Nicholas Woodeson
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).
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Disobedience
as Rabbi GoldfarbA woman learns about the death of her Orthodox Jewish father, a rabbi. She returns home and has...
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Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the...
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The Hustle
as AlbertTwo female scam artists, one low rent and the other high class, compete to swindle a naïve tech...
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John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the...
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The Danish Girl
as Dr. BusonWhen Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the...
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The Death of Stalin
as Boris Bresnavich, Conductor #2When dictator Joseph Stalin dies, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle...
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The Pelican Brief
as StumpA law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a...
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Firebird
as Colonel KuznetsovAt the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring...
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The Avengers
as Dr. DarlingBritish Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot...
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Heaven's Gate
as Small manHarvard graduate James Averill is the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyo., when a battle...
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The Limehouse Golem
as Toby DosettA series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a...
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Hysteria
as Dr. RichardsonTwo doctors in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their...
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The Russia House
as Niki LandauBarley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working...
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Hannah Arendt
as William ShawnHANNAH ARENDT is a portrait of the genius that shook the world with her discovery of “the...
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Race
as Fred RubienBased on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and...
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Mr. Turner
as Gentleman CriticEccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes...
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The Man Who Knew Too Little
as SergeiAn American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a...
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Conspiracy
as Otto HofmannAt the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the...
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In 1980s Beirut, Mason Skiles is a former U.S. diplomat who is called back into service to save...
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Shooting Fish
as Mr CollynsTwo con artists hire an unwitting medical-school student as a secretary for their latest scam.
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Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare
as StevenAfter her brother Michael is abducted by 'the boy who won't grow up' Peter Pan, Wendy Darling...
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Pope Joan
as ArighisA 9th century woman of English extraction born in the German city of Ingelheim disguises herself...
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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980
as Michael WarrenAfter 6 years of brutal murders, the West Yorkshire Police fear that they may have already...
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Topsy-Turvy
as Mr. SeymourAfter their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship...
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Amazing Grace
as HarrisonThe true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade....
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The Eichmann Show
as Yaakov JonilowiczThe behind-the-scenes true life story of a groundbreaking producer, Milton Fruchtman, and...
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The Woman In White
as Asylum ProprietorBased upon Wilkie Collins Victorian mystery, the gothic tale tells of a pair of half sisters...
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Poppy Shakespeare
as ProfessorN has been a day patient at north London's Dorothy Fish day hospital for 13 years - her ambition...
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A Paris Proposal
as JacquesEmily and Sebastian travel to his hometown of Paris to land the Ad account of famed Durand...
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Maria's Child
as RolandMaria is a dancer who becomes pregnant, unexpectedly, and has to decide whether or not to keep...
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Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
as Harman GrisewoodThe story of the rise of morals crusader Mary Whitehouse in the UK in the 1960's.
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Dreaming of Joseph Lees
as Mr. DianSet in rural England in the 1950s Eva (Samantha Morton) fantasises about her handsome, worldly...
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Savage House
as Mr. BrimsbySet against the backdrop of 18th century England, a massive pox outbreak, and Jacobite uprising...
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Titanic Town
as Jeremy ImmongerBelfast 1972: The politically naive Bernie is trying to bring up a normal family in less than...
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A Fatal Inversion
as Inspector WinderAdaptation of the Barbara Vine (aka Ruth Rendell) novel. After Adam inherits a country house...
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Great Expectations
as WemmickA young boy called Pip stumbles upon a hunted criminal who threatens him and demands food. A few...
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Mad Cows
as Detective SlynneWhen her TV star husband Alex decides to divorce her so that he can start a career in politics,...
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One of the Hollywood Ten
as BillHerbert Biberman struggles as a Hollywood writer and director blacklisted as one of The...
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My Kingdom for a Horse
as Robin 'Jacko' JackmanSteve Deakin teaches history and is a foot soldier in the Sealed Knot Society. In a fortnight...
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Piaf
as Emil / JackoPiaf is a play by Pam Gems that focuses on the life and career of French chanteuse Édith Piaf....
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Ramona & The Chair
as PriestRamona takes all her therapist's advice as the word of God. But instead of enlightenment, she...
