Nicholas Blane

Nicholas Blane
Born	Leicester, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1987–present

Nicholas Blane is an English actor.

Career

He is best known for his roles in stage productions such as Year of the Rat , ^{[1] [2]} See How They Run ^{[3] [4]} and Democracy . ^[5]

He has appeared in numerous British television and film projects, including Coronation Street (1993–2010), Heartbeat (1993–1998), Trial & Retribution (1997–2002), Dalziel and Pascoe (1997), Life Force , ^[6] Sharpe's Challenge (2006) and The Great Fire (2014). ^{[5] [7]} He played the role of Wopsle in the BBC adaptation of Great Expectations (1999) and he appeared in minor roles in The Illusionist (2006) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). ^{[5] [8]}

In 2012 he starred as the Spice King in the second season of the HBO TV series Game of Thrones . ^[9]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Some Kind of Life	Mr. Rawlings	TV film
1999	Great Expectations	Wopsle	TV film
2005	Pierrepoint	Governor of Strangeways
	Kinky Boots		[5]
2006	The Illusionist	Herr Doebler	[5]
	Sharpe's Challenge	Crosby	TV film
2007	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix	Bob	[5]
	The Shadow in the North	Mr. Harkness	TV film
2009	Glorious 39	Vicar	[5]
2012	National Theatre Live: The Magistrate	Mr. Bullamy
2013	In Secret	Chemist	[8]
2017	Viceroy's House	Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe
2019	Hope Gap	Priest
2020	The Good Traitor	Winston Churchill

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	Agatha Christie's Miss Marple	Paddington Porter	1.09 ("4:50 from Paddington")
1993–1998	Heartbeat	Bank Manager / Mr. Hepplewhite / Mr. Handley	3 episodes
1993–2010	Coronation Street	Mr. Stapleton / Neville Green / Judge	9 episodes
1996	The Bill	Roly	1 episode ("Bounds of Decency")
1997	Dalziel and Pascoe	Sir William Pledger	1 episode ("Exit Lines")
1997–2002	Trial & Retribution	Derek Waugh	6 episodes
2000	Life Force	Scuzz
2008	Little Dorrit	Lawyer	4 episodes
2009–2014	Law & Order: UK	Coroner Oswald Spear	5 episodes
2010	The Tudors	Sidwell	1 episode ("Natural Ally")
	Whitechapel	Lord Hessel	1 episode ("Episode 2.2")
2012	Game of Thrones	The Spice King	3 episodes
2013	Spies of Warsaw	Papa Heiniger	2 episodes
2014	The Great Fire	Mayor Bludworth	2 episodes
2015	The Musketeers	Duc De Barville	1 episode ("A Marriage of Inconvenience")
2021	It's a Sin	Mr. Hart	2 episodes
	Doctor Who	Millington	1 episode ("Survivors of the Flux")
2025	Andor	Karloo	1 episode

References

1. Spencer, Charles (14 March 2008). "Year of the Rat: A wasted opportunity to get to the heart of George Orwell". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
2. Brennan, Clare (23 March 2008). "Year of the Rat". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
3. Billington, Michael (30 June 2006). "See How They Run". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
4. Benedict, David (9 July 2006). "Review: See How They Run". Variety. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
5. "Nicholas Blane". National Theatre. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
6. "Credits". life-force.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 March 2001. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
7. Rahim, Sameer (16 October 2014). "The Great Fire review, ITV: 'historical hokum'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
8. "Nicholas Blane". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
9. Lyttelton, Oliver (8 May 2012). "Recap: 'Game Of Thrones' Episodes 5 & 6 See Season Two Somehow Get Bloodier & Grimmer". Indiewire.com. Retrieved 25 February 2016.

External links

• Nicholas Blane at IMDb