Acting credits
60
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
John Leeson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 45Series: 15
TMDB ID: 1213430
IMDb ID: nm0498770
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1943
Age: 83
Place of birth: Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1963 - 2025
Years active: 63
Average TMDB rating: 7.47
Wikidata: Q1812342
Biography
John Leeson is a British actor who is known for voicing K-9 on the television series Doctor Who from 1977 to 1979, then from 1980 to 1981, and has returned for two single episode in the revived series. He also voiced K-9 in the show's spin-offs K-9 and Company, The Sarah Jane Adventures and K-9.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with John Leeson.
10.0
The Doctor Who Escape Room: Team Third Doctor
as K9 (voice)
2025 Movie
Darkness & Light: The Life of Graham Williams
as Self
2024 Movie
The Doctors: The Tom Baker Years
2017 Movie
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015 Movie
Doctor Who and the Shada Man
as K9 (voice)
2013 Movie
7.8
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
as Self
2013 Movie
7.0
Doctor Who: Gallifrey
as The Prince
2013 Movie
6.0
The Sarah Jane Adventures: From Raxacoricofallapatorius with Love
as K9 (voice)
2009 Movie
The K-9 Files
2008 Movie
Celebration: Doctor Who in 1983
2008 Movie
A Matter of Time
2007 Movie
Parrot Fashion
2007 Movie
Getting Blood from the Stones
2007 Movie
7.3
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane
as K9
2007 Movie
A New Beginning
2004 Movie
7.3
Doctor Who: Shada
as K9 (voice)
2003 Movie
Longleat '83: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
as Himself - Host
2001 Movie
8.0
K9 Unleashed
2000 Movie
9.0
Where on Earth Is Katy Manning?
1998 Movie
5.2
Downtime
as Anthony the D.J.
1995 Movie
4.6
Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
as K9 (voice)
1993 Movie
8.0
Search Out Space
as K9 (voice)
1990 Movie
9.4
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks
as Voices
1988 Movie
10.0
Myth Runner
as Himself
1987 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with John Leeson.
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
as Self • 8 eps
2018 Series
Myth Makers
as Himself • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.3
Pointless Celebrities
as K-9 (voice) • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.9
K-9
as K-9 (voice) • 26 eps
2009 Series
7.1
The Sarah Jane Adventures
as K9 (voice) • 10 eps
2007 Series
7.6
Doctor Who
as K9 (voice) • 2 eps
2005 Series
7.0
Longitude
as BBC Producer • 1 eps
2000 Series
6.8
Bugs
as Harris • 1 eps
1995 Series
7.8
'Allo 'Allo!
as Train's Cook • 1 eps
1984 Series
6.1
K-9 and Company
as K-9 (voice) • 1 eps
1981 Series
6.2
Sorry!
42 eps
1981 Series
6.8
Minder
as Passport Officer • 1 eps
1979 Series
7.3
Blake's 7
as Toise • 1 eps
1978 Series
6.6
Rainbow
as Bungle • 105 eps
1972 Series
7.9
Doctor Who
as K9 (voice) • 80 eps
1963 Series