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Nicholas Farrell is a Actor British born on 1 january 1955 at Essex (United-kingdom)

Nicholas Farrell

Nicholas Farrell
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 1 january 1955 (69 years) at Essex (United-kingdom)

Nicholas Farrell (born Nicholas Frost in 1955) is an English stage, film and television actor.

Biography

Il fait des études supérieures à l'université de Nottingham, puis entre au Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, une des écoles les plus cotées du Royaume-Uni pour les comédiens, où il a dans ses classes Daniel Day-Lewis. Après ses études, il devient de la Royal Shakespeare Company et participe à plusieurs productions aux côtés de Kenneth Branagh.

En 1981, au cinéma, il joue le rôle du coureur Aubrey Montague dans Les Chariots de Feu (Chariots of Fire), qui remporte l'Oscar du meilleur film. Dès lors, il décroche de nombreux seconds rôles dans des productions cinématographiques et télévisuelles. En 1983, il incarne Edmund Bertram dans la mini-série britannique Mansfield Park et, l'année suivante, il est Teddy Bingham dans la mini-série Le Joyau de la couronne (The Jewel in the Crown), puis Sir Hugh Belcher dans le film Greystoke, la légende de Tarzan (Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes).

En 1995-1996, il fait partie de la distribution de trois adaptations cinématographiques de pièces de Shakespeare : il joue Montano dans Othello, réalisé par Oliver Parker ; Antonio dans La Nuit des rois (Twelfth Night or What You Will), réalisé par Trevor Nunn ; et enfin Horatio dans Hamlet, réalisé par Kenneth Branagh.

En parallèle à ses rôles au cinéma et à la télévision, il monte régulièrement sur scène à la Royal Shakespeare Company, notamment dans Le Marchand de Venise (The Merchant of Venice), Jules César (Julius Cesare) et Hamlet, ou encore dans des productions de La Cerisaie de Tchekhov, des Sorcières de Salem (The Crucible) d'Arthur Miller, et, en 2011, au Chichester Festival, de South Downs de David Hare et La Version de Browning (The Browning Version) de Terence Rattigan.

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Filmography of Nicholas Farrell (38 films)

