Nick Blood

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Nick Blood
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Blood in 2015
Born (1982-03-20) 20 March 1982 (age 42)
Alma mater London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
OccupationActor
Years active2009–present

Nick Blood (born 20 March 1982) is an English actor. [1] He is known for his roles as Lance Hunter in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Kieran in Trollied .

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Early life

Blood was born in Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire. He joined his local drama club at the age of 7 and soon realised that he wanted to become an actor. [2] Blood went to local Wingrave Church of England Primary School before he was a pupil at Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School in Aylesbury, followed by sixth form at Cedars Upper School for A Levels before attending Bristol University. He found his pathway into acting via the ITV Drama Club. Blood subsequently attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. [3]

Career

Film and television

Blood's first acting role came in the 25th series of The Bill in a two-episode story of an armed robbery at a toy shop.

He had a role as Alex, Ali's gay flatmate who works as a designer, in the BBC drama Material Girl (2010). [4] [5]

In 2011, he appeared in the Channel 4 drama Misfits as Jen's boyfriend and coma victim, Dom. [6] In 2011, he was announced to play the role of Kieran, a butcher, in fictitious "Valco" in the Sky1 sitcom Trollied . [5] [7] [8] [9] Blood left the show in the finale of series 3.

In 2012, Blood gained his first feature film role as Davy Famous in Spike Island .

In 2013, he appeared in the final series of BBC Three's Him & Her as Becky's ex-boyfriend, Lee. In 2014, Blood appeared in ITV's mystery drama The Bletchley Circle , as Ben, a police officer. Blood also appeared in the Channel 4 police comedy-satire Babylon . He also provides a voice in the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition . In 2018, he played Adam in the indie thriller, Still.

Blood became a regular on the second season of Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Lance Hunter, a mercenary whom Coulson turns to for help and who agrees to join S.H.I.E.L.D. His character is later forced to retire from S.H.I.E.L.D. prior to the season 3 finale. [10] He returned in the season 5 episode "Rewind". [11]

Theatre

In 2009, Blood formed a theatre company called "WE. BUY. GOLD" with his friend at LAMDA, Tom McCall. [3]

WE. BUY. GOLD.'s debut show, Inches Apart, which was co-written and starred Blood, was entered into the Old Vic New Voices Theatre503 Award, which it subsequently won. The Old Vic then produced a full professional production at Theatre503, which ran from 12 May to 13 June 2009. [12]

Blood made his professional stage debut in 2009 in The Priory as Adam, at the Royal Court Theatre which ran from 19 November 2009 to 16 January 2010. [13] In 2010, he went on to perform as Sordido in a modern adaptation of the Jacobean tragedy Women Beware Women at the National Theatre, directed by award-winning Marianne Elliott. [2]

In 2011, he appeared in Backbeat which told the story of the formation and early years of The Beatles. [3] It ran in the Duke of York's Theatre from 10 October 2011 to 18 February 2012, and Blood played the lead role of the "fifth Beatle" Stuart Sutcliffe. Due to the musical nature of the role he has learned to play bass guitar, and also subsequently joined a band, Shaaark. [2] The show was an overwhelming critical success during its West End run. [14] This success took the show to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from 24 August 2012 to 31 August 2012, for a run of seven days. [14] [15]

Personal life

Blood is a lifelong supporter of Liverpool F.C. [16]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Spike Island Dave Famous
2014X MoorMatt
Between PlacesChristianShort film
Red LobsterHimself
CommitmentTube Male
2015 Brand New-U Johan
HeroShort film
Director
2019Say My NameStatton
2023 The Offering Arthur
Lovely, Dark, and Deep Jackson

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009 The Bill Mick Jones2 episodes
2010 Material Girl AlexMain cast; 6 episodes
Stanley Park Harry StevensMain cast; Pilot
Combat KidsPaulMain cast; 3 episodes
2011 Misfits DomEpisode #3.5
2011–2013 Trollied KieranMain cast; 26 episodes
2012 Public Enemies Glen Smithfield2 episodes
2013 Him & Her LeeRecurring cast (series 4); 5 episodes
2014 The Bletchley Circle Ben GladstoneRecurring cast (series 2); 4 episodes
Babylon WarwickMain cast; 7 episodes
2014–2017 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Lance Hunter Main cast (season 2–3), guest star (season 5); 36 episodes
2016 Marvel's Most Wanted Lance HunterTV pilot (unaired)
2019–2022 Euphoria Gus HowardRecurring cast (season 1–2); 5 episodes
2020 Strike Jimmy KnightGuest cast (series 4); 4 episodes
2021 Close to Me Thomas6 episodes
2022 Andor Corporal Kimzi2 episodes
2023 Rain Dogs Mason2 episodes [17]
Slow Horses Sturges4 episodes
The Chemistry of Death Michael Strachan

Video games

YearTitleRole
2014 Dragon Age: Inquisition Hall the Archer (voice)
2018 Vampyr Agamemnon, Harry, Lord Hamersley, Pericles, Priwen Guards, Thomas (voices)
2023 Final Fantasy XVI Tiamut (voice)

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