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