
Nicholas Farrell
Known for Acting · 132 credits
- Place of birth
- Brentwood, Essex, England, UK
- Also known as
- Nick Farrell · Nicholas Frost · نیکلاس فارل
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.
Known For
TV Shows (61)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Isaac Starling

The Crown
2016
as Michael Shea

Death in Paradise
2011
as Nicholas Dunham

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Donald Fraser / Knighton

Call the Midwife
2012
as Charles Newgarden

Casualty
1986
as Phil Byron

Silent Witness
1996
as Professor Adrian Cowley

Father Brown
2013
as Sir Raleigh Beresford

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Larion Surzhansky

Heartbeat
1992
as Traumatised Man / Buckley

Foyle's War
2002
as James Collier

Endeavour
2013
as Sir Alexander Lermontov

Spooks
2002
as Richard Maynard

Waking the Dead
2001
as Douglas Malham

A Touch of Frost
1992
as Simon Slater

New Tricks
2004
as James Winslow

Lewis
2007
as Charles Milner

Torchwood
2006
as Brian Green

Screen Two
1985
as Martin Urban

Playhouse
1974
as Simon

The Count of Monte Cristo
2025
as Morrel

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries
2002
as Sam Oborne

Lovejoy
1986
as Douglas Holden

Bodies
2023
as Chief Inspector Paxman

The Gold
2023
as Jim Clark

The Nevers
2021
as Prince Albrecht

Fool Me Once
2024
as Neville Lockwood

The Jewel in the Crown
1984
as Teddy Bingham

Matador
1978
as Jim Donaldson, Engelsk flyver

Drop the Dead Donkey
1990

Rebus
2000
as Davis Haigh

Bramwell
1995
as Major Stuart Hyde

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
as Hamlet (voice)

The Jury
2002
as Jeremy Crawford

The Village
2013
as Crispin Rose

Will
2017
as Sir Francis Walsingham

The Agatha Christie Hour
1982
as Edward Robinson

Jo
2013

Hold the Dream
1987
as Sebastian Cross

Thirteen
2016
as Henry Stone

Mansfield Park
1983
as Edmund Bertram

Secret State
2012
as General Munnery

Jericho
2005
as Charles Hewitt

Going Postal
2010
as Mr. Pump

Signora Volpe
2022
as Michael Priest / Henry Fox

The Diary of Anne Frank
2009
as Albert Dussel

Suburban Shootout
2006
as Raymond

Bedtime
2001
as Ray

The Ginger Tree
1989
as Father Anthony

Everything I Know About Love
2022
as Graham

Rockface
2002
as Duncan McFadden

Lipstick on Your Collar
1993
as Major Church

Casualty 1900s
2008
as Sydney Holland

To Play the King
1993
as David Mycroft

37 Days
2014
as Eyre Crowe

The Choir
1995
as Leo Beckford

Talk to Me
2007
as Harry

Siblings
2014
as Charles

Sparkhouse
2002
as Paul Lawton

The Riff Raff Element
1994
as Boyd Tundish
Movies (71)

Pearl Harbor
2001
as RAF Squadron Leader

Legend
2015
as Dr Humphries

Mortdecai
2015
as Auctioneer

Chariots of Fire
1981
as Aubrey Montague

The Coldest Game
2019
as G. Moran

Legionnaire
1998
as Mackintosh

The Iron Lady
2011
as Airey Neave

Hamlet
1996
as Horatio

Widow Clicquot
2024
as Jean-Remy Moet

Amazing Grace
2006
as Henry Thornton

Persuasion
2007
as Mr. Musgrove

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
1984
as Sir Hugh Belcher

Twelfth Night
1996
as Antonio

Testament of Youth
2015
as Headmaster

Sharpe's Regiment
1996
as Lord Simon Fenner

Hurricane
2018
as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding

Dream Horse
2021
as Philip Hobbs

Robot Overlords
2015
as Sentry Robot/Air Drone (voice)

Munich - The Edge of War
2021
as Sir Alexander Cadogan

In the Bleak Midwinter
1995
as Tom Newman

Mindhorn
2016
as Mayor

Charlotte Gray
2001
as Mr. Jackson

Othello
1995
as Montano
Reversals
2003
as Edward Leitch

Grace of Monaco
2014
as Jean-Charles Rey

Sharpe: The Legend
1997
as Fenner

Plunkett & Macleane
1999
as MP's Secretary

Past Life
2026
as Elliot Reed

Finding Altamira
2016
as Vilanova

Bloody Sunday
2002
as Brigadier Maclellan

Summer in February
2013
as Mr. Carter-Wood

Another Mother's Son
2017
as De La Haye

White Chamber
2018
as Dr. Edgar Chrystler

Driving Lessons
2006
as Robert

Lies We Tell
2018
as Anthony Quest

Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher
2016
as Samuel Harris

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
2022
as Ebenezer Scrooge

Beautiful People
1999
as Dr Mouldy

Christmas in the Highlands
2019
as Duke of Glenmorie

Late Bloomers
2011
as Francis

The Treasure Seekers
1996
as Bastable

The Vision Thing
1993
as Batt Prender

Red Mercury
2005
as Minister

The Third Wave
2003
as Devlin

Bait
2002
as Alfred White

Arthur's Dyke
2001
as Geoffrey

Dead Lucky
1988
as Martin Urban

A Breed of Heroes
1994
as Lt. Col Ian Gowrie, MC

Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings
2013
as General von Thoma

A Toast to Love
2024
as Professor Dale Farringdon

Fiona's Story
2008
as Edward

Remainder
2015
as Daubenay

Creditors
2025
as Adolf
Nobody Here But Us Chickens
1989

Berlin Tunnel 21
1981
as Georg Heptner

The Fools on the Hill
1986
as David

The Trials of Oz
1991
as Dr. Michael Schofield
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll
1999

The Rocking Horse Winner
1982
as Lawyer

The Minoans
2004
as Readings (voice)

Playing Away
1987
as Derek

By Common Consent
1975

Hamlet
1992
as Hamlet

Tear Me Apart
2016
as Old Man (voice)

Prometheus Bound
2004
as Prometheus (voice)

Cosmos Within Us
2019
as Aiken

The Man Who Saw Too Much
2019
as Yurka Galitzine (voice)

Nipplejesus
2015
as Silver Fox

A Silly Little Habit
1982
as Simon

Napoleon's Waterloo
2015
as Narrator

Portrait of Isa Mulvenny
1985
as Bill Thompson
About Nicholas Farrell
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 Shakesp… With 132 credits spanning from 1965 to 2026, Nicholas Farrell has appeared in 71 films and 61 TV shows.
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- Pearl Harbor (2001) — as RAF Squadron Leader
- Legend (2015) — as Dr Humphries
- Mortdecai (2015) — as Auctioneer
- Chariots of Fire (1981) — as Aubrey Montague
- The Coldest Game (2019) — as G. Moran
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