[1] He has worked in a wide variety of film, television, drama and stage productions and his plays have been performed at the Stables, Belvoir and Seymour Centre theatres in Sydney and best known for his role as Lennie McPherson in the television drama series Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and Underbelly: The Golden Mile.
In 1986 John began work as a live-in academic tutor at the Australian Institute of Sport, where he progressed to head the Education and Welfare Department of the AIS.
In 1990 John began acting in a variety of stage and cabaret productions in Canberra and in 1992 made the decision to continue his professional performance career in Sydney.
Doctor Doctor (episode: "Call Me Irresponsible", 2018),[4] Harrow (episode 7),[5] Underbelly (Tale of Two Cities and The Golden Mile)[6] Rescue Special Ops, Rake, Crownies, Tricky Business, The Gods of Wheat Street, World Animal Championships (as Sir Reginald Wrinklebottom[7]), Home and Away, The Cut, All Saints, McLeod's Daughters, The Alice, Blue Murder, White Collar Blue, Young Lions, Heartbreak High, Scorched, Do or Die and House of Bond.
The Readers,[9] The Dapto Chaser,[10] Endgame,[11] Of Mice and Men,[12] Ruben Guthrie, Thrall, Away, Bondi Dreaming, Gary's House, Men Love and the Monkey Boy, Noir, Richard III, Henry V, King Lear, The Merchant of Venice, Anything Goes, The Glory of Living, The Last Roadhouse in Paradise, The Caribbean Tempest, Twelfth Night, Blue Eyes and Heels, Two Way Mirror, Fool for Love, Turnstiler and The Merry Wives of Windsor.