Will Merrick | |
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Born | William Charles Merrick [1] 9 April 1993 Ledbury, Herefordshire, England |
Education | The Downs School Dean Close School |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2009–present |
Known for | Skins (2011–2012) About Time (2013) The Rack Pack (2016) Brief Encounters (2016) Dead Pixels (2019) |
William Charles Merrick (born 9 April 1993) is an English screen and stage actor. His debut was in the third generation of the BAFTA winning, E4 television series Skins as the character Alo Creevey. [2]
Merrick originates from Ledbury in Herefordshire. [3] He attended The Downs School, Malvern and Dean Close School. He came in the top ten of over 50,000 candidates for the 2009 drama GCSE examination. [4]
As a member of the Close up Theatre, Merrick performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2010 and 2011, in the productions of The History Boys playing Posner and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman , playing Charley. [5] At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012–2013 Merrick started a theatre company No Prophet at the age of 18. With it he played roles in Punk Rock , a stage production by Simon Stephens, and Boys written by Ella Hickson. [6] [7]
In 2011, Merrick made his first television appearance in the E4 teen drama Skins , playing Alo Creevey, having auditioned for the role of Rich Hardbeck. [8] He described his character as a "loving person, very open-minded, positive and enthusiastic kind of guy." [9]
In February 2012, Merrick won the Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor, competing against Dakota Blue Richards, his Skins co-star. [10] In the same year he was also nominated for Best Actor at TV Choice Awards. [11]
In May 2012, Merrick recorded an episode of BBC One family sitcom In with the Flynns , [12] in the role of Dean. [13] In the same year he has landed his first big screen role as Jay in Richard Curtis' new romantic comedy About Time alongside Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson. [12]
Merrick appeared in a 2013 episode Nightmare in Silver of Doctor Who in the role of Brains. [14] He played the role of Tom, alongside Jessie Cave, in an episode of Coming Up aired on Channel 4 in July 2013 [15] and was a guest star in BBC fantasy series Atlantis . [16]
Merrick starred as snooker player Steve Davis in the 2016 BBC drama The Rack Pack . In 2016 Merrick played Butcher's apprentice Russell in the ITV drama series Brief Encounters . He played Arthur Solway in two episodes of BBC's Poldark . From 2019 to 2021 Merrick starred as gaming fanatic Nicky in the sitcom Dead Pixels .
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | About Time | Jay | Director: Richard Curtis |
2017 | Modern Life Is Rubbish | Olly | |
2021 | A Classic Horror Story | ||
2023 | Barbie | Young Mattel Employee | |
2025 | F1 † | TBA | Filming |
Year | Title | Role | Platform | Notes |
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2011–2012 | Skins | Alo Creevey | E4 | 17 episodes Won—RTS Award for Best Actor Nominated—TV Choice Award for Best Actor |
2012 | In with the Flynns | Dean | BBC One | 1 episode "Frozen Assets" No.2.6 |
2013 | Doctor Who | Brains | BBC One | Series 7, 1 episode No.3.13 "Nightmare in Silver" |
2013 | Coming Up | Tom | Channel 4 | 1 episode No.8.2 "Burger Van Champion" |
2013 | Atlantis | Arcas | BBC One | 1 episode No.1.8 "The Furies" |
2015 | Count Arthur Strong | Jeremy | BBC Two | 1 episode No. 2.2 "The Day The Clocks Went Back" |
2016 | Brief Encounters | Russell | ITV | 6 episodes |
2016 | The Rack Pack | Steve Davis | BBC iPlayer | 1 episode |
2017 | Poldark | Arthur Solway | BBC One | 2 episodes |
2019–2021 | Dead Pixels | Nicky | E4 | 12 episodes |
2023 | Silo | Danny | Apple TV+ | 2 episodes |
2023 | Bodies | Constable Byrne | Netflix | 3 episodes |
2023 | Miss Scarlet and the Duke | Martin Crabtree | Alibi / PBS | 1 episode "The Heir" |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2009 | The Taming of the Shrew | Grumio | Close Up Theatre |
Amadeus | Venticello | Close Up Theatre | |
2010 | Hamlet | Polonius | Close Up Theatre |
The History Boys | Posner | Edinburgh Festival Fringe | |
2011 | Death of a Salesman | Charley | Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
2012 | Punk Rock | William Carlisle | Edinburgh Festival Fringe |
2013 | Boys | Benny [17] | Edinburgh Festival Fringe Arcola Theatre |
2013–2014 | Wendy & Peter Pan | Slightly | Royal Shakespeare Company [18] |
2014–2015 | Merlin | Merlin | Royal & Derngate |
2018 | Death of a Salesman | Bernard | Royal Exchange Theatre |
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2012 | Best Actor | Royal Television Society Award | Won |
2012 | Best Actor | TV Choice Awards | Nominated |
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