John Paisley (born 1938) is a Scottish actor working in China.
[2] He initially worked as an actor and stage manager as part of a repertory in England.
He emigrated to Australia in 1961, working as an actor, teacher, writer, and playwright.
He relocated to China to lecture at the Beijing University Department of Foreign Languages from 1999 to 2005, before returning to film work in Chinese productions.
[3] His most significant recent role was as John Rabe in the 2009 movie City of Life and Death.