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Nicholas Farrell

Date of birth: 1955-01-01

Place of birth: Essex, England, UK

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Nick Farrell, Nicholas Frost, نیکلاس فارل

Nicholas Farrell

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nicholas Farrell (born Nicholas Frost, in 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.

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Cosmos Within Us
0

Cosmos Within Us

2019-08-25

Aiken, suffering from Alzheimer's disease, returns to his former family home to try and keep hold of

Legionnaire
2.9

Legionnaire

1998-12-03

Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. When he wins the fight he attem

Bloody Sunday
3.6

Bloody Sunday

2002-01-25

The dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972 which ended in a mas

The Third Wave
3.1

The Third Wave

2003-10-15

Johan Falk hasn't been working for over a year since he resigned from the police. Most of all he wan

Fiona's Story
0

Fiona's Story

2008-08-31

Fiona fights to hold her family together after husband is accused of owning child pornography.

Chariots of Fire
3.4

Chariots of Fire

1981-05-15

In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners tr

Persuasion
3.6

Persuasion

2007-04-01

Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with

Amazing Grace
3.5

Amazing Grace

2006-09-16

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along

The Vision Thing
0

The Vision Thing

1993-10-06

In the run-up to a General Election, the British Prime Minister thinks he is receiving messages from

Dead Lucky
0.5

Dead Lucky

1988-01-17

Martin Urban, a young accountant, is gay but unwilling to own up to this fact because he desperately

Munich – The Edge of War
3.5

Munich – The Edge of War

2021-12-31

At the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become rel

The Treasure Seekers
2.6

The Treasure Seekers

1996-12-25

Five motherless children, with the help of a famous doctor, are determined to save their financially

Sharpe's Regiment
3.5

Sharpe's Regiment

1996-05-01

Told his battalion is to be split up due to lack of recruits at home, Sharpe and Harper return to En

Arthur's Dyke
2.8

Arthur's Dyke

2001-10-19

Twenty years ago, three men set out on the longest walk of their lives. They vowed to repeat the wal

The Rocking Horse Winner
0

The Rocking Horse Winner

1982-11-25

In Paul's family, there is always talk about needing more money. The tension in the household over l

Summer in February
2.7

Summer in February

2013-06-13

The Newlyn School of artists flourished at the beginning of the 20th Century and the film focuses on

Grace of Monaco
3

Grace of Monaco

2014-04-22

The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a political

Beautiful People
3

Beautiful People

1999-09-16

In London, during October 1993, England is playing Holland in the preliminaries of the World Cup. Th

Plunkett & MacLeane
3

Plunkett & MacLeane

1999-01-22

Will Plunkett and Captain James Macleane, two men from different ends of the social spectrum in 18th

Hamlet
3.7

Hamlet

1996-12-25

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother now marrying the

Finding Altamira
2.9

Finding Altamira

2016-04-01

The story of nine-year old Maria and her father Marcelino who, in 1879, found the first pre-historic

Driving Lessons
3

Driving Lessons

2006-09-06

A shy teenage boy trying to escape the influence of his domineering mother, has his world changed wh

Nobody Here But Us Chickens
0

Nobody Here But Us Chickens

1989-11-25

Three short plays celebrating people with disabilities.

Othello
3.1

Othello

1995-12-15

The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in th

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
4.3

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story

2022-11-27

It’s a cold Christmas Eve and mean-spirited miser Ebenezer Scrooge has an unexpected visit from the

Charlotte Gray
3.1

Charlotte Gray

2001-12-28

This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the

Legend
3.5

Legend

2015-09-09

Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their

Berlin Tunnel 21
3.3

Berlin Tunnel 21

1981-03-25

In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
0

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

1999-09-05

The BBC drama about growing up in the turbulent, tuneful '60s. Manchester, England, 1965. "You'll ne

In the Bleak Midwinter
3.5

In the Bleak Midwinter

1995-09-29

Out of work actor Joe volunteers to help try and save his sister's local church for the community by

Testament of Youth
3.6

Testament of Youth

2015-01-16

Testament of Youth is a powerful story of love, war and remembrance, based on the First World War me

By Common Consent
0

By Common Consent

1975-06-05

In a foreign port two boys come to a fisherman saying they are refugees from a country where a milit

Sharpe: The Legend
2.5

Sharpe: The Legend

1997-10-13

Several years after the battle of Waterloo, a former soldier from Shoreditch sits in a London inn r

Tear Me Apart
2.2

Tear Me Apart

2016-07-01

In the wastelands of post-apocalyptic England, two young brothers turn to cannibalism to survive, on

Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings
4.8

Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings

2013-06-02

British intelligence undertook an audacious operation to listen in on the private conversations of 1

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
3.2

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984-03-30

A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lad

Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher
3.5

Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher

2016-11-29

A serial killer walks the streets of Whitechapel, London, attacking and killing women, which later c

