Nicholas Farrell

Nicholas Farrell

Acting
From Brentwood, Essex, England, UK

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicholas Farrell, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography — Acting

Pearl Harbor
6.9
2001

Pearl Harbor

RAF Squadron Leader

Legend
7.1
2015

Legend

Dr Humphries

Mortdecai
5.5
2015

Mortdecai

Auctioneer

Hamlet
7.3
1996

Hamlet

Horatio

The Iron Lady
6.4
2011

The Iron Lady

Airey Neave

Chariots of Fire
6.8
1981

Chariots of Fire

Aubrey Montague

Munich – The Edge of War
6.9
2021

Munich – The Edge of War

Sir Alexander Cadogan

Persuasion
7.2
2007

Persuasion

Mr. Musgrove

Dream Horse
7.0
2021

Dream Horse

Philip Hobbs

Legionnaire
5.8
1998

Legionnaire

Mackintosh

Testament of Youth
7.3
2015

Testament of Youth

Headmaster

Twelfth Night
6.9
1996

Twelfth Night

Antonio

Plunkett & Macleane
6.1
1999

Plunkett & Macleane

MP's Secretary

Amazing Grace
6.9
2006

Amazing Grace

Henry Thornton

Hurricane
5.9
2018

Hurricane

Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
6.4
1984

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Sir Hugh Belcher

Mindhorn
6.1
2016

Mindhorn

Mayor

Bloody Sunday
7.3
2002

Bloody Sunday

Brigadier Maclellan

Past Life
5.0
2026

Past Life

Elliot Reed

Charlotte Gray
6.1
2001

Charlotte Gray

Mr. Jackson

Robot Overlords
4.8
2015

Robot Overlords

Sentry Robot/Air Drone (voice)

The Coldest Game
6.2
2019

The Coldest Game

G. Moran

Widow Clicquot
6.7
2024

Widow Clicquot

Jean-Remy Moet

Grace of Monaco
6.0
2014

Grace of Monaco

Jean-Charles Rey

Finding Altamira
5.8
2016

Finding Altamira

Vilanova

In the Bleak Midwinter
7.1
1995

In the Bleak Midwinter

Tom Newman

Red Mercury
4.0
2005

Red Mercury

Minister

Othello
6.3
1995

Othello

Montano

Lies We Tell
5.3
2018

Lies We Tell

Anthony Quest

The Trials of Oz
6.0
1991

The Trials of Oz

Dr. Michael Schofield

Driving Lessons
6.1
2006

Driving Lessons

Robert

The Treasure Seekers
5.3
1996

The Treasure Seekers

Bastable

Sharpe: The Legend
5.0
1997

Sharpe: The Legend

Fenner

Summer in February
5.4
2013

Summer in February

Mr. Carter-Wood

Beautiful People
6.0
1999

Beautiful People

Dr Mouldy

Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher
6.9
2016

Jack the Ripper: The London Slasher

Samuel Harris

Remainder
5.4
2015

Remainder

Daubenay

Late Bloomers
5.2
2011

Late Bloomers

Francis

White Chamber
4.5
2018

White Chamber

Dr. Edgar Chrystler

Another Mother's Son
6.8
2017

Another Mother's Son

De La Haye

Berlin Tunnel 21
6.5
1981

Berlin Tunnel 21

Georg Heptner

Bait
7.0
2002

Bait

Alfred White

The Third Wave
6.0
2003

The Third Wave

Devlin

6.0
2003

Reversals

Edward Leitch

Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings
9.5
2013

Spying on Hitler’s Army: The Secret Recordings

General von Thoma

Dead Lucky
1.0
1988

Dead Lucky

Martin Urban

Sharpe's Regiment
7.0
1996

Sharpe's Regiment

Lord Fenner

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
8.7
2022

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story

Ebenezer Scrooge

Arthur's Dyke
5.5
2001

Arthur's Dyke

Geoffrey

A Breed of Heroes
1.0
1994

A Breed of Heroes

Lt. Col Ian Gowrie, MC

Christmas in the Highlands
5.2
2019

Christmas in the Highlands

Duke of Glenmorie

Playing Away
5.6
1987

Playing Away

Derek

Nipplejesus
2015

Nipplejesus

Silver Fox

The Rocking Horse Winner
1982

The Rocking Horse Winner

Lawyer

Fiona's Story
2008

Fiona's Story

Edward

The Fools on the Hill
1986

The Fools on the Hill

David

1989

Nobody Here But Us Chickens

Prometheus Bound
2004

Prometheus Bound

Prometheus (voice)

Portrait of Isa Mulvenny
1985

Portrait of Isa Mulvenny

Bill Thompson

1999

Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll

Tear Me Apart
4.5
2016

Tear Me Apart

Old Man (voice)

A Toast to Love
6.7
2024

A Toast to Love

Professor Dale Farringdon

Hamlet
1992

Hamlet

Hamlet

By Common Consent
1975

By Common Consent

The Vision Thing
1993

The Vision Thing

Batt Prender

Creditors
2025

Creditors

Adolf

The Man Who Saw Too Much
7.0
2019

The Man Who Saw Too Much

Yurka Galitzine (voice)

A Silly Little Habit
1982

A Silly Little Habit

Simon

Cosmos Within Us
2019

Cosmos Within Us

Aiken

The Minoans
2004

The Minoans

Readings (voice)

Napoleon's Waterloo
2015

Napoleon's Waterloo

Narrator