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Loving Miss Hatto
as ErichDrama inspired by the true story of classical pianist Joyce Hatto. Victoria Wood's new...
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Max and Helen
as Martin GreenbaumIn trying to bring a former concentration camp commandant to justice, Nazi-hunter Simon...
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Christine
as Gerald LeymanDangerous investigates the arson murder of a former lotto winner who is burned to death while...
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Bad Girl
as Geoff HarrisA young single mother has to convince the authorities that she is a fit parent.
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Men of the Month
as KeithTracey, a hyperactive, inarticulate bicycle courier who unsuccessfully woos his girlfriend,...
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Hedda Gabler
as Jorgen TesmanHedda Gabler is a beautiful woman married to the solid and respectable academic George Tesman....
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On the Beaches
as Albert EinsteinEngland, 1933. Runaway siblings Kitty and David's game of soldiers takes a surprising turn when...
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The Blackheath Poisonings
as Bertie WilliamsThe investigation of Paul Vandervent into the mysterious death of his father brings further...
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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
as DiarmidBeginning in a time of relative peace, we follow an ensemble cast of characters as they confront...
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Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Detective Sergeant HoskinsFrom England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet...
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Rome
as PoscaA down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last...
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Ripper Street
as Dr. William CorcoranA drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The...
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Miami Vice
as Artie CrossThe story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking...
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Silent Witness
as Derek GaltonSilent Witness is a British crime thriller series focusing on a team of forensic pathology...
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Waking the Dead
as Reese Dickson, SolicitorA detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.
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Casualty
as Jack ClaytonDrama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...
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New Tricks
as Viktor ProustNew Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and...
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Pie in the Sky
as Maurice PlummerPie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and...
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Borgen
as Alexander Grozin40-year old political leader Birgitte Nyborg secures her party a landslide victory through her...
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Beyond Paradise
as Father BrianAfter leaving paradise and seeking a quieter life, Humphrey has taken a job as Detective...
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Taboo
as Robert ThoytAdventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa in 1814 along with fourteen stolen...
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Cracker
as HennessyThe wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight...
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The Escape Artist
as George Balfour QCA chilling and bloody legal thriller that explores the line between law and justice. Will...
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Red Riding
as uncreditedThrilling trilogy of films based on David Peace's cult noir novels about Yorkshire during the...
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Quiz
as Nicholas Hilliard QCThe story of Charles Ingram, a former British army major who caused a major scandal in the early...
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Eleventh Hour
as uncreditedProfessor Ian Hood is a former physics professor recruited by the British government as its...
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A Rumor of War
as Cpl. KazmarakMiniseries based on the 1977 autobiography by Philip Caputo about his service in the United...
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The Living and the Dead
as Reverend Matthew DenningSomerset 1894. When a pioneering Victorian psychologist brings his vivacious young wife to live...
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Delicious
as Allen BillingtonGina is a Cornish chef who is suddenly forced to evaluate her closest relationships. A comedic...
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Helen West
as Brian RedwoodHelen West is crusading senior prosecutor with the Crown Prosecution Service. Her life is...
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Secret State
as Lord Justice HolbeckSecret State explores the relationship between a democratically elected government, big business...
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Bonjour la Classe
as uncreditedBonjour la Classe is a British television comedy series broadcast on BBC1 in 1993. Created and...
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Mapp and Lucia
as Algernon Wyse1930s comedy drama based on EF Benson's novels, about the rivalry between two women in a quaint...
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Mr. Wroe's Virgins
as Brother MosesBased on the novel by Jane Rogers, the series follows the stories of seven young women who came...
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Blackeyes
as Stilk77-year-old Maurice James Kingsley writtes a successful novel about a fashion model, in this...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Sir Henry BaskervilleWhen a young heir inherits a noble title that apparently has a deadly curse to it, Sherlock...
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For the Greater Good
as Michael Parke-Walsh, MPWhile three politicians try to reform Britain’s brutal prison system, the tabloid press publish...
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The Blackheath Poisonings
as Bertie WilliamsThe investigation of Paul Vandervent into the mysterious death of his father brings further...
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