Biography

Born in Letterkenny, John has been involved in many theatre productions.

His most notable role was in the multi-award winning production of The 39 Steps directed by Pluincead Ó Fearraigh which toured across the country and played in The Mill Theatre, Dundrum in September 2012. His role consisted of over twenty different characters including an embittered old Scottish crofter, a droll, pipe smoking Mr McGarrigle and the lavishly sinister Professor Jordan.

John has developed a One Man Shakespeare Show which he has been performing in secondary schools along with his study-aid book series Manny Man Does Shakespeare. While studying in St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, John also appeared as Sylvester in Thomas Kilroy's Tea and Sex and Shakespeare, as Father Flynn in John Patrick Shanley's Doubt and also as The Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz.

His first professional role was Billy McKeague in The Rising by Joe O'Byrne, a two-man play of a Protestant and a Catholic telling the story of the 1916 Easter Rising. The play premiered in the Powerscourt Theatre, Dublin in June 2012 and will tour Ireland in 2013.

John starred in two productions from An Grianán Theatre; as Mark Dolson, the ever opinionated deacon in Bill C.Davis' Mass Appeal directed by Sean MacCormac and as Cearrbhach, the scoundrel card player in the new Irish Musical Caisleáin Óir directed by Phil Dalton and composed by Leslie Long and Kathleen Ruddy.
- IMDb mini biography by: John D Ruddy

Winner of 6 Best Supporting Actor for The 39 Steps Tour in Ireland 2012.