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Christien Anholt

Christien Anholt

Known For Acting
Birthday Feb 25, 1971 (54)
Birthplace England, UK
Popularity 0.2 (history)
Updated Aug 03, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Christien Alexis Anholt (born 25 February 1971) is an English stage, television and film actor best known for his role as Nigel Bailey on the television series Relic Hunter. He is the son of actor Tony Anholt. Christien Anholt was born in London, and began hi ... s acting career in 1988 at the age of 17 after winning the role of 'Hans' in the film Reunion, for which Anholt received a Best Actor nomination at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. He later received the Best Actor at the E'Febo Doro award in Sicily in 1990. Harold Pinter, who wrote the screenplay for Reunion, recommended Anholt to playwright Ronald Harwood, who cast him as 'Leonard/Jeremy Lands' in his play Another Time, starring Albert Finney. Harwood then recommended him to director Franco Zeffirelli, who cast him as 'Marcelus' alongside Mel Gibson in the film Hamlet (1990). Anholt starred opposite Kate Beckinsale, Sam Neill and Judy Davis in Hallmark's production One Against the Wind, and alongside Stephen Dorff in The Power of One directed by John G. Avilsden. Steven Spielberg chose Anholt to play Clive Owen's brother 'Terry O'Neil' in the well-received TV series pilot Class Of '61. He received positive reviews for his portrayal of 'Gary Warrell' in the BBC 'Screen2' production Money For Nothing. He has also been featured in Seventeen opposite Rachel Weisz, and the BBC's Hard Times opposite Alan Bates and Richard E. Grant. The Harpist earned him another Best Actor nomination, this time at the Geneva Film Festival in 1997. This was followed by Preaching to the Perverted, The Ruby Ring, and George Miltons' Appetite. Anholt returned to the West End in Terence Rattigan's In Praise Of Love and was again cast by Harold Pinter and director David Jones opposite Pinter himself, in his thriller, The Hothouse. In 1999 Anholt was cast as 'Nigel Bailey', joint lead opposite Tia Carrere, in Relic Hunter which ran for three seasons and a 66 episodes. More recently Anholt guest starred in two episodes of Adventure Inc, alongside Michael Biehn, and had a cameo in The Conclave. He starred opposite James Franco and Jean Reno in the World War One drama Flyboys, and can be seen alongside Thora Birch in Dark Corners. Anholt resides in Los Angeles, California, with his wife, Carly. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christien Anholt, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Laureate

The Laureate

2023

as T. S. Eliot

Nightmare on Everest

Nightmare on Everest

2017

as Narrator (voice)

Ghosted

Ghosted

2016

as Nigel

Severed Garden

Severed Garden

2015

as Frank

Dark Corners

Dark Corners

2006

as David Hamilton

The Waiting Time

The Waiting Time

1999

as Ben Rogers

Appetite

Appetite

1998

as Nelson

30 Years to Life

30 Years to Life

1998

as Derek

Preaching to the Perverted

Preaching to the Perverted

1997

as Peter Emery

The Ruby Ring

The Ruby Ring

1997

as Robert Langley

Hard Times

Hard Times

1994

as Tom

Money For Nothing

Money For Nothing

1993

as Gary Worrall

Class of '61

Class of '61

1993

as Terry O'Neil

The Blackheath Poisonings

The Blackheath Poisonings

1992

as Paul Vandervent

The Power of One

The Power of One

1992

as Date at Dinner

Mel Gibson Goes Back to School

Mel Gibson Goes Back to School

1991

as Marcellus (archive footage)

One Against the Wind

One Against the Wind

1991

as Maurice Lindell, Mary's Son

Hamlet

Hamlet

1990

as Marcellus

Reunion

Reunion

1989

as Hans Strauss

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Relic Hunter

as Nigel Bailey

Episodes: 66

First Aired: Sep 25, 1999

World's Greatest Palaces

as Narrator

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Sep 09, 2019

Hitler: The Rise and Fall

as Narrator (voice)

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Oct 02, 2016

Hard Times

as Tom

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Apr 29, 1994

The Blackheath Poisonings

as Paul Vandervent

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Feb 14, 1993

Doctor Who

as Perkins

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 23, 1963

Press Gang

as Donald Cooper

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 16, 1989

Relic Hunter

as Ian Worthington

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 1999

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Maurice

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 24, 1951

Adventure Inc.

as Brother John

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 2002

Cadfael

as Meriet

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 29, 1994

Casualty

as Jude

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1986

Tales of the Tardis

as Perkins

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 01, 2023

Felicity

as Paul

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1998

Father Brown

as Sir Benedict Gellert

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 14, 2013

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