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Hurricane
Hurricane (2018)
, 1h45
Directed by David Blair
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Actors Iwan Rheon, Adrian Zaremba, Nicholas Farrell, Sam Hoare
Roles Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
Rating58% 2.9494052.9494052.9494052.9494052.949405
En 1940, le Royaume-Uni est le seul pays en Europe à être en état de lutter contre la souillure grandissante de l'empire nazi. Ses habitants nerveux se demandant ce que l'avenir réserve. Mais une poignée de personnes sur cette île assiégée ne sait que trop bien ce que sera le futur. Ils ont vu Varsovie brûler, la Pologne s'écrouler, la France capituler. Des hommes comme Jan Zumbach, Witold Urbanowicz, Miroslaw Feric et Tolo Lokuciewski, les pilotes de l'Armée de l'Air polonaise, qui savent que si la Luftwaffe n'est pas arrêtée, la Pologne, la Hollande et la France n'auront été que des hors-d'œuvres pour Hitler. Ils sont donc prêts à se battre si on leur confie des avions.
Finding Altamira
Directed by Hugh Hudson
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Antonio Banderas, Rupert Everett, Golshifteh Farahani, Pierre Niney, Nicholas Farrell, Henry Goodman
Roles Vilanova
Rating59% 2.9947652.9947652.9947652.9947652.994765
La vie et les événements de l'homme qui a réalisé l'une des découvertes les plus importantes du XIX siècle : les grottes d'Altamira.
Legend
Legend (2015)
, 2h11
Directed by Brian Helgeland
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Mob film, Crime
Themes Films about families, Gangster films
Actors Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Aneurin Barnard, Christopher Eccleston, Chazz Palminteri
Roles Dr Humphries
Rating69% 3.4511753.4511753.4511753.4511753.451175
The film focuses on the life of Reggie Kray as he seeks to control the psychotic tendencies of his twin, Ronald Kray.
Robot Overlords, 1h30
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films set in the future, Robot films
Actors Gillian Anderson, Ben Kingsley, Callan McAuliffe, Steven Mackintosh, James Tarpey, Milo Parker
Roles Sentry Robot / Air Drone (voice)
Rating46% 2.305472.305472.305472.305472.30547
Not long after the invasion and occupation of Earth by a race of powerful robots wanting human knowledge and ingenuity, humans are confined to their homes. Leaving without permission would be to risk their lives. Monitored by the electronic implants in their necks, the robot sentries are able to track the movements of humans in order to control them. And if any person comes out of their home, they are given warnings by the robot sentries to get inside their home. If they do not comply, they are shot immediately.
Mortdecai
Mortdecai (2015)
, 1h47
Directed by David Koepp
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Themes Spy films, Heist films
Actors Johnny Depp, Olivia Munn, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Ulrich Thomsen, Guy Burnet
Roles Auctioneer
Rating55% 2.7502352.7502352.7502352.7502352.750235
Lord Charlie Mortdecai, an unscrupulous art dealer and swindler, is accosted in Hong Kong by one of his victims, a gangster named Fang. Jock, Mortdecai's faithful manservant, extricates his master before they can be killed by Fang's gunmen. They return to London, where Mortdecai and his wife, Johanna, consider ways to pay off their crushing debt. A painting by Francisco Goya becomes the target of an elaborate theft which results in the murders of an art restorer and one of the thieves. Inspector Alistair Martland is put on the case. Martland, who has been in love with Johanna since college, asks Mortdecai to assist him. Martland believes the prime suspect to be Emil Strago. Mortdecai agrees to help in exchange for 10% of the insurance money.
Grace of Monaco, 1h43
Directed by Olivier Dahan
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Nicole Kidman, Milo Ventimiglia, Parker Posey, Frank Langella, Tim Roth, Derek Jacobi
Roles Jean-Charles Rey
Rating57% 2.853782.853782.853782.853782.85378
Grace of Monaco is focused on former Hollywood star Grace Kelly's crisis of marriage and identity, during a dispute between Monaco's Prince Rainier III and France's Charles de Gaulle in 1962 as well as her considering a return to Hollywood to film Alfred Hitchcock's Marnie.
Testament of Youth, 2h10
Directed by James Kent
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Political films
Actors Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Colin Morgan, Taron Egerton, Jonathan Bailey, Dominic West
Roles Headmaster
Rating72% 3.6005753.6005753.6005753.6005753.600575
In 1914, Vera Brittain overcomes the restraints on women of the time to become a student at Somerville College, Oxford. When World War I breaks out, her brother Edward, her fiancé Roland Leighton, and their friends Victor and Geoffrey, are sent to serve at the front lines. Brittain follows their sacrifice, leaving college to join the Voluntary Aid Detachment as a nurse tending the wounded and dying (both British and German) in London, Malta and France.
Summer in February, 1h40
Directed by Christopher Menaul
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning, Dan Stevens, Hattie Morahan, Shaun Dingwall, Michael Maloney
Roles Mr. Carter-Wood
Rating55% 2.798772.798772.798772.798772.79877
