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Nicholas Farrell
Nicholas Farrell
	Farrell in 2023
Born	Nicholas C. Frost; 1955 (age 68–69); Brentwood, Essex, England
Education	Fryerns Grammar School ; Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–present
Spouse	Stella Gonet (m. 2005)
Children	2

Nicholas C. Frost (born 1955), known professionally as Nicholas Farrell, is an English stage, film and television actor.

Early life

Farrell was born in Brentwood, Essex.^[1] He was educated at Fryerns Grammar and Technical School in Basildon, Essex,^[2] He furthered his education studying acting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.^[3]

Life and career

Farrell's early screen career included the role of Aubrey Montague in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire.^[4] In 1983, he starred as Edmund Bertram in a television adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, Mansfield Park.^[1] In 1984, he appeared in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes,^[1] and The Jewel in the Crown.^[3]

Since then, his film and television work has included several screen adaptations of Shakespeare's works, including Kenneth Branagh's 1996 Hamlet,^[2] in which he played Horatio, a role he had played previously with Branagh for the Royal Shakespeare Company.^[2] 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).^[3]

In 2009, he played the role of Albert Dussell in the BBC series The Diary of Anne Frank.^[5] In 2011, he played Margaret Thatcher's close friend and advisor Airey Neave in The Iron Lady.^[6]

In 2014, he portrayed Eyre Crowe in the British documentary drama miniseries 37 Days, about the weeks leading up to World War I.^[1] Other television appearances have included two Agatha Christie's Poirot films,^[2] Sharpe's Regiment,^[1] Lipstick on Your Collar, To Play the King, Roman Mysteries, Torchwood,^[2] and Collision. He has also appeared in episodes of Lovejoy,^[1] Foyle's War,^[6] Absolute Power, Spooks,^[2] Midsomer Murders,^[6] Drop the Dead Donkey, Call the Midwife,^[1] and Casualty.^[1] He also voiced the Golem Pump 19 in the 2010 two-part adaptation of Terry Pratchett's Going Postal.^[1]

Farrell's theatre work includes performances of The Cherry Orchard,^[2] Camille,^[2] and The Crucible,^[2] as well as Royal Shakespeare Company productions of The Merchant of Venice,^[2] Julius Caesar,^[2] and Hamlet.^[2] In the 2011 Chichester Festival he played schoolmasters Dewley and Crocker-Harris in the double bill of South Downs and The Browning Version.^[7] In 2021 he played Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story at the Nottingham Playhouse.^[8]^[3]

In 2014, Farrell starred in the Grace Kelly biopic Grace of Monaco alongside Nicole Kidman and Tim Roth, and the short film The Pit and the Pendulum: A Study in Torture, based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story.^[3]

In 2020, he starred as the racehorse trainer in the Welsh film Dream Horse, alongside Toni Collette, Damian Lewis, and Owen Teale.^[3]

In 2021 he was chosen as the face of the Saga plc television campaign 'Experience is Everything'.^[3]

He is married to Scottish actress Stella Gonet, and they have a daughter, Natasha.^[3]

Selected film and television appearances

Film

Chariots of Fire (1981) as Aubrey Montague^[1]
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) as Sir Hugh Belcher^[1]
Playing Away (1987) as Derek
In the Bleak Midwinter (US title A Midwinter's Tale) (1995) as Tom Newman (Laertes, Fortinbras, and messengers)
Othello (1995) as Montano
Twelfth Night, or What You Will (1996) as Antonio
Hamlet (1996) as Horatio
The Treasure Seekers (1996) as Bastable
Gator King (1997) as Henchman
Legionnaire (1998) as Mackintosh
Plunkett & Macleane (1999) as M.P.s Secretary
Beautiful People (1999) as Dr. Mouldy
Pearl Harbor (2001) as RAF Squadron Leader^[1]
The Discovery of Heaven (2001) as Mr. Quist (uncredited)
Arthur's Dyke (2001) as Geoffrey
Charlotte Gray (2001) as Mr. Jackson
Bloody Sunday (2002) as Brigadier Patrick Maclellan
The Third Wave (2003) as Frank Devlin
Red Mercury (2005) as Minister
Driving Lessons (2006) as Robert Marshall
Amazing Grace (2006) as Henry Thornton
Late Bloomers (2011) as Francis
The Iron Lady (2011) as Airey Neave^[1]
Summer in February (2011) as Mr. Carter Wood
Grace of Monaco (2014) as Jean-Charles Rey
Testament of Youth (2014) as Headmaster
Robot Overlords (2014) as Sentry Robot / Air Drone (voice)
Mortdecai (2015) as Auctioneer
Legend (2015) as Dr Humphries
Remainder (2015) as Daubenay
Tear Me Apart (2015) as Old Man (voice)
Altamira (2016) as Vilanova
Mindhorn (2016) as Mayor
Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher [de] (2016) as Samuel Harris
Another Mother's Son (2017) as De La Haye
Hurricane (2018) as Sir Hugh Dowding
The Coldest Game (2019) as Griswald Moran
Dream Horse (2020) as Philip Hobbs^[3]
Widow Clicquot (2023) as Jean-Remy Moet^[9]

