Nicholas Woodeson

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Nicholas Woodeson
Born
Nicholas Robin Frank Woodeson [1]

(1949-11-30) 30 November 1949 (age 74) [1]
NationalityEnglish
Education Marlborough College
Alma mater University of Sussex
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActor
Years active1970–present

Nicholas Robin Frank Woodeson (born 30 November 1949) [1] [2] [3] is an English film, television and theatre actor, and Drama Desk and Olivier award nominee. [4]

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Early life and education

Woodeson was born in Sudan[ citation needed ] and grew up in Haifa, Israel. [5] He later moved to England, where he started performing at prep school in Sussex, and Marlborough College. [5] He read English at the University of Sussex,and became involved in student drama productions, where he met Michael Attenborough, Jim Carter, and Andy de la Tour. He also participated in the 1970 National Student Drama Festival. Next was a season in rep at the Lyceum Theatre, Crewe, after deciding not to pursue an academic career. He won a scholarship to RADA (1972–1974). [6]

Career

Theatre

Woodeson's first work after drama school was a season at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool (1974–75), in a company that included Jonathan Pryce (artistic director), Julie Walters, Pete Postlethwaite and Bill Nighy. He has worked in regional theatre in the UK and US, at the Hampstead Theatre, the Young Vic and Almeida Theatre in London, and at the Manhattan Theatre Club. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1982 and remained there seven years. [5] On Broadway, his work includes Straker in Man and Superman (1978), Piaf (1981), Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls (1995), and Burleigh in Mary Stuart (2009). In 2011, he played Mr Prince in the National Theatre revival of Odets' Rocket to the Moon . He appeared in the West End production of Funny Peculiar (1976), in Good (1982), as Bonesy in Jumpers (2003), as Mussabini in Chariots of Fire (2012), and as Harold Wilson in The Audience (2015). He acted in two productions of Pinter's The Birthday Party playing McCann at the National Theatre in 1994, and Goldberg in the Lyric Hammersmith's 50th centenary production in 2008, and two productions of Pinter's The Homecoming , playing Lenny in the 25th Anniversary West End revival in 1991 and Max at the RSC in 2011.

In 2017, following the death of Tim Pigott-Smith, he took over the role of Willy Loman in the Royal & Derngate tour of Death of a Salesman , for which he was nominated for a UK Theatre Award as Best Actor in a Leading Role.

Film

Woodeson's first film work was a role in Heaven's Gate , released in 1980. By chance, he spent more time on location in Montana than any other actor in the film. He has also appeared in, among others, The Russia House (1990), The Pelican Brief (1993), Shooting Fish (1997), The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) Titanic Town (1998), The Avengers (1998), Mad Cows (1999), Topsy-Turvy (1999), Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999), Amazing Grace (2006), Hannah Arendt (2012), the James Bond film Skyfall (2012), Mr. Turner (2014), The Danish Girl (2015), Race (2016), Disobedience (2017), The Death of Stalin (2017) and The Hustle (2019).

In 2011/2012 he made the short film You Are Me for the Holocaust Survivors' Centre in London. [5]

Television

Woodeson's first network television work was playing a US marine in A Rumor of War (1980) starring Brad Davis. He played killer Michael Hennessy in the very first episode of Cracker (1993), [7] starring Robbie Coltrane. In 1998 he appeared in Midsomer Murders "Death of a Hollow Man" as Avery Philips. He played SS-Gruppenführer Otto Hoffman in the acclaimed BBC/HBO production Conspiracy (2001), starring Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth. He portrayed Harman Grisewood, in the 2008 TV programme Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story . [8] He has guest starred on series such as Miami Vice, Midsomer Murders , A Touch of Frost, and Poirot .

In the two 2005–06 HBO/BBC TV series of Rome, he played Posca, the personal slave of Julius Caesar. In 2007, he played Joseph Novak in 'Broken Souls', an episode of Foyle's War. In 2010, he appeared as Alexander Grozin, president of the fictional Eastern European state of Turgisia, in DR television production of Borgen. In 2013, he played William Corcoran, a proponent of Lamarckism, in the episode "Am I not Monstrous?" of Ripper Street . [9] He also appeared in Agatha Christie’s Poirot "Dead Man’s Folly" as Detective Sergeant Hoskins. In 2014, he appeared as Volkov in the American miniseries The Assets , [10] and as Algernon Wyse in a BBC TV adaptation of E. F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia . [11] In 2014, he played Yaakov in "The Eichmann Show" for the BBC. In 2016, Woodeson played the role of Reverend Matthew Denning in the BBC TV series The Living and the Dead . He has also appeared in episodes of New Tricks, George Gently and Holby City . Woodeson played the lawyer, Thoyt in the BBC One 2017 television drama series Taboo .

