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Nicholas Asbury
Hereford, England, UK
Nicholas Asbury (born 13 February 1971) is a British actor and author. He won an Olivier Award as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's complete cycle of Shakespeare's history p…
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Nicholas Asbury (born 13 February 1971) is a British actor and author. He won an Olivier Award as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's complete cycle of Shakespeare's history plays in 2009 and is known for television roles such as Winston Churchill in the BBC's 37 Days, Mr. Angel in Hugh Laurie's Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, and Jim in the BAFTA award-winning Alma's Not Normal. Asbury attended Hereford Cathedral School, then Dartington College of Arts. In 1998 he performed at The Watermill Theatre, before joining the ensemble of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1999 until 2008. He subsequently acted in the all-male Shakespearean troupe Propeller, for whom he also composed music. A diary of his experiences acting in Propeller's 2011/12 productions of Henry V and The Winter's Tale was featured as a series in The Guardian. His first book, Exit Pursued by a Badger, is a record of his involvement in Michael Boyd's The Histories Cycle with the RSC. It won the Michael Meyer Award from The Society of Authors in 2011. He has since appeared in television series such as The Inbetweeners, Chewing Gum, Sherlock, and Alma's Not Normal. His second book, White Hart, Red Lion, is a work of travel literature revisiting the subject of Shakespeare's history plays through the locations that feature in them.
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2026
Young Sherlock
TV show Dignitary Ezra Hornsby
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2025
Hostages
Movie Keith
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2022
Brian and Charles
Movie Stu
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2022
Why Didn't They Ask Evans?
TV show Mr. Angel
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2020
All Creatures Great & Small
TV show Biggins
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2020
Alma's Not Normal
TV show Jim
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2018
Hold the Dark
Movie Doctor (uncredited)
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2018
Innocent
TV show Ryland
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2018
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
TV show Trevor Cordiss
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2018
The Alienist
TV show Dr. Tuthill
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2017
Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution
Movie Vladimir Lenin
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2017
Papillon
Movie Commandant
- 2017
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2017
Babs
Movie Gerald Thomas
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2016
Agatha Raisin
TV show Peter Rice
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2016
The Five
TV show Martin Clark
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2015
The Last Kingdom
TV show Brother Iestyn
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2015
Chewing Gum
TV show Keys
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2015
Arthur & Merlin
Movie Orin
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2015
Jacked
Movie Dying
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2014
The Crimson Field
TV show Padre
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2014
37 Days
TV show Winston Churchill
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2012
The Bletchley Circle
TV show Interviewer
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2012
Shadow Dancer
Movie Agent
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2012
Call the Midwife
TV show Mr. Wylton
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2011
Death in Paradise
TV show Gerry Wigsworth
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2010
Sherlock
TV show Landlord
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2010
Luther
TV show DCI Woodgate
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2010
My Last Five Girlfriends
Movie No. 5 - Shakespeare
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2008
The Inbetweeners
TV show Mr Brown
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2005
Doctor Who
TV show Etoine
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2004
He Knew He Was Right
TV show Policeman
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2004
Hustle
TV show Talbot
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2002
The Basil Brush Show
TV show Mr Poxman
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1996
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
TV show Eric Pardew
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1992
Heartbeat
TV show Tomasz Burowski
