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Nicholas Farrell

Nicholas Farrell

Known For Acting
Birthday Jan 01, 1955 (70)
Birthplace Essex, England, UK
Popularity 0.9 (history)
Updated Aug 07, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nicholas Farrell (born Nicholas Frost, in 1955) is an English stage, film and television actor. His early screen career included the role of Aubrey Montague in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire. In 1983, he starred as Edmund Bertram in a television adaptation of t ... he Jane Austen novel, Mansfield Park. In 1984, he appeared in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes and The Jewel in the Crown. Since then, his film and television work has included several screen adaptations of Shakespeare's works, including Kenneth Branagh's 1996 Hamlet , in which he played Horatio, a role he had played previously with Branagh for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has also appeared in film adaptations of Twelfth Night (1996), Othello (1995) and In the Bleak Midwinter (1995). He provided the voice of Hamlet for the animated television adaptation Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992). Other television appearances have included two Agatha Christie's Poirot movies, Sharpe's Regiment, To Play the King, Torchwood and Collision. He has also appeared in episodes of Lovejoy, Foyle's War, Absolute Power, Spooks, Midsomer Murders, Drop the Dead Donkey and Casualty. Farrell's theatre work includes performances of The Cherry Orchard, Camille, and The Crucible as well as Royal Shakespeare Company productions of The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, and Hamlet. He is married to Scottish actress Stella Gonet. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicholas Farrell, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

Widow Clicquot

Widow Clicquot

2024

as Jean-Remy Moet

Munich: The Edge of War

Munich: The Edge of War

2022

as Sir Alexander Cadogan

Dream Horse

Dream Horse

2021

as Philip Hobbs

Christmas in the Highlands

Christmas in the Highlands

2019

as Duke of Glenmorie

The Man Who Saw Too Much

The Man Who Saw Too Much

2019

as Yurka Galitzine (voice)

The Coldest Game

The Coldest Game

2019

as G. Moran

Cosmos Within Us

Cosmos Within Us

2019

as Aiken

White Chamber

White Chamber

2018

as Dr. Edgar Chrystler

Lies We Tell

Lies We Tell

2018

as Anthony Quest

Another Mother's Son

Another Mother's Son

2017

as De La Haye

Finding Altamira

Finding Altamira

2016

as Vilanova

Tear Me Apart

Tear Me Apart

2016

as Old Man (voice)

Mindhorn

Mindhorn

2016

as Mayor

Remainder

Remainder

2015

as Daubenay

Legend

Legend

2015

as Dr Humphries

Mortdecai

Mortdecai

2015

as Auctioneer

Grace of Monaco

Grace of Monaco

2014

as Jean-Charles Rey

Testament of Youth

Testament of Youth

2014

as Headmaster

Robot Overlords

Robot Overlords

2014

as Sentry Robot/Air Drone (voice)

Robot Overlords

Robot Overlords

2014

as Sentry Robot / Air Drone (voice)

