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Aliases: 니콜라스 우드슨

Gender: Male

Place of birth: England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 36

TV Involvements: 21


Most Famous Work

Biography

Nicholas Woodeson (born November 30, 1949) is an English film, television and theatre actor, and Drama Desk and Olivier award nominee. Woodeson was born in Sudan and lived in the Middle East as a boy. He started performing at prep school in Sussex, and Marlborough College. He read English at the University of Sussex, and became involved in student drama productions, where he met Michael Attenborough, Jim Carter, and Andy de la Tour. He took part in the 1970 National Student Drama Festival. Next was a season in rep at the Lyceum Theatre, Crewe, after deciding not to pursue an academic career. He won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (1972–74). His first work after drama school was a season at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool (1974–75), in a company that included Jonathan Pryce (artistic director), Julie Walters, Pete Postlethwaite and Bill Nighy. He has worked in regional theatre in the UK and US, at the Hampstead Theatre Club, the Young Vic and the Almeida Theatre in London and at the Manhattan Theatre Club (Off-Broadway). He joined the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 1982 and worked with them for seven years. On Broadway his work includes Straker in Man and Superman (1978), Piaf (1981), Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls (1995), and Burleigh in Mary Stuart (2009). In 2011, he played Mr Prince in the National Theatre revival of Odets' Rocket to the Moon. He has appeared in the West End in Funny Peculiar (1976), in Good (1982) (also Broadway), as Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls (2009), as Bonesy in Jumpers (2003) (also Broadway), as Mussabini in Chariots of Fire (2012), and as Harold Wilson in The Audience (2015). He has been in two productions of Pinter's 'The Birthday Party', playing McCann at the National Theatre in 1994, and Goldberg in the Lyric Hammersmith's 50th centenary production in 2008, and two productions of Pinter's The Homecoming, playing Lenny in the 25th Anniversary West End revival in 1991, and Max at the RSC in 2011. In 2017, following the death of Tim Pigott-Smith, he took over the role of Willy Loman in the Royal & Derngate theatre's tour of Death of a Salesman, for which he was nominated for a UK Theatre Award as Best Actor in a Leading Role. Woodeson's first film work was a role in Heaven's Gate, released in 1980. By chance, he spent more time on location in Montana than any other actor in the film. He has also appeared in, among others, The Russia House (1990), The Pelican Brief (1993), Shooting Fish (1997), The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997) Titanic Town (1998), The Avengers (1998), Mad Cows (1999), Topsy-Turvy (1999), Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999), Amazing Grace (2006), Hannah Arendt (2012), the James Bond film Skyfall (2012), Mr. Turner (2014), The Danish Girl (2015), Race (2016), Disobedience (2017), The Death of Stalin (2017) and The Hustle (2019).

Most Famous Work

Agatha Christie's Poirot
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8

Agatha Christie's Poirot

(1989) Detective Sergeant Hoskins
Miami Vice
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7

Miami Vice

(1984) Artie Cross
Rome
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8

Rome

(2005) Posca
Silent Witness
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8

Silent Witness

(1996) Derek Galton
Ripper Street
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7

Ripper Street

(2012) Dr. William Corcoran
Waking the Dead
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7

Waking the Dead

(2001) Reese Dickson, Solicitor
Casualty
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6

Casualty

(1986) Jack Clayton
Taboo
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8

Taboo

(2017) Robert Thoyt

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2024 Steven
2023 Father Brian
Jacques
2021 Colonel Kuznetsov
2020 Nicholas Hilliard QC
2019 Albert Einstein
Albert
2018 Rabbi Goldfarb
Herzerg
2017 Insurance Company CEO
Boris Bresnavich, Conductor #2
Robert Thoyt
2016 Allen Billington
Toby Dosett
Reverend Matthew Denning
Fred Rubien
Priest
2015 Dr. Buson
Yaakov Jonilowicz
2014 Algernon Wyse
Gentleman Critic
2013 George Balfour QC
2012 Dr. William Corcoran
Erich
Lord Justice Holbeck
Doctor Hall
William Shawn
Dalton
2011 Dr. Richardson
2009 Arighis
N/A
Michael Warren
2008 Harman Grisewood
Professor
2006 Harrison
N/A
2005 Posca
2004 Gerald Leyman
Viktor Proust
2002 Bill
Brian Redwood
2001 Reese Dickson, Solicitor
Hofmann
1999 Mr. Seymour
Mr. Dian
Detective Slynne
Wemmick
1998 Dr. Darling
Jeremy Immonger
1997 Sergei
Mr Collyns
Asylum Proprietor
1996 Derek Galton
1994 Keith
Maurice Plummer
1993 Hennessy
Stump
Roland
Jorgen Tesman
Brother Moses
N/A
Bertie Williams
1992 Bertie Williams
Geoff Harris
Inspector Winder
1991 N/A
Michael Parke-Walsh, MP
Robin 'Jacko' Jackman
1990 Niki Landau
Martin Greenbaum
1989 Stilk
Detective Sergeant Hoskins
1986 Jack Clayton
1984 Artie Cross
Emil / Jacko
1982 Sir Henry Baskerville
1980 Small man
Cpl. Kazmarak
Mr. Brimsby
Year Character Movie/Tv

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