Nicholas Gleaves

Nicholas Gleaves
Born	(1969-01-02) 2 January 1969 (age 56) Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992–present
Spouse	Lesley Sharp ​ (m. 1994)​
Children	2

Nicholas Gleaves (born 2 January 1969) is an English actor and playwright.

Career

Gleaves's first theatre part was as an extra in Don Carlos at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. He did several plays there including the lead in Macbeth. When interviewed about this play, he said he never had the superstition that surrounded it, "...all that spitting and spinning round — it all seems like quite hard work".^[1]

He has been in many television shows since 1992;^[2] Gleaves was Rick Powell in the television drama series Playing the Field. He had the role of Ray Fairburn in Conviction. Conviction was filmed at Salford Lads' Club which delighted Gleaves because of the building's connection to The Smiths.^[3] In The Chase, he was the father Tom Bedford. In 2009, he said the idea for Survivors, in which he played the scientist Whitaker, was "great".^[1] He played DS Andy Roper in the first two series of Scott & Bailey. Of this role, he said, "I've done quite a few cop shows and as much as I enjoy testosterone, shouting at villains and all that, I really fell in love with this. As soon as I read it I saw something new and original. That was one of the reasons why I wanted to be involved because it was so different and very believable."^[4]

In 2019, Gleaves played the title role in the 2019 revival of the classic CBBC series The Demon Headmaster.

Gleaves has also started to write shows for radio.^[5]

List of credits

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
1992	Boon	Carl	ITV	Series 7, Episode 5: "Away From It All"
	Casualty	George Reynolds	BBC One	Series 7, Episode 6: "Profit and Loss"
1993	Heartbeat	Eric Doubleday	ITV	Series 2, Episode 8: "Baby Blues"
1994	Faith	Andy Morgan	ITV
	Soldier Soldier	Nicholas Pope	ITV	Series 4, Episode 4: "Second Sight"
1995	99-1	PC		Series 2, Episode 6: "The Lost Ones"
	Harry	Dean Hawkins	BBC One	Series 2, Episode 7: "A Question of Truth"
	Moving Story	Sam		Series 2, Episode 6: "Superstition"
	Capital Lives	Phil		Series 2, Episode 3: "In Cahoots"
1996	Ellington	Bradley Stokes		Series 1, Episode 5: "Getting Rid"
	Madson	Phil Hartigan	BBC	Series 1, Episode 6
	Poldark	Stephen Cravenson		TV movie
1997	Wokenwell	Rudy Whiteside	ITV
	Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge	Chalky	Channel 4	Short film: Ajax
1998	The Bill	Danny Charlton	ITV	Tainted Love: 3 episodes
1998–2002	Playing the Field	Rick Powell	BBC One	14 episodes
2000	My Fragile Heart	Joe Macavoy
2001	In Deep	Bradley Sullivan	BBC	Romeo Trap: 2 episodes
	Perfect	Mike		TV movie
	Now You See Her	Paul	Sky 1	TV movie
	Linda Green	Carl Williamson	BBC One	Series 1, Episode 8
2002	Being April	Eddie	BBC	6 episodes
2003	The Queen's Nose	Duncan	CBBC	5 episodes
2004	Dalziel and Pascoe	Sam Mattis	BBC One	Series 8, Episode 4: "Soft Touch"
	Down to Earth	Steve Benson		2 episodes
	Doctors	Pete Preston	BBC One	Series 6, Episode 1
	Conviction	Ray Fairburn		6 episodes
2005	Heartbeat	Barry Calder	ITV	Series 14, Episode 15: "Icon"
	Silent Witness	Phil Elliot	BBC One	2 episodes: "Ghosts"
2006	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	Simon Wilson	BBC One	Series 5, Episode 1: "Natural Causes"
2006–2007	The Chase	Tom Bedford	BBC One
2007	City Lights	Gary Tate	ITV	6 episodes
2008	Fallout	Matt Ryder		TV movie
2008–2010	Survivors	James Whitaker	BBC One
2009	Robin Hood	Thornton	BBC One	Series 3, Episode 9
	Murderland	Oliver	ITV
2010	Foyle's War	Larry Haines	ITV	Series 6, Episode 2: "Killing Time"
	Ashes to Ashes	Geoff Bevan	BBC One	Series 3, Episode 5
	Reunited	Andrew		TV pilot
2011	Twenty Twelve	Anthony Preston	BBC Four	Series 1, Episode 1
	Waterloo Road	Richard Whitman	BBC One	6 episodes
2011–2012	Scott & Bailey	Andy Roper	ITV	Series 1 and 2
2012	Public Enemies	Trevor Brotherton	BBC One
2013	Jo	Maurice Langlois	TF1	Series 1, Episode 1
	Vera	Tim Hopkins	ITV	Series 3, Episode 1
2014	Marvellous	Rev Mark	BBC Two	TV movie
	Chasing Shadows	Alex Wernley	ITV	2 episodes
2016	Cold Feet	Trevor Green	ITV	Series 6, Episodes 2 & 3
2018	Bodyguard	Roger Penhaligon MP	BBC One
	Coronation Street	Duncan Radfield	ITV	Regular role
	The Split	Mr Graham
	Midsomer Murders	Ray Fryer	ITV	S19 E5
2019	The Demon Headmaster	The Headmaster	CBBC	Main role
2022	The Crown	John Birt	Netflix	Series 5
2024	After the Flood	Sergeant Phil Mackie	Britbox	Series 1

