Nicholas Farrell
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nicholas Farrell (born Nicholas Charles Frost, in September 1955) is an English stage, film and television actor. His early screen career included the role of Aubrey Montague in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire. In 1983, he starred as Edmund Bertram in a television adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, Mansfield Park. In 1984, he appeared in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes and The Jewel in the Crown. Since then, his film and television work has included several screen adaptations of Shakespeare's works, including Kenneth Branagh's 1996 Hamlet , in which he played Horatio, a role he had played previously with Branagh for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He has also appeared in film adaptations of Twelfth Night (1996), Othello (1995) and In the Bleak Midwinter (1995). He provided the voice of Hamlet for the animated television adaptation Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992). Other television appearances have included two Agatha Christie's Poirot movies, Sharpe's Regiment, To Play the King, Torchwood and Collision. He has also appeared in episodes of Lovejoy, Foyle's War, Absolute Power, Spooks, Midsomer Murders, Drop the Dead Donkey and Casualty. Farrell's theatre work includes performances of The Cherry Orchard, Camille, and The Crucible as well as Royal Shakespeare Company productions of The Merchant of Venice, Julius Caesar, and Hamlet. He is married to Scottish actress Stella Gonet. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicholas Farrell, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Midsomer Murders
1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Death in Paradise
2011
Silent Witness
1996
The Crown
2016
Casualty
1986
Call the Midwife
2012
Father Brown
2013
Lewis
2007
Heartbeat
1992
Spooks
2002
Filmography
Midsomer Murders
as Isaac Starling · 1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Donald Fraser · 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Knighton · 1989
Death in Paradise
as Nicholas Dunham · 2011
Silent Witness
as Professor Adrian Cowley · 1996
The Crown
as Michael Shea · 2016
Casualty
as Phil Byron · 1986
Call the Midwife
as Charles Newgarden · 2012
Father Brown
as Sir Raleigh Beresford · 2013
Lewis
as Charles Milner · 2007
Heartbeat
as Traumatised Man / Buckley · 1992
Spooks
as Richard Maynard · 2002
Screen Two
as Martin Urban · 1985
BBC Play of the Month
as Larion Surzhansky · 1965
Waking the Dead
as Douglas Malham · 2001
Playhouse
as Simon · 1974
New Tricks
as James Winslow · 2004
Endeavour
as Sir Alexander Lermontov · 2013
A Touch of Frost
as Simon Slater · 1992
Foyle's War
as James Collier · 2002
Torchwood
as Brian Green · 2006
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Morrel · 2025
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
as Sam Oborne · 2002
Lovejoy
as Douglas Holden · 1986
The Nevers
as Prince Albrecht · 2021
Pearl Harbor
as RAF Squadron Leader · 2001
The Gold
as Jim Clark · 2023
Fool Me Once
as Neville Lockwood · 2024
Drop the Dead Donkey
· 1990
Thirteen
as Henry Stone · 2016
Bodies
as Chief Inspector Paxman · 2023
To Play the King
as David Mycroft · 1993
The Village
as Crispin Rose · 2013
Rebus
as Davis Haigh · 2000
The Agatha Christie Hour
as Edward Robinson · 1982
Matador
as Jim Donaldson, Engelsk flyver · 1978
Legend
as Dr Humphries · 2015
Will
as Sir Francis Walsingham · 2017
Bramwell
as Major Stuart Hyde · 1995
Signora Volpe
as Michael Priest / Henry Fox · 2022
Signora Volpe
as Michael Priest · 2022
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Hamlet (voice) · 1992
Rockface
as Duncan McFadden · 2002
The Jewel in the Crown
