Nicholas McGaughey

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Nicholas McGaughey is a Welsh television actor and voice actor best known for playing the character of Brandon Monk in the Welsh soap Pobol y Cwm . He has appeared on a number of top British television programmes such as Casualty in 1998. He also appeared as Praetorian Officer in the 2000 Hollywood blockbuster, Gladiator , among actors such as Russell Crowe and Oliver Reed. He also appeared in Sharpe's Gold in 1995 from the TV series Sharpe starring Sean Bean.

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He appeared in various TV Series including War and Peace (2016) as Self Important Major, Da Vinci’s Demons (2014) as Captain Sindona and also the same year in Musketeers "Friends and Enemies" as Innkeeper. He also appeared in Agatha Christie’s Poirot "The Labours of Hercules" in 2013 as Inspector Lementeuil. Also in 2013 he appeared in Atlantis "Twist if Fate" as Biton, Whitechapel as Derek Redman and New Tricks as Coxy.

He appeared on the Welsh television series Pobol y Cwm in the role of Brandon Monk from 2002 to 2011. His character was killed off on 23 September 2011 after suffering a heart attack in hospital following the fire in the flat above the chip shop (Y Sosban Chips.)

McGaughey is also a published writer of poetry and short fiction. His poem "Magic Hour" was performed at Holyhead, Wales, at dusk as part of the 21 December 2017 Solstice Shorts Festival and published in the 2018 anthology Dusk from Arachne Press. [1]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994Wild JusticeDavid Griffith
1995 The Englishman who Went up a Hill but Came down a Mountain NarratorVoice
1996The PropositionEllis
1997 Twin Town Chunky
1997 Trial and Retribution Terry Smith
1999 Beautiful People Welshman
2000 Gladiator Praetorian Officer
2001 From Hell Officer Bolt
2004 A Way of Life Terry Williams
2013 Lewis Johnny JaySeason 7, Episode: "The Ramblin' Boy"
2016CrowMaws
2016 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 40's Bartender
2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Australian Wizard

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  1. "Nicholas McGaughey". Arachne Press. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2020.