical Theatre, Oval House
London (including events at Serpentine Gallery, London) 1974.
Director /
actor of 'SALAKTA BALLOON BAND', London.
Personal assistant to David Aukin
Company/stage
manager/actor of FREEHOLD THEATRE, London: the 'Beowulf'
tour and 'Koolyghin' in 'The Three Sisters' (Checkov), directed
by Nancy Meckler.
Performed
'RIFFRAFF' with John Bolton -a late night show at the EDINBURGH
Festival.
Performer
with 'RITUAL THEATRE', (UK) on European tour.
Gained
Teaching Certificate from Moray House College Edinburgh
Attained
degree in B.Sc. (Social Science) Edinburgh University
Attended
Royal High School, Edinburgh , Scotland
Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award winner
Born
in Leith, Scotland
Johnny
has appeared at theatre festivals in Adelaide, Amsterdam, Athens,
Barcelona, Berlin, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London, Montreal,
Nancy, Oslo, Rome, Stockholm, Tokyo, Vienna, Zurich and many others......
.....and
at film festivals in Cannes, Prague, Cairo, Locarno and Bellinzona.
Has been featured in numerous television programs in the USA, Japan,
and all over Europe.
He
has led workshops and mounted projects in all the above places (and
more!) with professional actors, with various amateur groups, with
youth groups, with prisoners and probation officers,, with pensioners,
with kids, with hospital patients and hospital staff .
SPECIALS
: Director, character actor, clown, mime, singer, chimpanzee,
expert; alto sax/trumpet...... horse riding, driving, acrobatics, falls,
fights (aikido trained) various circus skills.
LANGUAGES
: English (all dialects), French, Italian, German, Spanish can
communicate in Danish and Swedish, learning Dutch.
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Performing an escape in Chile 
The Executive in the Consciousness 
From the poster of the Moscow Fools Congress 
Trailer for cell movies 
BLINDSPOT Me, Ad Bol and Best actress winner Micky Hogendijk at NY Indie Festival 
With Terrence Schreurs and Rutger Hauer 
Winner of Heidenheim Kulturpreis, Germany 
As the rider in BACKTRACKER 
As Cardinal Richelieu in THE DEVILS OF LOUDON directed by Matt Mitler in New York 
Clowning in Bremen Palais am Park 
As Tiresias
the blind fool in FOOLS MASS
Performing at a politicians' conference, Aalborg, Denmark 
Richard
in 
As
PA in the Spanish short by Geppe Monros
As
Woos Brillis undercover-cop checking the public at the Oerol
Festival , Holland
Intimate
moment with ANDREA VAGN JENSEN in 'NO MAN'S LAND' 
Faynway
Jenkell live at the Oerol festival, Holland
Self-written
comedy short about the Olympic Flame with Tina Grace
As Dr. Butter in 'Killer Berberechos 
Giving
Alex Casanovas a hard time in MANILA 
With Tina Grace in TV sketch
for PINNIC, Spain
TV sketch
for PINNIC, Spain
On
the set of 'LIGHTMAKER', filmed in Poland....
Playing
the lead role, BERTO in Lungo il
Fiume, Italian film 1989
Tokyo clown
festival 1987
My personal
retrospective Festival in Denmark 1987
GAME
OVER - TV film from Austria 1984
Improvisation
at Lutterbek, Germany 
PR
shot for The Internationalists 1984(project with TAT - It dont mean a thing...) 
Performing
in Vondel Park Amsterdam
Zurich
press 1981
Clowning
with Salakta Balloon Band against the Covent Garden Developement
1973
23 years old, Cambridge 
8 years old, Edinburgh 
With my Mum, Edinburgh 
