Nicholas Gleaves

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Nicholas Gleaves
Born (1969-01-02) 2 January 1969 (age 55)
Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire, England
Occupation Actor
Years active1992–present
Spouse
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(m. 1994)​
Children2

Nicholas Gleaves (born 2 January 1969) is an English actor and playwright.

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Career

Gleaves's first theatre part was as an extra in Don Carlos at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. He did several plays there including the lead in Macbeth . When interviewed about this play, he said he never had the superstition that surrounded it, "...all that spitting and spinning round — it all seems like quite hard work". [1]

He has been in many television shows since 1992; [2] Gleaves was Rick Powell in the television drama series Playing the Field . He had the role of Ray Fairburn in Conviction. Conviction was filmed at Salford Lads' Club which delighted Gleaves because of the building's connection to The Smiths. [3] In The Chase , he was the father Tom Bedford. In 2009, he said the idea for Survivors , in which he played the scientist Whitaker, was "great". [1] He played DS Andy Roper in the first two series of Scott & Bailey . Of this role, he said, "I've done quite a few cop shows and as much as I enjoy testosterone, shouting at villains and all that, I really fell in love with this. As soon as I read it I saw something new and original. That was one of the reasons why I wanted to be involved because it was so different and very believable." [4]

In 2019, Gleaves played the title role in the 2019 revival of the classic CBBC series The Demon Headmaster .

Gleaves has also started to write shows for radio. [5]

List of credits

Television

YearTitleRoleNetworkNotes
1992 Boon Carl ITV Series 7, Episode 5: "Away From It All"
Casualty George Reynolds BBC One Series 7, Episode 6: "Profit and Loss"
1993 Heartbeat Eric DoubledayITVSeries 2, Episode 8: "Baby Blues"
1994 Faith Andy MorganITV
Soldier Soldier Nicholas PopeITVSeries 4, Episode 4: "Second Sight"
1995 99-1 PCSeries 2, Episode 6: "The Lost Ones"
Harry Dean HawkinsBBC OneSeries 2, Episode 7: "A Question of Truth"
Moving Story SamSeries 2, Episode 6: "Superstition"
Capital LivesPhilSeries 2, Episode 3: "In Cahoots"
1996EllingtonBradley StokesSeries 1, Episode 5: "Getting Rid"
Madson Phil HartiganBBC Series 1, Episode 6
PoldarkStephen CravensonTV movie
1997 Wokenwell Rudy WhitesideITV
Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film ChallengeChalky Channel 4 Short film: Ajax
1998 The Bill Danny CharltonITVTainted Love: 3 episodes
1998–2002 Playing the Field Rick PowellBBC One14 episodes
2000 My Fragile Heart Joe Macavoy
2001In DeepBradley SullivanBBCRomeo Trap: 2 episodes
PerfectMikeTV movie
Now You See HerPaul Sky 1 TV movie
Linda Green Carl WilliamsonBBC OneSeries 1, Episode 8
2002Being AprilEddieBBC6 episodes
2003 The Queen's Nose Duncan CBBC 5 episodes
2004 Dalziel and Pascoe Sam MattisBBC OneSeries 8, Episode 4: "Soft Touch"
Down to Earth Steve Benson2 episodes
Doctors Pete PrestonBBC OneSeries 6, Episode 1
Conviction Ray Fairburn6 episodes
2005 Heartbeat Barry CalderITVSeries 14, Episode 15: "Icon"
Silent Witness Phil ElliotBBC One2 episodes: "Ghosts"
2006 The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Simon WilsonBBC OneSeries 5, Episode 1: "Natural Causes"
2006–2007 The Chase Tom BedfordBBC One
2007 City Lights Gary TateITV6 episodes
2008FalloutMatt RyderTV movie
2008–2010 Survivors James WhitakerBBC One
2009 Robin Hood ThorntonBBC OneSeries 3, Episode 9
Murderland OliverITV
2010 Foyle's War Larry HainesITVSeries 6, Episode 2: "Killing Time"
Ashes to Ashes Geoff BevanBBC OneSeries 3, Episode 5
Reunited AndrewTV pilot
2011 Twenty Twelve Anthony Preston BBC Four Series 1, Episode 1
Waterloo Road Richard WhitmanBBC One6 episodes
2011–2012 Scott & Bailey Andy RoperITVSeries 1 and 2
2012 Public Enemies Trevor BrothertonBBC One
2013 Jo Maurice Langlois TF1 Series 1, Episode 1
Vera Tim HopkinsITVSeries 3, Episode 1
2014 Marvellous Rev Mark BBC Two TV movie
Chasing Shadows Alex WernleyITV2 episodes
2016 Cold Feet Trevor GreenITVSeries 6, Episodes 2 & 3
2018 Bodyguard Roger Penhaligon MPBBC One
Coronation Street Duncan Radfield ITVRegular role
The Split Mr Graham
Midsomer Murders Ray FryerITVS19 E5
2019 The Demon Headmaster The HeadmasterCBBCMain role
2022 The Crown John Birt Netflix Series 5
2024 After the Flood Sergeant Phil Mackie Britbox Series 1

Film

YearTitleRole
1993 Century Daniel
1994FeverJo
1999Safer
2006 Half Light Robert Freedman
2006 Starter for 10 Speaker for Nuclear Disarmament
2006Mysterious CreaturesRichard Nicholas
2008 Incendiary Lenny
2009A Congregation of GhostsEllis Baxter
2010 Chatroom Paul
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger Hydra agent
2014 United Passions Henri Delaunay
2015NightstandRob
2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home Guterman

Theatre

His theatre credits include:

Personal life

Originally from the Halliwell area of Bolton, Lancashire, England, Gleaves attended Sharples School from 1980 to 1985. [1] [14] After completing his schooling, his mother made him attend a play and this sparked his interest in acting. [1] He is a fan of The Smiths and long time supporter of Bolton Wanderers. [3] Gleaves is married to actress Lesley Sharp. They have two sons and reside in London. [3] [15]

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