as Teddy Bingham · 1984
Chariots of Fire
as Aubrey Montague · 1981
The Iron Lady
as Airey Neave · 2011
Mortdecai
as Auctioneer · 2015
The Jury
as Jeremy Crawford · 2002
Jo
· 2013
Dream Horse
as Philip Hobbs · 2021
The Coldest Game
as G. Moran · 2019
Secret State
as General Munnery · 2012
Going Postal
as Mr. Pump · 2010
Everything I Know About Love
as Graham · 2022
Grace of Monaco
as Jean-Charles Rey · 2014
Siblings
as Charles · 2014
The Diary of Anne Frank
as Albert Dussel · 2009
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
as Sir Hugh Belcher · 1984
Munich - The Edge of War
as Sir Alexander Cadogan · 2021
Testament of Youth
as Headmaster · 2015
Jericho
as Charles Hewitt · 2005
Bedtime
as Ray · 2001
Robot Overlords
as Sentry Robot/Air Drone (voice) · 2015
Legionnaire
as Mackintosh · 1998
Mansfield Park
as Edmund Bertram · 1983
Casualty 1900s
as Sydney Holland · 2008
Hold the Dream
as Sebastian Cross · 1987
Widow Clicquot
as Jean-Remy Moet · 2024
Suburban Shootout
as Raymond · 2006
Plunkett & Macleane
as MP's Secretary · 1999
The Riff Raff Element
as Boyd Tundish · 1994
Hamlet
as Horatio · 1996
Bloody Sunday
as Brigadier Maclellan · 2002
Lipstick on Your Collar
as Major Church · 1993
Past Life
as Elliot Reed · 2026
Persuasion
as Mr. Musgrove · 2007
37 Days
as Eyre Crowe · 2014
Family Money
as Harry · 1997
The Ginger Tree
as Father Anthony · 1989
Finding Altamira
as Vilanova · 2016
Hurricane
as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding · 2018
The Choir
as Leo Beckford · 1995
Talk to Me
as Harry · 2007
Summer in February
as Mr. Carter-Wood · 2013
Another Mother's Son
as De La Haye · 2017
Amazing Grace
as Henry Thornton · 2007
Charlotte Gray
as Mr. Jackson · 2001
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
as Howard · 1999
Twelfth Night
as Antonio · 1996
Going Postal 2in1
as Mr. Pump (voice) · 2011
Driving Lessons
as Robert · 2006
In the Bleak Midwinter
as Tom Newman · 1995
Sparkhouse
as Paul Lawton · 2002
Sharpe: The Legend
as Fenner · 1997
The Third Wave
as Devlin · 2003
The Trials of Oz
as Dr. Michael Schofield · 1991
Lies We Tell
as Anthony Quest · 2018
Sharpe's Regiment
as Lord Simon Fenner · 1996
Othello
as Montano · 1995
Christmas in the Highlands
as Duke of Glenmorie · 2019
Mindhorn
as Mayor · 2016
Remainder
as Daubenay · 2015
Bait
as Alfred White · 2002
A Toast to Love
as Professor Dale Farringdon · 2024
Late Bloomers
as Francis · 2011
The Treasure Seekers
as Bastable · 1996
Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher
as Samuel Harris · 2016
A Silly Little Habit
as Simon · 1982
Portrait of Isa Mulvenny
as Bill Thompson · 1985
A Breed of Heroes
as Lt. Col Ian Gowrie, MC · 1994
Playing Away
as Derek · 1987
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
as Ebenezer Scrooge · 2022
Berlin Tunnel 21
as Georg Heptner · 1981
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
· 1989
Red Mercury
as Minister · 2005
The Man Who Saw Too Much
as Yurka Galitzine (voice) · 2019
White Chamber
as Dr. Edgar Chrystler · 2018
The Rocking Horse Winner
as Lawyer · 1982
Beautiful People
as Dr Mouldy · 1999
The Fools on the Hill
as David · 1986
Nipplejesus
as Silver Fox · 2015
The Minoans
as Readings (voice) · 2004
Arthur's Dyke
as Geoffrey · 2001
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
· 1999
The Vision Thing
as Batt Prender · 1993
Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings
as General von Thoma · 2013
Creditors
as Adolf · 2025
Reversals
as Edward Leitch · 2003
Dead Lucky
as Martin Urban · 1988
Fiona's Story
as Edward · 2008
By Common Consent
· 1975
Prometheus Bound
as Prometheus (voice) · 2004
Cosmos Within Us
as Aiken · 2019
Tear Me Apart
as Old Man (voice) · 2016
Hamlet
as Hamlet · 1992
Napoleon's Waterloo
as Narrator · 2015