Television

Matador (1981) as Jim Donaldson
The Agatha Christie Hour: "The Manhood of Edward Robinson" (1981) as Edward Robinson
Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981) as Georg
Mansfield Park (1983) as Edmund Bertram^[1]
The Jewel in the Crown (1984) as Teddy Bingham^[1]
Casualty: "Facing Up" (1991) as Phil Byron^[1]
Lovejoy: "The Italian Venus" (1991) as Douglas Holden^[1]
Agatha Christie's Poirot: "The A.B.C. Murders" (1992) as Donald Fraser
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales: "Hamlet" (1992) as Hamlet (voice)
The Riff Raff Element (1993)
Lipstick on Your Collar (1993) as Maj. Church
To Play the King-second part of the House of Cards (UK) trilogy (1993) as David Mycroft
MacGyver: "Trail to Doomsday" (1994) as Paul Moran^[1]
Bramwell (1995) as Major Stuart Hyde
The Choir (1995) as Leo Beckford
Sharpe's Regiment (1996) as Lord Fenner^[1]
Drop the Dead Donkey: "Dave and Diana" (1996) as Martin Jones
Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll (1999) as Howard Brookes
Midsomer Murders: "Strangler's Wood" (1999) as John Merrill^[6]
The Jury (2002) as Jeremy Crawford (Juror #5)
Sparkhouse (2002) as Paul Lawton
Spooks: "The Rose Bed Memoirs" (2002) as Richard Maynard^[2]
Absolute Power: "Mr Fox" (2003) as Simon Wellington
Foyle's War, "The Funk Hole" (2003) as Chief Inspector James Collier^[6]
Trial & Retribution VIII: "Blue Eiderdown" (2004) as Jonathan Southwood MP
Agatha Christie's Poirot: "The Mystery of the Blue Train" (2005) as Major Knighton^[2]
Jericho: "To Murder and Create" (2005) as Charles Hewitt^[1]
Casualty 1906 (2006) as Sydney Holland
Persuasion (2007) as Mr. Musgrove
Criminal Justice (2007) as painter
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: "Limbo" (2007) as Sam Oborne
Casualty 1907 (2008) as Sydney Holland^[1]
A Touch of Frost: "Mind Games" (2008) as Simon Slater
Casualty 1909 (2009) as Chairman Sydney Holland^[1]
The Diary of Anne Frank (2009) as Mr. Dussell^[1]
Torchwood (2009) as Prime Minister Brian Green^[2]
Collision (2009) as Guy Pearson
Lewis (2010) as Professor Milner^[6]
New Tricks (2011) as James Winslow
Death in Paradise (2011) as Nicholas Dunham^[1]
Secret State (2012) as General^[1]
Spying on Hitler's Army: The Secret Recordings (2013) as Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
37 Days (2014) as Eyre Crowe
Call the Midwife (2014) as Charles Newgarden, episode 4.2
Father Brown (2015) as Sir Raleigh Beresford, episode 3.2 The Curse of Amenhotep^[1]
Thirteen (2016) as Henry Stone^[1]
Siblings (2016) as Charles
The Crown Series 4 (2020) as Michael Shea (Episode 8)^[1]
Silent Witness Series 24:6 (2021) as Professor Adrian Cowley^[1]