John Ballard is a minor villain in the 1998 film Elizabeth.
He is a priest and assassin who conspired alongside Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk to overthrow Queen Elizabeth I from the throne. Ballard attempted to assassinate the queen by poisoning her dresses, which inadvertently killed Robert Dudley's mistress.
He was portrayed by Daniel Craig, who also portrayed Connor Rooney in The Road to Perdition, Sakharine and Red Rackham in The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, Lieutenant Berry in Sharpe's Eagle, and Jaapie Botha in The Power of One.