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Nicholas Farrell

Nicholas Farrell

Acting

Brentwood, Essex, England, UK

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicholas Farrell, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For
Filmography
Past Life

Past Life

Elliot Reed

2026
Creditors

Creditors

Adolf

2025
A Toast to Love

A Toast to Love

Professor Dale Farringdon

2024
Widow Clicquot

Widow Clicquot

Jean-Remy Moet

2024
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story

Ebenezer Scrooge

2022
Munich – The Edge of War

Munich – The Edge of War

Sir Alexander Cadogan

2021
Dream Horse

Dream Horse

Philip Hobbs

2021
Christmas in the Highlands

Christmas in the Highlands

Duke of Glenmorie

2019
The Man Who Saw Too Much

The Man Who Saw Too Much

Yurka Galitzine (voice)

2019
The Coldest Game

The Coldest Game

G. Moran

2019
Cosmos Within Us

Cosmos Within Us

Aiken

2019
Hurricane

Hurricane

Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding

2018
White Chamber

White Chamber

Dr. Edgar Chrystler

2018
Lies We Tell

Lies We Tell

Anthony Quest

2018
Another Mother's Son

Another Mother's Son

De La Haye

2017
Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher

Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher

Samuel Harris

2016
Mindhorn

Mindhorn

Mayor

2016
Tear Me Apart

Tear Me Apart

Old Man (voice)

2016
Finding Altamira

Finding Altamira

Vilanova

2016
Remainder

Remainder

Daubenay

2015
Nipplejesus

Nipplejesus

Silver Fox

2015
Legend

Legend

Dr Humphries

2015
Napoleon's Waterloo

Napoleon's Waterloo

Narrator

2015
Robot Overlords

Robot Overlords

Sentry Robot/Air Drone (voice)

2015
Mortdecai

Mortdecai

Auctioneer

2015
Testament of Youth

Testament of Youth

Headmaster

2015
Grace of Monaco

Grace of Monaco

Jean-Charles Rey

2014
Summer in February

Summer in February

Mr. Carter-Wood

2013
Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings

Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings

General von Thoma

2013
The Iron Lady

The Iron Lady

Airey Neave

2011
Late Bloomers

Late Bloomers

Francis

2011
Fiona's Story

Fiona's Story

Edward

2008
Persuasion

Persuasion

Mr. Musgrove

2007
Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace

Henry Thornton

2006
Driving Lessons

Driving Lessons

Robert

2006
Red Mercury

Red Mercury

Minister

2005
The Minoans

The Minoans

Readings (voice)

2004
Prometheus Bound

Prometheus Bound

Prometheus (voice)

2004

Reversals

Edward Leitch

2003
The Third Wave

The Third Wave

Devlin

2003
Bait

Bait

Alfred White

2002
Bloody Sunday

Bloody Sunday

Brigadier Maclellan

2002
Charlotte Gray

Charlotte Gray

Mr. Jackson

2001
Arthur's Dyke

Arthur's Dyke

Geoffrey

2001
Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

RAF Squadron Leader

2001
Beautiful People

Beautiful People

Dr Mouldy

1999

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

1999
Plunkett & Macleane

Plunkett & Macleane

MP's Secretary

1999
Legionnaire

Legionnaire

Mackintosh

1998
Sharpe: The Legend

Sharpe: The Legend

Fenner

1997
Hamlet

Hamlet

Horatio

1996
The Treasure Seekers

The Treasure Seekers

Bastable

1996
Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

Antonio

1996
Sharpe's Regiment

Sharpe's Regiment

Lord Fenner

1996
Othello

Othello

Montano

1995
In the Bleak Midwinter

In the Bleak Midwinter

Tom Newman

1995
A Breed of Heroes

A Breed of Heroes

Lt. Col Ian Gowrie, MC

1994
The Vision Thing

The Vision Thing

Batt Prender

1993
Hamlet

Hamlet

Hamlet

1992
The Trials of Oz

The Trials of Oz

Dr. Michael Schofield

1991

Nobody Here But Us Chickens

1989
Dead Lucky

Dead Lucky

Martin Urban

1988
Playing Away

Playing Away

Derek

1987
The Fools on the Hill

The Fools on the Hill

David

1986
Portrait of Isa Mulvenny

Portrait of Isa Mulvenny

Bill Thompson

1985
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Sir Hugh Belcher

1984
The Rocking Horse Winner

The Rocking Horse Winner

Lawyer

1982
A Silly Little Habit

A Silly Little Habit

Simon

1982
Chariots of Fire

Chariots of Fire

Aubrey Montague

1981
Berlin Tunnel 21

Berlin Tunnel 21

Georg Heptner

1981
By Common Consent

By Common Consent

1975