Summer in February

Summer in February

2013

as Mr. Carter-Wood

Late Bloomers

Late Bloomers

2011

as Francis

The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady

2011

as Airey Neave

Fiona's Story

Fiona's Story

2008

as Edward

Persuasion

Persuasion

2007

as Mr. Musgrove

Driving Lessons

Driving Lessons

2006

as Robert

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace

2006

as Henry Thornton

Red Mercury

Red Mercury

2005

as Minister

Reversals

Reversals

2003

as Edward Leitch

Bait

Bait

2002

as Alfred White

Bloody Sunday

Bloody Sunday

2002

as Brigadier Maclellan

Arthur's Dyke

Arthur's Dyke

2001

as Geoffrey

Charlotte Gray

Charlotte Gray

2001

as Mr. Jackson

Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

2001

as RAF Squadron Leader

Beautiful People

Beautiful People

1999

as Dr Mouldy

Plunkett & MacLeane

Plunkett & MacLeane

1999

as MP's Secretary

Legionnaire

Legionnaire

1998

as Mackintosh

Sharpe: The Legend

Sharpe: The Legend

1997

as Fenner

The Treasure Seekers

The Treasure Seekers

1996

as Bastable

Hamlet

Hamlet

1996

as Horatio

Sharpe's Regiment

Sharpe's Regiment

1996

as Lord Fenner

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

1996

as Antonio

In the Bleak Midwinter

In the Bleak Midwinter

1995

as Tom Newman

Othello

Othello

1995

as Montano

A Breed of Heroes

A Breed of Heroes

1994

as Lt. Col Ian Gowrie, MC

The Trials of Oz

The Trials of Oz

1991

as Dr. Michael Schofield

Dead Lucky

Dead Lucky

1988

as Martin Urban

Playing Away

Playing Away

1987

as Derek

The Fools on the Hill

The Fools on the Hill

1986

as David

The Rocking Horse Winner

The Rocking Horse Winner

1982

as Lawyer

Berlin Tunnel 21

Berlin Tunnel 21

1981

as Georg Heptner

Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire

1981

as Aubrey Montague

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Suburban Shootout

as Raymond

Episodes: 14

First Aired: Mar 22, 2006

The Riff Raff Element

as Boyd Tundish

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Apr 02, 1993

The Agatha Christie Hour

as Edward Robinson

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Sep 07, 1982

Casualty 1900s

as Sydney Holland

Episodes: 9

First Aired: Mar 30, 2008

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

as Howard

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 05, 1999

Mansfield Park

as Edmund Bertram

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Nov 06, 1983

The Jury

as Jeremy Crawford

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Feb 17, 2002

Lipstick on Your Collar

as Major Church

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Feb 21, 1993

The Diary of Anne Frank

as Albert Dussel

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jan 05, 2009

Bodies

as Chief Inspector Paxman

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Oct 19, 2023

The Choir

as Leo Beckford

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Mar 19, 1995

Torchwood

as Brian Green

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Oct 22, 2006

Secret State

as General Munnery

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 07, 2012

The Ginger Tree

as Father Anthony

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 26, 1989

To Play the King

as David Mycroft

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 21, 1993

Hold the Dream

as Sebastian Cross

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Oct 27, 1986

The Nevers

as Prince Albrecht

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Apr 11, 2021

37 Days

as Eyre Crowe

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 06, 2014

Sparkhouse

as Paul Lawton

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 01, 2002

Thirteen

as Henry Stone

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Feb 28, 2016

Waking the Dead

as Douglas Malham

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 18, 2001

Bedtime

as Ray

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Aug 28, 2001

Going Postal

as Mr. Pump

Episodes: 2

First Aired: May 30, 2010

Everything I Know About Love

as Graham

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 07, 2022

Lovejoy

as Douglas Holden

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1986

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Donald Fraser

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 1989

The Gold

as Jim Clark

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 12, 2023

Rebus

as Davis Haigh

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 26, 2000

Father Brown

as Sir Raleigh Beresford

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 14, 2013

New Tricks

as James Winslow

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 2004

Bramwell

as Major Stuart Hyde

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 01, 1995

Harry

as Baily

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1993

Jericho

as Charles Hewitt

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 16, 2005

Lewis

as Charles Milner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 18, 2007

Casualty

as Phil Byron

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1986

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

as Sam Oborne

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 08, 2002

Death in Paradise

as Nicholas Dunham

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 25, 2011

A Touch of Frost

as Simon Slater

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 06, 1992

Fool Me Once

as Neville Lockwood

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 2024

MacGyver

as Paul Moran

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1985

Spooks

as Richard Maynard

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 13, 2002

Call the Midwife

as Charles Newgarden

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 15, 2012

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Knighton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 1989

Heartbeat

as Traumatised Man / Buckley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 10, 1992

Silent Witness

as Professor Adrian Cowley

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 21, 1996

Midsomer Murders

as Isaac Starling

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 1997

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

as Hamlet (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 09, 1992

Endeavour

as Sir Alexander Lermontov

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 14, 2013

Matador

as Jim Donaldson, Engelsk flyver

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 11, 1978

The Crown

as Michael Shea

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 04, 2016

Jo

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 17, 2013

The Village

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 31, 2013

The Jewel in the Crown

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1984

Drop the Dead Donkey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 09, 1990

Siblings

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 07, 2014

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