Nicholas Rowe (actor)

Nicholas Rowe
Born	Nicholas James Sebastian Rowe (1966-11-22) 22 November 1966 (age 58) Edinburgh, Scotland
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1984–present
Partner	Lou Gish (2000–2006, her death)
Children	1
Parent	Andrew Rowe (father)

Nicholas James Sebastian Rowe (born 22 November 1966) is a British actor. ^[1] At the start of his career he appeared as the lead in the 1985 film Young Sherlock Holmes .

Early life and education

Rowe was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, to English parents Alison, a singer, and Andrew Rowe, an editor (who subsequently became a Conservative Party Member of Parliament). ^[2] He received his formal education at Eton College, where he acted in school productions, and subsequently received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Hispanic studies from the University of Bristol.

Career

Rowe has appeared in a variety of films, television dramas and plays. He played Sherlock Holmes in Barry Levinson's film Young Sherlock Holmes , having read for the part while still at school. He returned to the role of Sherlock Holmes 30 years later in the 2015 film Mr. Holmes , in which he played the part in a film that the "real" Mr. Holmes, now a 93-year-old (played by Ian McKellen) goes to see at a theatre. ^[3]

Personal life

Rowe is married to Sophie Wybrew-Bond.

Rowe was the partner of Lou Gish for six years until her death from cancer in February 2006. ^[4]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role
1984	Another Country	Spungin
1985	Young Sherlock Holmes	Sherlock Holmes
1996	True Blue	David Ball
1998	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	J
2000	Hit List	Jeremy
2001	All Forgotten	Maidanov
2001	Enigma	Villers
2001	Lover's Prayer	Madianov
2002	Nicholas Nickleby	Lord Verisopht
2003	Girl on a Cycle	Harry
2004	Hidden Flaws	Rental agent
2004	Seed of Chucky	Lawyer
2010	The Duel	Sheshkovsky
2010	Shanghai	Ralph
2013	Delicious	Adolf
2015	Mr. Holmes	Matinee Sherlock
2016	Snowden	Assistant Editor Guardian
2018	Old Boys	Headmaster
2020	Waiting for Anya	The Mayor
2021	Operation Mincemeat	Captain David Ainsworth
2024	Joy	James Watson

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1987	The Lawrenceville Stories	The Tennessee Shad
1994	Sharpe's Enemy	Gilliand
1995	Pie in the Sky	Kevin Wright	Episode: "Lemon Twist"
1996	Poldark	Lord Edward Fitzmaurice
1996	Dalziel and Pascoe	Gervase Butt	Episode: "An Autumn Shroud"
1997	A Dance to the Music of Time	David Pennistone
1997	Kavanagh QC	Charles Beaufort	2 episodes
1998	Dangerfield	Dan Spearill	Episode: "The Long Weekend"
1999	Let Them Eat Cake	Julian Desire	Episode: "Murder"
2000	Relic Hunter	Peter Graham	Episode: "The Last Knight"
2000	Longitude	King George
2001	The Infinite Worlds of H. G. Wells	Professor Gibberne
2002	Shackleton	Thomas Orde-Lees
2002	Outside the Rules	Dr. Gerry Saddler
2003	Holby City	Nathan Cairns	Episode: "Desperate Measures"
2004	The Lady Musketeer	Duke of Buckingham
2004, 2013	Midsomer Murders	David Heartley-Reade	2 episodes
2004	World's Worst Century	Gui de Chauliae
2005	Princes in the Tower	Ambassador de Puebla
2005	The Fugitives	Boyer
2005	Space Race	R.V. Jones
2005	A Waste of Shame: The Mystery of Shakespeare and His Sonnets	Richard Burbage
2006	Beau Brummell: This Charming Man	Lord Charles Manners
2006	The Complete Guide to Parenting	Marko
2006	A Harlot's Progress	Henry Fielding
2007	Sold	Richard
2008	Hotel Babylon	Jonah Slaughter	Episode: "The Faith Healer"
2009	Stockwell	Narrator (voice)
2009	Kingdom	Robert Morston	Episode: "Kingdom"
2009	Margaret	Malcolm Rifkind
2009	Doctor Who: Dreamland	Rivesh Mantilax (voice)
2010	National Theatre Live: Nation	Father
2011	The Borgias	Baron Bonadeo	2 episodes
2012	Loving Miss Hatto	James
2013	Da Vinci's Demons	Cardinal Orsini
2014	Inspector George Gently	Chief Martin Langham	Episode: "Gently Going Under"
2015	The Last Kingdom	Father Asser
2016	The Crown	Jock Colville
2016	Doctor Thorne	Mortimer Gazebee
2017	Genius	Jost Winteler
2017	Riviera	Geoffrey Anderton
2020	Washington	George Washington
2020	Roadkill	Adam De Banzie
2021	A Very British Scandal	Ian Fraser
2022	A Spy Among Friends	Anthony Blunt
2023	The Killing Kind	Angus Grey

Theatre

Production	Play	Character	Dates
Broadway	Hamlet	Guildenstern [5]	14 April 1995 – 22 July 1995
London	Tammy Faye		2022

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Xenoblade Chronicles 2	Poppibuster (Mech)	[6]
2018	Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna – The Golden Country	Imperial Captain	[6]

References

1. Rowe, Nicholas, (b. 22 November 1966), DL. WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. Retrieved 16 Aug. 2022, from https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-33291.
2. "Nicholas Rowe Biography (1965-)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
3. Kermode, Mark (22 June 2015). "Mr Holmes review – the old sleuth on the trail of his younger self". The Guardian . London. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
4. Laird, Fiona (25 February 2006). "Lou Gish: Actress of intelligence and grit"
5. "Hamlet". Playbill.
6. "Nicholas Rowe (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 22 October 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.

External links

• Nicholas Rowe at IMDb