John Campbell-Mac was brought up by his grand parents William and Mary Campbell. The family moved from Canning Town in East London to Colchester in Essex when John was the age of 5. After being bullied as a child he was encouraged by his grandfather to take up boxing and boxed for the Castle Colchester Boxing Club. He won the award for best prospect in his first competitive season and later became club champion eventually moving back to London to forward his career. His acting talent first came to the attention of his school teachers where he was given regularly main character in school plays and later in amateur theatre productions. Upon leaving school, he worked in construction, as a physical fitness instructor, model, dancer and as a professional boxer and continued his training in martial arts including Muay Thai, karate and taekwondo. He trained at the City Literature Institute, the Impulse Theatre Company and the Actors' Centre, London. After moving to Hollywood in 2010 he worked with Ivana Chubbuck Studio, Marjie Haber and Bob Corf.
Career
John Campbell-Mac has been working consistently as an actor since 1995 in many leading and supporting roles. He is often cast as a lovable rogue, tough guy but is at his best when playing comedy. He has appeared in many films, including 31 North 62 East alongside John Rhys Davies and Mariner Sirtis, "Visible Scars" with Tom Sizemore and Hit The Big Time with Jason Lee Hyde He received positive reviews for the movie Winner Takes All where he acted in the lead role, a film he also wrote and produced. The film was nominated for a BAFTA Award, and was included in the official selection for over 40 festivals worldwide. John attended the Cannes Film Festival in 2009 to help promote three films that he was starring in showing there, including the multi award-winning 45 and Left Holding Baby and the political thriller31 North 62 East. He relocated to Hollywood in 2010 although he still has a base in London. He wrote and produced the TV seriesFutch Tube and played one of the leading roles in the improv TV series L.A Paranormal for Koldcast TV. He also played the lead in the comedy Hit the Big Time filmed in Hollywood, Las Vegas, London and Utah. He played in a British gangster feature Butterflies and Bullets. John puts in an appearance at the start of his brother Chico Slimani's music video as a journalist. He also appears as a comedy fighter in the Professor Green video "A Hard Night Out".