Set in Cornwall in the early 20th century, Summer in February focuses on a group of Bohemian artists called the Lamorna Group, which include Alfred Munnings (Dominic Cooper), Laura Knight (Hattie Morahan) and Harold Knight (Shaun Dingwall). The group is at the centre of the real life love triangle between Alfred, his friend Gilbert Evans (Dan Stevens) and the woman they both loved, the artist Florence Carter-Wood (Emily Browning).
The Iron Lady, 1h45
Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films
Actors Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Anthony Head, Alexandra Roach, Richard E. Grant, Iain Glen
Roles Airey Neave
Rating63% 3.1997253.1997253.1997253.1997253.199725
The film begins in September 2008 (opening against the backdrop of news of the Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing) with an elderly Lady Thatcher buying milk unrecognized by other customers and walking back from the shop alone. Over the course of three days, we see her struggle with dementia and with the lack of power that comes with old age, while looking back on defining moments of her personal and professional life, on which she reminisces with her (now-dead) husband, Denis Thatcher, whose death she is unable to fully accept. She is shown as having difficulty distinguishing between the past and present. A theme throughout the film is the personal price that Thatcher has paid for power. Denis is portrayed as somewhat ambivalent about his wife's rise to power, her son Mark lives in South Africa and is shown as having little contact with his mother, and Thatcher's relationship with her daughter Carol is at times strained.
Late Bloomers, 1h35
Directed by Julie Gavras
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors William Hurt, Isabella Rossellini, Doreen Mantle, Kate Ashfield, Aidan McArdle, Arta Dobroshi
Roles Francis
Rating57% 2.85022.85022.85022.85022.8502
A couple, Adam (Hurt) and Mary (Rossellini), are both heading into their sixties, but react to this differently. A retired teacher, Mary begins to make adjustments to their home to make it more practical for their age. Adam is defensive to any changes and fiercely defends his progression as an architect. They live in London, next door to Mary's mother, Nora who raised her daughter in Italy. Mary worries about an incident of memory loss and her doctor prescribes her to keep active. Adam, insulted by an offer to design a retirement home, instead turns his attention to the proposal of a young associate, Maya (Dobroshi) to participate in a competition to design a new museum. Adam becomes nocturnal, working on the project over-night with young associates. Mary becomes used to an increasingly empty home, but attracts an admirer at the gym.
Persuasion
Persuasion (2007)
, 1h32
Directed by Adrian Shergold
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Sally Hawkins, Rupert Penry-Jones, Alice Krige, Anthony Head, Julia Davis, Nicholas Farrell
Roles Mr. Musgrove
Rating73% 3.698463.698463.698463.698463.69846
Eight years before the story begins, Anne Elliot (Sally Hawkins) had, at the age of 19, been engaged to a naval officer, Frederick Wentworth (Rupert Penry-Jones). However, her father Sir Walter Elliot (Anthony Head) and family friend Lady Russell (Alice Krige) had persuaded Anne to break off the engagement and give up the man she loved because of his lack of fortune and connections.
Amazing Grace, 1h58
Directed by Michael Apted
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Documentary
Themes Films about slavery, Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films, Films about autism
Actors Ioan Gruffudd, Benedict Cumberbatch, Romola Garai, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon, Rufus Sewell
Roles Henry Thornton
Rating73% 3.696993.696993.696993.696993.69699
In 1796 William Wilberforce is severely ill and taking a recuperative holiday in Bath, Somerset, with his cousin, Henry Thornton. It is here that William is introduced to his future wife, Barbara Spooner. Although he initially resists any romantic overtures, she convinces him to relate the story of his career.
Driving Lessons, 1h38
Directed by Jeremy Brock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Julie Walters, Rupert Grint, Laura Linney, Nicholas Farrell, Jim Norton, Michelle Duncan
Roles Robert
Rating65% 3.2966353.2966353.2966353.2966353.296635
Seventeen-year-old Ben Marshall is the sensitive, poetry-writing son of complacent and emasculated Robert, a vicar obsessed with ornithology, and domineering overbearing mother Laura, whose strong religious beliefs lead her to perform numerous charitable acts while ignoring the emotional needs of her own family, such as forcing Ben to deliver meals on wheels despite his having no car. Her faith does not, however, hinder her from engaging in an affair with Peter, a young curate portraying Jesus Christ in the church pageant she is directing.
Blackbeard
Blackbeard (2006)
, 2h49
Directed by Kevin Connor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Angus Macfadyen, Richard Chamberlain, Jessica Chastain, Stacy Keach, Rachel Ward, David Winters
Roles Tobias Knight
Rating56% 2.8044452.8044452.8044452.8044452.804445
The 18th century notorious pirate Blackbeard (Angus Macfadyen) wreaks havoc on the high-seas looking for Captain Kidd's treasure. His dark presence causes controversy in the local port town of New Providence, especially among Gov. Charles Eden (Richard Chamberlain) and his adopted daughter Charlotte (Jessica Chastain), who is being wooed by Lt. Robert Maynard (Mark Umbers).