Dave Johns
Comedian Dave Johns has received another award nomination for his role in the Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake.
Johns has been nominated for Best Actor in the European Film Awards. The other nominees are Rolf Lassgard for A Man Called Ove, Hugh Grant for Florence Foster Jenkins, Burghart Klaussner for The People Vs Fritz Bauer and Peter Simonischek for Toni Erdmann.
I, Daniel Blake, starring comedian Dave Johns has been nominated for more British Independent Film Awards than any other film this year.
The acclaimed movie directed by Ken Loach has received seven nominations. Dave Johns has been nominated for Best Actor alongside Max Records for I Am Not a Serial Killer, Michael Fassbender for Trespass Against Us, Shia Labeouf for American Honey and Steve Brandon for My Feral Heart. Johns is also up for Most Promising Newcomer alongside his co-star Hayley Squires.
I, Daniel Blake, the film directed by Ken Loach and starring comedian Dave Johns has won the Audience Prize Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival.
Johns posted the news on Twitter, adding that it had won with the highest score ever in the festival's history.
The film has already won the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and is released in the UK on October 21.
I, Daniel Blake, the new film directed by Ken Loach and starring comedian Dave Johns has won the Public Prize Award at the Locarno Film Festival.
Johns had been at the festival and was due to return to the UK today but now has to stay another night for the ceremony. The film has already won the Palme D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and is released in the UK this autumn.
The new film starring comedian Dave Johns has won the prestigious Palme d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
The veteran comedian plays one of the main characters in I, Daniel Blake, directed by Ken Loach.
This is all very new to Johns. Although he has acted onstage in the past his most recent work in the UK has been supporting Sean Lock on his national tour.
If your Facebook feed is anything like mine you’ll have spent the last few days reading about how good Dave Johns is in the new Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake. It’s a serious role for the seasoned stand-up generating a big buzz at the Cannes Film Festival and one that could make Johns a bigger movie star than stand-up. And this is a man who has sold out the Hyena Club in Newcastle. More than once.
Comedian Dave Johns has landed the lead role in the next Ken Loach film.
In I, Daniel Blake the stand-up from Wallsend will play a middle aged joiner who needs state welfare after illness. He meets a single mother who is also dependent on welfare and the story follows them as they negotiate the benefits system. Hayley Squires co-stars. Filming has just started in Newcastle.
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