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| Born | Nicholas C. Frost 1955 (age 70–71) Brentwood, Essex, England |
| Education | Fryerns Grammar School Bristol Old Vic Theatre School |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1975–present |
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| Children | 1 |
Nicholas C. Frost (born 1955), known professionally as Nicholas Farrell, is an English stage, film and television actor.
Farrell was born in Brentwood, Essex. [1] He was educated at Fryerns Grammar and Technical School in Basildon, Essex, [2] He furthered his education studying acting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. [3]
Farrell's early screen career included the role of Aubrey Montague in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire . [4] In 1983, he starred as Edmund Bertram in a television adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, Mansfield Park . [1] In 1984, he appeared in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes , [1] and The Jewel in the Crown . [3]
Since then, his film and television work has included several screen adaptations of Shakespeare's works, including Kenneth Branagh's 1996 Hamlet , [2] in which he played Horatio, a role he had played previously with Branagh for the Royal Shakespeare Company. [2] 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). [3]
In 2009, he played the role of Albert Dussell in the BBC series The Diary of Anne Frank . [5] In 2011, he played Margaret Thatcher's close friend and advisor Airey Neave in The Iron Lady . [6]
In 2014, he portrayed Eyre Crowe in the British documentary drama miniseries 37 Days , about the weeks leading up to World War I. [1] Other television appearances have included two Agatha Christie's Poirot films, [2] Sharpe's Regiment , [1] Lipstick on Your Collar , To Play the King , Roman Mysteries , Torchwood , [2] and Collision . He has also appeared in episodes of Lovejoy , [1] Foyle's War , [6] Absolute Power , Spooks , [2] Midsomer Murders , [6] Drop the Dead Donkey , Call the Midwife , [1] and Casualty . [1] He also voiced the Golem Pump 19 in the 2010 two-part adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Going Postal . [1]
Farrell's theatre work includes performances of The Cherry Orchard , [2] Camille , [2] and The Crucible , [2] as well as Royal Shakespeare Company productions of The Merchant of Venice , [2] Julius Caesar , [2] and Hamlet . [2] In the 2011 Chichester Festival he played schoolmasters Dewley and Crocker-Harris in the double bill of South Downs and The Browning Version . [7] In 2021 he played Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story at Nottingham Playhouse. [8] [3]
In 2014, Farrell starred in the Grace Kelly biopic Grace of Monaco alongside Nicole Kidman and Tim Roth, and the short film The Pit and the Pendulum: A Study in Torture, based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story. [3]
In 2020, he starred as the racehorse trainer in the Welsh film Dream Horse , alongside Toni Collette, Damian Lewis, and Owen Teale. [3]
In 2021 he was chosen as the face of the Saga plc television campaign 'Experience is Everything'. [3]
He is married to Scottish actress Stella Gonet, and they have a daughter, Natasha. [3]
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