John Wood (born 14 July 1946) is an Australian television Gold Logie Award-winning actor and scriptwriter.
Wood began his acting career in 1966, attending National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and doing a play called Eh?
His first professional TV role was in Minus Five with Ken James and Rowena Wallace which went to air with the title Barrier Reef.
In 2007, Wood appeared on Channel Ten's tele-movie, Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback, where he played barrister Grant Algie.
In 2009, Wood appeared in the drama The Cut on ABC1, in the historical dramatised documentary Rogue Nation, also on ABC1, and in Channel Nine's drama-series Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities playing Murray Farquhar.
Notable roles include: The Wizard in 'The Wizard Of Oz' Arena Specular (2019)The Club, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, ART, Born Yesterday, The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin, Cats, Chess, Love Letters, Blood Relations, The Real Inspector Hound, Strange Bedfellows: The Musical and Stephen Sewell's It Just Stopped (2006).
Wood was nominated for the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television every year from 1997 to 2007, for his role in Blue Heelers.