Biography
Dave Johns is an actor, stand up comedian and talented improviser who played the lead role in Ken Loach's feature film 'I, Daniel Blake' which won the 2016 Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival. He is a regular guest with the Comedy Store Players on their improv show in London's West End. He had toured with Johnny Vegas and Sean Lock and has performed at the Montreal, Kilkenny, Melbourne, Edinburgh and Adelaide comedy festivals. He has appeared on The West End stage in 'One Flew Over the Cuckoos N...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Turtles
2024
as Thom Halford
Henri and Thom live together in Brussels and have been in perfect love for 35 years, or so it seems. Since Henri retired as a policeman, nothing has g...
Where It Ends
2023
as Tony
Actor Jack joins a panto tour of care homes, where he is confronted with the reality of where it ends.
Making Up
2023
Making Up is set in the late 1980s, framed within the gritty drag scene of London's east end. The short film stars BIFA award-winning Dave Johns, Jess...
Fisherman's Friends: One and All
2022
as Leadville
Following the unexpected success of the band’s debut album “No Hopers, Jokers and Rogues”, we re-join them almost a year later, struggling with the pr...
Blithe Spirit
2020
as Harold
A spiritualist medium holds a seance for a writer suffering from writers block but accidentally summons the spirit of his deceased first wife which le...
Ravers
2020
as Manager
When a contaminated energy drink turns an illegal rave into a nightmare, a germaphobic journalist has to overcome her deepest fears to get her friends...
23 Walks
2020
as Dave
A gentle, sweet, funny, romantic story of love in later life. Following a couple in their sixties, Dave and Fern who get to know one another over the ...
Fisherman's Friends
2019
as Leadville
Ten fishermen from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of Sea Shanties. Based on the true-life s...
The Keeper
2018
as Roberts
The story of a man whose love for football, for England and for the love of his life, Margaret, saw him rise from Nazi 'villain' to British hero. Bert...
Two Graves
2018
as George
Margaret Powers—a middle aged, middle class doctor of pathology—seeks a path of vengeance when she captures and tortures the young man she believes mu...
Walk Like a Panther
2018
as Trevor 'Bulldog' Johns
A group of 1980s wrestlers are forced to don the lycra once last time when their beloved local pub is threatened with closure.
I, Daniel Blake
2016
as Dan
A middle aged carpenter, who requires state welfare after injuring himself, is joined by a single mother in a similar scenario.
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
2016
as Self / Daniel
A surprisingly candid behind-the-scenes account of the career of Ken Loach, one of Britain’s most celebrated and controversial filmmakers, as he prepa...