Nicholas Farrell
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 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.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 14.825 |
| Birthday | 1955-01-01 |
| Place of Birth | Essex, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Nick Farrell, Nicholas Frost, |
1998
Legionnaire
5.73/519
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Bloody Sunday
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The Third Wave
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1996
Hamlet
7.379/450
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1981
Chariots of Fire
6.8/861
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Persuasion
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Amazing Grace
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The Treasure Seekers
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Sharpe's Regiment
7/25
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Arthur's Dyke
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Nobody Here But Us Chickens
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Othello
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2001
Charlotte Gray
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Legend
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Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
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Testament of Youth
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In the Bleak Midwinter
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4.7/6
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The Iron Lady
6.4/1676
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Pearl Harbor
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Prometheus Bound
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Reversals
6/1
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Mindhorn
6.086/280
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Beautiful People
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Red Mercury
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Remainder
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Another Mother's Son
6.7/31
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Twelfth Night
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Lies We Tell
5.5/19
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Playing Away
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Late Bloomers
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Hurricane
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White Chamber
4.38/50
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The Coldest Game
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Dream Horse
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Mortdecai
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The Trials of Oz
6/3
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Robot Overlords
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Christmas in the Highlands
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Bait
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Robot Overlords
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The Man Who Saw Too Much
7/1
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The Fools on the Hill
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Fiona's Story
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Munich: The Edge of War
6.92/548
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The Rocking Horse Winner
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Dead Lucky
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By Common Consent
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