Film

Year	Title	Role
1993	Century	Daniel
1994	Fever	Jo
1999	Safer
2006	Half Light	Robert Freedman
2006	Starter for 10	Speaker for Nuclear Disarmament
2006	Mysterious Creatures	Richard Nicholas
2008	Incendiary	Lenny
2009	A Congregation of Ghosts	Ellis Baxter
2010	Chatroom	Paul
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	Hydra agent
2014	United Passions	Henri Delaunay
2015	Nightstand	Rob
2019	Spider-Man: Far From Home	Guterman

Theatre

His theatre credits include:

• The Front Page. This Sam Mendes production at the Donmar in 1997 had Gleaves as the newshound Wilson.^[6][7]
• Alan Jeffcote in Hindle Wakes by Stanley Houghton at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. Directed by Helena Kaut-Howson (1996 and 1998).
• On the Shore of the Wide World. In 2005, Gleaves portrayed the father Peter, first at the Royal Exchange Theatre and then at the Royal National Theatre. He was nominated for a MEN Theatre Award in the category of best actor in a leading role.^[8][9]
• Macbeth. He played the lead in 2009 production at the Royal Exchange Theatre.^[10]
• Dr Faustus. 2010 saw him take on the role of Mephistophilis.^[11]
• Chair. In this 2012 production, Gleaves's part is that of a soldier. Lyric Theatre Studio, Hammersmith.^[12]
• The Saga of Noggin the Nog. He played the nasty Uncle Nogbad in spring 2013.^[13]

Personal life

Originally from the Halliwell area of Bolton, Lancashire, England, Gleaves attended Sharples School from 1980 to 1985.^[1][14] After completing his schooling, his mother made him attend a play and this sparked his interest in acting.^[1] He is a fan of The Smiths and long time supporter of Bolton Wanderers.^[3] Gleaves is married to actress Lesley Sharp. They have two sons and reside in London.^[3][15]

References

1. Dibbits, Kat (23 February 2009). "Nicholas' Exchange "homecoming"". The Bolton News. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
2. "Nicholas Gleaves". IMDb. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
3. "Nicholas Gleaves Cops a Dream Role". Manchester Evening News. 19 February 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
4. "Nicholas Gleaves - Series 2 Interview". www.scottandbailey.com. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
5. "Nicholas Gleaves". Knight Hall Agency Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
6. Butler, Robert (21 December 1997). "The Critics: Theatre: Peter Pan really takes off". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
7. "The Front Page". Chase Side. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
8. Wolf, Matt (8 June 2005). "Review: 'On the Shore of the Wide World'". Variety. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
9. Ansdell, Caroline (15 November 2005). "MEN Names 2005 Manchester Award Nominees". What'sOnStage. Archived from the original on 28 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
10. Kirwan, Peter (12 March 2009). "Macbeth @ The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
11. Waites, Aline (22 June 2010). "Dr Faustus". What'sOnStage. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
12. Lawson, Christopher. "Chair". Plays to See. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
13. Jones, Helen (23 March 2013). "The Saga of Noggin the Nog (Tour - Salford)". What'sOnStage. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
14. "Alumni". Sharples School. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
15. Kevan, Paul (19 October 2009). "Lesley Sharp gives voice to the quieter life". Metro. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

External links

• Nicholas Gleaves at IMDb