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Nicolas Woodman | |
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| Born | 21 March 1986 Birmingham, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2003 - present |
Nicolas Woodman (born 21 March 1986) is an English actor best known for playing Jack Hollins in the BBC soap, Doctors from 2009 to 2012. [1]
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Nicolas Woodman | |
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| Born | 21 March 1986 Birmingham, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2003 - present |
Nicolas Woodman (born 21 March 1986) is an English actor best known for playing Jack Hollins in the BBC soap, Doctors from 2009 to 2012. [1]
Woodman started acting professionally in 2001 when he appeared at the Royal Festival Hall alongside John Thaw and Sheila Hancock amongst other names, in a production of Peter Pan . In 2005, he appeared in the BBC Afternoon plays. He appeared at The Birmingham REP in 2006 in a production called Bolt Hole directed by Nick Bagnall. In the same year he recorded several episodes of the radio show Silver Street . Two years later he had a regular role as Jamie in Nearly Famous where he appeared in five episodes in 2007. In 2008, Woodman played a student in the programme Teenage Kicks for one episode. In 2009, he landed a regular role in the BBC daytime soap opera, Doctors , set in the fictional town of Letherbridge just south-east of Birmingham. He played Jack Hollins, a character studying law at the town university. He left the show in September 2012. [2]
Woodman is a runner and has participated in the Great North Run, The Birmingham Half Marathon and the London Marathon where in 2012 he recorded a time of 3 hours. [2]
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