Personal life

Woodeson lives in London, but has also lived in the United States. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980 Heaven's Gate Small Man
1990 The Russia House Niki Landau
1993 The Pelican Brief Stump
1997 Shooting Fish Mr. Collyns
1997 The Man Who Knew Too Little Sergei
1998 Titanic Town Immonger
1998 The Avengers Dr. Darling
1999 Topsy-Turvy Mr. Seymour
1999Mad CowsDetective Slynne
1999 Dreaming of Joseph Lees Mr. Dian
2000 One of the Hollywood Ten Ben
2006 Amazing Grace Harrison
2009 Pope Joan Arighis
2011 Hysteria Dr. Richardson
2012 John Carter Dalton
2012 Hannah Arendt William Shawn
2012 Skyfall Doctor Hall
2014 Mr. Turner Gentleman Critics
2015 The Danish Girl Dr. Buson
2016 Race Fred Rubien
2016 The Limehouse Golem Toby Dosett
2016 Letters from Baghdad George MacMunn
2017 The Death of Stalin Boris Bresnavich
2017 Disobedience Rabbi Goldfarb
2017 Paddington 2 Insurance Company C.E.O.
2018 Beirut Herzberg
2019 The Hustle Albert
2019Jarhead: Law of ReturnMinister of Defense
2021 Firebird Colonel Kuznetsov
2022My Father's SecretsOld Rabbi

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980 Here's Boomer TheoEpisode: "The Jockey"
1980 A Rumor of War Cpl. Kazmarak2 episodes
1982 The Hound of the Baskervilles Sir Henry Baskerville4 episodes
1984PiafEmilTelevision film
1985 Miami Vice Artie CrossEpisode: "Made for Each Other"
1989 Blackeyes StilkEpisode #1.1
1990 Max and Helen Martin GreenbaumTelevision film
1991For the Greater GoodMichael Parke-Walsh MP3 episodes
1991The Wolvis FamilyDr. Graham Wilcockson6 episodes
1992A Fatal InversionInspector Winder2 episodes
1992 ScreenPlay Geoff HarrisEpisode: "Bad Girl"
1992The Life and Times of Henry PrattDr. HargreavesEpisode #1.3
1992 The Blackheath Poisonings Bertie Williams3 episodes
1992, 1994 Screen Two Keith / Roland2 episodes
1993Mr. Wroe's VirginsBrother Moses4 episodes
1993 Bonjour la Classe Leslie Piper6 episodes
1993 Performance Jorgen TesmanEpisode: "Hedda Gabler"
1993 Cracker HennessyEpisode: "The Mad Woman in the Attic: Part 2"
1993The Poetry Hall of Fame John Keats Television film
1994 The Chief MilvertonEpisode #4.8
1995 Pie in the Sky Maurice PlummerEpisode: "Brown Bread"
1995The Last EnglishmanAir Commodore BoyleTelevision film
1997 The Woman in White Asylum Proprietor
1998 Midsomer Murders Avery PhillipsEpisode: "Death of a Hollow Man"
1998Animated Epics: BeowulfAschereTelevision film
1999 Great Expectations John Wemmick
2000 The Mrs Bradley Mysteries John ForresterEpisode: "The Rising of the Moon"
2000 Conspiracy Otto Hofmann Television film
2001 Waking the Dead Reece Dickson2 episodes
2002 Animated Tales of the World Greengrocer / Leader of PrimitivesEpisode: "The Crown and Sceptre"
2002 Helen West Brian Redwood3 episodes
2003 A Touch of Frost Anton CaldwellEpisode: "Held in Trust"
2004 The Last Detective Gerald LeymanEpisode: "Christine"
2005 Doc Martin VictorEpisode: "Blood Is Thicker"
2005–2007 Rome Posca17 episodes
2006 Eleventh Hour Martin CallanEpisode: "Containment"
2007 Rough Diamond Russian AmbassadorEpisode: "Old Gold"
2008 Foyle's War Josef NovakEpisode: "Broken Souls"
2008Poppy ShakespeareProfessorTelevision film
2008 Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story Harman Grisewood
2009Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980Michael Warren
2010 Borgen Alexander GrozinEpisode: "Statsbesøg"
2011 The Hour Professor Beckett2 episodes
2011 Shameless IsaacEpisode: "Frank Gallagher: Sent By God"
2012 Silk Professor Stephen NymanEpisode #2.4
2012 Secret State Lord Justice HolbeckEpisode #1.2
2012 Loving Miss Hatto ErichTelevision film
2013 It's Kevin VariousEpisode #1.6
2013 Agatha Christie's Poirot Detective Sergeant HoskinsEpisode: "Dead Man's Folly"
2013 Ripper Street Dr. William CorcoranEpisode: "Am I Not Monstrous?"
2013 The Escape Artist George Balfour QC3 episodes
2013 Moonfleet Bailiff2 episodes
2014 The Assets Volkov
2014 The Honourable Woman Judah Ben-Shahar4 episodes
2014 New Tricks Viktor ProustEpisode: "The English Defence"
2014 Mapp and Lucia Algernon Wyse3 episodes
2014 Borgia Alonso Pimental2 episodes
2015 The Eichmann Show Yaakov JonilowiczTelevision film
2015 Inspector George Gently NormanEpisode: "Breathe in the Air"
2016 The Living and the Dead Matthew Denning6 episodes
2016 Friday Night Dinner RabbiEpisode: "The Funeral"
2016–2017 Holby City Artem Chernik3 episodes
2017 Delicious Allen BillingtonEpisode: "Funeral Plans"
2017 Taboo Robert Thoyt5 episodes
2017 Will Phillip Henslowe3 episodes
2019 Baptiste PeterEpisode: "Shell"
2020 Quiz Nicholas Hilliard QC2 episodes
2021 Silent Witness Derek Galton
2023A Paris ProposalJacques LaurentTelevision film
2024 Father Brown Bernard RossEpisode: "The Dead of Night"
2024 Beyond Paradise Father BrianEpisode: "#2.4"

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