Nicholas Farrell
Known for Acting · 132 credits
- Place of birth
- Brentwood, Essex, England, UK
- Also known as
- Nick Farrell · Nicholas Frost · نیکلاس فارل
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nicholas Farrell (born Nicholas Charles Frost, in September 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 the 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.
Known For
TV Shows (61)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Isaac Starling
Death in Paradise
2011
as Nicholas Dunham
The Crown
2016
as Michael Shea
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Donald Fraser / Knighton
Call the Midwife
2012
as Charles Newgarden
Casualty
1986
as Phil Byron
Silent Witness
1996
as Professor Adrian Cowley
Father Brown
2013
as Sir Raleigh Beresford
Heartbeat
1992
as Traumatised Man / Buckley
Endeavour
2013
as Sir Alexander Lermontov
Foyle's War
2002
as James Collier
Spooks
2002
as Richard Maynard
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Larion Surzhansky
Waking the Dead
2001
as Douglas Malham
A Touch of Frost
1992
as Simon Slater
New Tricks
2004
as James Winslow
Lewis
2007
as Charles Milner
Screen Two
1985
as Martin Urban
Torchwood
2006
as Brian Green
Playhouse
1974
as Simon
The Count of Monte Cristo
2025
as Morrel
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
as Sam Oborne
Lovejoy
1986
as Douglas Holden
The Gold
2023
as Jim Clark
The Nevers
2021
as Prince Albrecht
Bodies
2023
as Chief Inspector Paxman
Fool Me Once
2024
as Neville Lockwood
Matador
1978
as Jim Donaldson, Engelsk flyver
Rebus
2000
as Davis Haigh
Drop the Dead Donkey
1990
Bramwell
1995
as Major Stuart Hyde
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Hamlet (voice)
The Jury
2002
as Jeremy Crawford
The Village
2013
as Crispin Rose
The Jewel in the Crown
1984
as Teddy Bingham
Will
2017
as Sir Francis Walsingham
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982
as Edward Robinson
Thirteen
2016
as Henry Stone
Jo
2013
Signora Volpe
2022
as Michael Priest / Henry Fox
Mansfield Park
1983
as Edmund Bertram
Suburban Shootout
2006
as Raymond
Going Postal
2010
as Mr. Pump
Hold the Dream
1987
as Sebastian Cross
Secret State
2012
as General Munnery
Jericho
2005
as Charles Hewitt
The Diary of Anne Frank
2009
as Albert Dussel
Bedtime
2001
as Ray
Everything I Know About Love
2022
as Graham
The Ginger Tree
1989
as Father Anthony
Rockface
2002
as Duncan McFadden
Lipstick on Your Collar
1993
as Major Church
The Choir
1995
as Leo Beckford
To Play the King
1993
as David Mycroft
Siblings
2014
as Charles
Casualty 1900s
2008
as Sydney Holland
Talk to Me
2007
as Harry
Sparkhouse
2002
as Paul Lawton
37 Days
2014
as Eyre Crowe
The Riff Raff Element
1994
as Boyd Tundish
Movies (71)
Pearl Harbor
2001
as RAF Squadron Leader
Legend
2015
as Dr Humphries
Mortdecai
2015
as Auctioneer
Widow Clicquot
2024
as Jean-Remy Moet
The Coldest Game
2019
as G. Moran
Chariots of Fire
1981
as Aubrey Montague
Twelfth Night
1996
as Antonio
Amazing Grace
2006
as Henry Thornton
The Iron Lady
2011
as Airey Neave
Hamlet
1996
as Horatio
Legionnaire
1998
as Mackintosh
Hurricane
2018
as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
Persuasion
2007
as Mr. Musgrove
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
as Sir Hugh Belcher
Dream Horse
2021
as Philip Hobbs
Testament of Youth
2015
as Headmaster
Mindhorn
2016
as Mayor
Sharpe's Regiment
1996
as Lord Simon Fenner
Munich - The Edge of War
2021
as Sir Alexander Cadogan
Robot Overlords
2015
as Sentry Robot/Air Drone (voice)
Grace of Monaco
2014
as Jean-Charles Rey
Reversals
2003
as Edward Leitch
Charlotte Gray
2001
as Mr. Jackson
Plunkett & Macleane
1999
as MP's Secretary
Sharpe: The Legend
1997
as Fenner
Othello
1995
as Montano
Bloody Sunday
2002
as Brigadier Maclellan
Past Life
2026
as Elliot Reed
In the Bleak Midwinter
1995
as Tom Newman
Finding Altamira
2016
as Vilanova
Another Mother's Son
2017
as De La Haye
Summer in February
2013
as Mr. Carter-Wood
White Chamber
2018
as Dr. Edgar Chrystler
Driving Lessons
2006
as Robert
Lies We Tell
2018
as Anthony Quest
The Treasure Seekers
1996
as Bastable
Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher
2016
as Samuel Harris
Bait
2002
as Alfred White
Late Bloomers
2011
as Francis
Remainder
2015
as Daubenay
Red Mercury
2005
as Minister
Beautiful People
1999
as Dr Mouldy
Fiona's Story
2008
as Edward
A Breed of Heroes
1994
as Lt. Col Ian Gowrie, MC
Berlin Tunnel 21
1981
as Georg Heptner
The Vision Thing
1993
as Batt Prender
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989
The Third Wave
2003
as Devlin
Dead Lucky
1988
as Martin Urban
Christmas in the Highlands
2019
as Duke of Glenmorie
A Toast to Love
2024
as Professor Dale Farringdon
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999
The Trials of Oz
1991
as Dr. Michael Schofield
Creditors
2025
as Adolf
Playing Away
1987
as Derek
The Fools on the Hill
1986
as David
Arthur's Dyke
2001
as Geoffrey
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
2022
as Ebenezer Scrooge
Hamlet
1992
as Hamlet
Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings
2013
as General von Thoma
Tear Me Apart
2016
as Old Man (voice)
By Common Consent
1975
The Minoans
2004
as Readings (voice)
Prometheus Bound
2004
as Prometheus (voice)
The Rocking Horse Winner
1982
as Lawyer
Nipplejesus
2015
as Silver Fox
Cosmos Within Us
2019
as Aiken
The Man Who Saw Too Much
2019
as Yurka Galitzine (voice)
Napoleon's Waterloo
2015
as Narrator
A Silly Little Habit
1982
as Simon
Portrait of Isa Mulvenny
1985
as Bill Thompson
About Nicholas Farrell
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nicholas Farrell (born Nicholas Charles Frost, in September 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 the 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 Shakesp… With 132 credits spanning from 1965 to 2026, Nicholas Farrell has appeared in 71 films and 61 TV shows.
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