Career
As a member of the Close up Theatre, Merrick performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2010 and 2011, in the productions of The History Boys playing Posner and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman , playing Charley. [5] At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2012–2013 Merrick started a theatre company No Prophet at the age of 18. With it he played roles in Punk Rock , a stage production by Simon Stephens, and Boys written by Ella Hickson. [6] [7]
In 2011, Merrick made his first television appearance in the E4 teen drama Skins , playing Alo Creevey, having auditioned for the role of Rich Hardbeck. [8] He described his character as a "loving person, very open-minded, positive and enthusiastic kind of guy." [9]
In February 2012, Merrick won the Royal Television Society Award for Best Actor, competing against Dakota Blue Richards, his Skins co-star. [10] In the same year he was also nominated for Best Actor at TV Choice Awards. [11]
In May 2012, Merrick recorded an episode of BBC One family sitcom In with the Flynns , [12] in the role of Dean. [13] In the same year he has landed his first big screen role as Jay in Richard Curtis' new romantic comedy About Time alongside Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson. [12]
Merrick appeared in a 2013 episode Nightmare in Silver of Doctor Who in the role of Brains. [14] He played the role of Tom, alongside Jessie Cave, in an episode of Coming Up aired on Channel 4 in July 2013 [15] and was a guest star in BBC fantasy series Atlantis . [16]
Merrick starred as snooker player Steve Davis in the 2016 BBC drama The Rack Pack . In 2016 Merrick played Butcher's apprentice Russell in the ITV drama series Brief Encounters . He played Arthur Solway in two episodes of BBC's Poldark . From 2019 to 2021 Merrick starred as gaming fanatic Nicky in the sitcom Dead Pixels .
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