John Gibb Marshall (born 11 January 1953), better known by the stage name John Sessions, is a Scottish actor and comedian. He is known for comedy improvisation in television shows such as Whose Line Is It Anyway?; as a panellist on QI; and as a character actor in numerous films, both in the UK and in Hollywood.
Sessions was born in Largs, Cunninghame and spent some of his earliest years in Kempston, Bedford and St Albans, Hertfordshire. He has an...
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John Gibb Marshall (born 11 January 1953), better known by the stage name John Sessions, is a Scottish actor and comedian. He is known for comedy improvisation in television shows such as Whose Line Is It Anyway?; as a panellist on QI; and as a character actor in numerous films, both in the UK and in Hollywood.
Sessions was born in Largs, Cunninghame and spent some of his earliest years in Kempston, Bedford and St Albans, Hertfordshire. He has an older brother and a twin sister. Sessions is openly gay. His name change occurred when he became a performer, due to the presence of a John Marshall on the Equity register already. He graduated with an MA in English literature from the University of Wales, where he had begun to appear to audiences with his comedy in shows such as "Look back in Bangor" and "Marshall Arts". He later studied for a PhD from McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, although he did not complete the doctorate.
This period in his life was unhappy for Sessions....
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