Nicholas Gledhill | |
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| Born | Nicholas Martin Gledhill 7 March 1975 Sydney, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Actor and voice actor |
| Years active | 1984–present |
Nicholas Martin Gledhill (born 7 March 1975) is an Australian film, stage actor, voice artist, writer and choreographer
Gledhill was born in Sydney to parents Bobbie Gledhill and actor Arthur Dignam. He grew up in Glebe, New South Wales and went to school at St Andrew's Cathedral School. At the age of 19 he moved to England, to try out for drama school and attended Birmingham School of Speech and Drama from which he graduated in 1998.
He is possibly best known for one of his early roles, that of PS in Careful, He Might Hear You (1983), the story of a young boy in the middle of a custody battle between his two aunts and based on the novel by Sumner Locke Elliott. Gledhill was nominated for a Best Actor award by the Australian Film Institute for this role in 1984.
Gledhill has worked mainly in film and television, and as a Stage Combat Master and choreographer, an acting teacher and is a prize-winning writer (ICI/STC Young Writers Competition).
Some of his stage roles include Edgar and Sebastian in the Shakespeare Globe Centre Australia's production of King Lear and The Tempest . [1] He was featured in a Sunday Life article on child stars [2] and performed various roles at the Edinburgh Festival, in a collection of 12 short plays called Light Bites and Tasty Treats. [3]
He recently[ when? ] played Demetrius, in the Acting Factory production of A Midsummer Night's Dream [4] and his most recent[ when? ] role was as Watch in the SpaceCraft Productions [5] production of the official Sydney Fringe Festival [6] selection, Closing Time. [7] [8]
Nicholas is currently[ when? ] working on the formation of a new political party – The Arts Party [9] of Australia. He, along with PJ Collins, [10] is running a crowd-sourcing campaign on indiegogo [11] to gather the funds and the list of signed-up members required to register the party. A founding committee has been formed [12] to steer the party during its founding period and deliver a more detailed policy statement. The Arts Party has garnered a large amount of support thus far.
He lives in Sydney, New South Wales with his wife, Amelia, and their two children, Tigerlily and Wolfgang.
| Production | Type | Company | Role | Also featuring | Year |
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| Dead Down Under [13] | Film | Terror Australis | Carlisle | 2012 | |
| Wild Boys [14] | TV | Seven Network | Cobb & Co Passenger | Daniel MacPherson, Michael Dorman | 2011 |
| Panasonic TV / Olympics | Commercial | Panasonic | Man on couch | 2008 | |
| Guardian Angel | Film | International Film School Sydney [15] | James | 2008 | |
| Lucky Restaurant | Commercial | Lucky Lotteries | Waiter | 2006 | |
| ESL Training | Voice | Various | 2004 | ||
| The Chaser – CNNNN | TV | Crackerjack | Larry | Charles Firth, Andrew Hansen, Julian Morrow, Chas Licciardello, Dominic Knight, Anna Skellern | 2002 |
| The Man Who Sued God [16] | Feature | Dir: Mark Joffe | Various V/O | Billy Connolly, Peter Whitford [16] | 2001 |
| Speaking of Angela | Radio Play | University of Technology, Sydney Student Production | David | Raelee Hill [17] [ non-primary source needed ] | 2000 |
| Così | Feature | Smiley Films | 1995 | ||
| G.P. [18] | TV | RCC | Jack | 1993 | |
| Hard Copy | TV | Network Ten | Disabled Boy | 1991 | |
| Dead to the World [19] | Feature | Huzzah Productions | 1991 | ||
| The Way to Ward Five | Feature | Honky Tonk Angel Productions | Julian Ross | 1989 | |
| The Dirtwater Dynasty [20] | TV | Honky Tonk Angel Productions | Julian Ross | 1988 | |
| Black Beauty [21] | Animated Feature | Yoram Gross Productions | Bertie Gordon (V/O) | 1987 | |
| Jo Wilson | TV | Bilgola Beach Prods | Young Wilson | 1986 | |
| Blinky Bill | TV | Australian Broadcasting Corporation [22] | Ranger Ken | 1985 | |
| A Country Practice [23] | TV | JNP Films | Little Joe | Shane Porteous, Georgie Parker, Lorrae Desmond, Anne Tenney, Brian Wenzel [24] | 1984 |
| Bodyline [25] | TV | Kennedy Miller | Young Jardine | Arthur Dignam, Carl Schultz, Hugo Weaving [26] | 1984 |
| Careful, He Might Hear You [27] | Feature | Syme Entertainment | P.S. | Robyn Nevin, Wendy Hughes, John Hargreaves, Colleen Clifford, Peter Whitford [28] | 1983 |
| Production | Company | Role | Also featuring | Year |
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| Women, Power and Culture [29] | The New Theatre [30] | Mr Rossi | 2011 | |
| Closing Time [31] | SpaceCraft Productions [5] | Watch | 2010 | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream [4] | Acting Factory [32] | Demetrius | 2010 | |
| Light Bites and Tasty Treats [33] | Straylight Australia | Various | 2009 | |
| Fallen Angels [34] | Factory Space Theatre | Fred | 2008 | |
| Hamlet [34] | Shakespeare Globe Centre Australia | Rosencrantz | Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood | 2005 |
| The Tempest [34] | Shakespeare Globe Centre Australia | Sebastian | 2004 | |
| King Lear (return Season) [34] | Shakespeare Globe Centre Australia | Edgar | 2004 | |
| Real Estate [34] | Company of Players | Simon | 2004 | |
| King Lear [34] | Shakespeare Globe Centre Australia | Edgar | 2003 | |
| Camelot | Blue Mountains Musical Society [35] | Arthur | 2002 | |
| Moving In | Company of Players | Simon | 2001 | |
| Peter Pan [34] | MEAG / Henson's Creature Shop | John Darling | Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Philip Quast [36] | 2000 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | New Theatre (Newtown) | Starvling | 1999 | |
| The Venetian Twins [34] | Zenith Theatre | Arleccino | 1999 | |
| Having it All | ANT HILL Productions | Mark | 1996 | |
| Life of Galileo | Sydney University Dramatic Society | Various | 1994 | |
| Time to Remember... [34] | Cellar Theatre | Writer | 1994 | |
| The Crucible | John Procter | 1991 |
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