Fictional Portrayals
John Balliol has been depicted in drama:
- John Balliol, An Historical Drama. In Five Acts (1825) play based on his life by William Tennant.
- A character named Balliol, portrayed by British actor Bernard Horsfall, appears in Mel Gibson's 1995 Oscar-winning epic, Braveheart, an heroic tale of Scottish national hero William Wallace. The character is merely presented as a claimant to the Scottish crown, with no further delving into his significance. He is presumably loosely based on John Balliol, although in reality he was a prisoner in France at that time.
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