The Iron Lady
3.2

The Iron Lady

2011-12-26

A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a foc

Pearl Harbor
3.5

Pearl Harbor

2001-05-21

The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the

Prometheus Bound
0

Prometheus Bound

2004-06-12

Based on the play of the same name by Aeschylus , it retells the myth of Prometheus, who stole fire

Widow Clicquot
3.3

Widow Clicquot

2024-07-18

After her husband's death, Madame Clicquot flouts convention by assuming the reins of their wine bus

Reversals
3

Reversals

2003-11-19

Young medical professional couple set out to prove that gender is not a factor in the ability to do

Mindhorn
3

Mindhorn

2016-10-09

A washed up actor best known for playing the title character in the 1980s detective show "Mindhorn"

Red Mercury
2

Red Mercury

2005-05-13

Three young Muslim men, part of a terror cell, are making a bomb in a London flat, when they get a c

Remainder
2.7

Remainder

2015-10-08

A London man who loses his memory when he's struck by a falling object develops a way to reconstruct

Another Mother's Son
3.4

Another Mother's Son

2017-03-24

The true story of Louisa Gould, a widow living in Nazi occupied Jersey, who takes in a Russian priso

Twelfth Night
3.5

Twelfth Night

1996-10-25

Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the

Lies We Tell
2.6

Lies We Tell

2018-02-02

A trusted driver must deal with his dead boss's Muslim mistress, her dark past pulling him into a li

Playing Away
2.8

Playing Away

1987-01-02

To mark the conclusion of their "Third World Week" celebration, a cricket team in a small English vi

A Breed of Heroes
0.5

A Breed of Heroes

1994-09-04

In 1971, fresh-faced, eager for heroics, the young officers arrive in Belfast. Pelted with rocks by

Late Bloomers
2.6

Late Bloomers

2011-07-13

Late Bloomers stars Isabella Rossellini and William Hurt as a married couple pulled apart by the thr

Hurricane
2.9

Hurricane

2018-09-07

Polish pilots overcome prejudice to fight against the Luftwaffe with the Royal Air Force during the

White Chamber
2.3

White Chamber

2018-04-05

The United Kingdom. Soon. Civil war rages. A woman wakes up in a blindingly white cuboid cell. Using

The Coldest Game
3.1

The Coldest Game

2019-11-08

Warsaw, Poland, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Josh Mansky, a troubled math genius and forme

Dream Horse
3.5

Dream Horse

2021-05-21

The inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town bartender, Jan

Mortdecai
2.8

Mortdecai

2015-01-21

An art dealer, Charles Mortdecai, searches for a stolen painting rumored to contain a secret code th

The Trials of Oz
3

The Trials of Oz

1991-11-09

Dramatization of the famous 1971 trial in which the editors of the British underground magazine "Oz"

Robot Overlords
2.4

Robot Overlords

2015-01-29

Earth has been conquered by robots from another galaxy and the human survivors must stay in their ho

Christmas in the Highlands
2.6

Christmas in the Highlands

2019-12-18

A New York sales manager is sent to the remote Scottish Highlands at Christmas to acquire a limited

Bait
3.5

Bait

2002-02-20

When Jack Blake picks up a woman and her daughter stranded when their car breaks down, he is struck

The Man Who Saw Too Much
3.5

The Man Who Saw Too Much

2019-12-01

The Man Who Saw Too Much tells the story of 106-year-old Boris Pahor, believed to be the oldest know

The Fools on the Hill
0

The Fools on the Hill

1986-10-27

This is a dramatisation of the events surrounding the opening night of British television on Novembe

Napoleon's Waterloo
0

Napoleon's Waterloo

2015-08-12

It lasted only one day on a small piece of land, but the impact the Battle of Waterloo had on histor

A Toast to Love
3.4

A Toast to Love

2024-11-01

A Silly Little Habit
0

A Silly Little Habit

1982-01-15

A woman with an apparently happy and privileged life begins shoplifting

Nipplejesus
0

Nipplejesus

2015-09-21

A bouncer finds out that guarding modern art is just as hazardous as controlling the ropes at a nigh

Hamlet
0

Hamlet

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne,

Past Life
0

Past Life

When an unemployed reporter is hypnotized as part of a past life regression event, he wakes not with

The Minoans
0

The Minoans

2004-10-23

Best known for the myth of the Minotaur, Crete gave birth to Europe's first civilization. Yet little

Portrait of Isa Mulvenny
0

Portrait of Isa Mulvenny

1985-09-03

It is the 1950s: Bill Thompson is a middle-class English boy sent by his father to serve an engineer

Creditors
0

Creditors

2025-10-17

Nobody enjoys being in debt, financial or otherwise, but August Strindberg’s 1888 play – which the a