Nicholas Woodeson

Nicholas Woodeson

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1949-11-30 (74 years old)

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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).

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Filmography

all 75

Movies 48

TV Shows 27

Jacques
A Paris Proposal

A Paris Proposal (2023)

Movie
Colonel Kuznetsov
Firebird

Firebird (2021)

Movie
5.5
Nicholas Hilliard QC
Quiz

Quiz (2020)

TV
Albert Einstein
On the Beaches

On the Beaches (2019)

Movie
Albert
The Hustle

The Hustle (2019)

Movie
7.58
Rabbi Goldfarb
Disobedience

Disobedience (2018)

Movie
6.5
Herzerg
Beirut

Beirut (2018)

Movie
Insurance Company CEO
Paddington 2

Paddington 2 (2017)

Movie
7
Boris Bresnavich, Conductor #2
The Death of Stalin

The Death of Stalin (2017)

Movie
6.6
Robert Thoyt
Taboo

Taboo (2017)

TV
5.67
Allen Billington
Delicious

Delicious (2016)

TV
Toby Dosett
The Limehouse Golem

The Limehouse Golem (2016)

Movie
4
Matthew Denning
The Living and the Dead

The Living and the Dead (2016)

TV
6.65
Priest
Ramona & The Chair

Ramona & The Chair (2016)

Movie
Dr. Buson
The Danish Girl

The Danish Girl (2015)

Movie
7.45
Yaakov Jonilowicz
The Eichmann Show

The Eichmann Show (2015)

Movie
Algernon Wyse
Mapp and Lucia

Mapp and Lucia (2014)

TV
4.67
Gentleman Critic
Mr. Turner

Mr. Turner (2014)

Movie
4.67
George Balfour QC
The Escape Artist

The Escape Artist (2013)

TV
3.5
Dr. William Corcoran
Ripper Street

Ripper Street (2012)

TV
6.5
Erich
Loving Miss Hatto

Loving Miss Hatto (2012)

Movie
Lord Justice Holbeck
Secret State

Secret State (2012)

TV
Doctor Hall
Skyfall

Skyfall (2012)

Movie
5.94
William Shawn
Hannah Arendt

Hannah Arendt (2012)

Movie
Dalton
John Carter

John Carter (2012)

Movie
5.57
Dr. Richardson
Hysteria

Hysteria (2011)

Movie
Arighis
Pope Joan

Pope Joan (2009)

Movie
8
Red Riding

Red Riding (2009)

TV
Michael Warren
Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009)

Movie
6
Harman Grisewood
Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story

Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story (2008)

Movie
Professor
Poppy Shakespeare

Poppy Shakespeare (2008)

Movie
Harrison
Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace (2006)

Movie
Martin Callan
Eleventh Hour

Eleventh Hour (2006)

TV
5
Posca
Rome

Rome (2005)

TV
5.69
Gerald Leyman
Christine

Christine (2004)

Movie
Viktor Proust
New Tricks

New Tricks (2004)

TV
Bill
One of the Hollywood Ten

One of the Hollywood Ten (2002)

Movie
Brian Redwood
Helen West

Helen West (2002)

TV
Reese Dickson, Solicitor
Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead (2001)

TV
4.67
Hofmann
Conspiracy

Conspiracy (2001)

Movie
Mr. Seymour
Topsy-Turvy

Topsy-Turvy (1999)

Movie
Mr. Dian
Dreaming of Joseph Lees

Dreaming of Joseph Lees (1999)

Movie
Detective Slynne
Mad Cows

Mad Cows (1999)

Movie
Brian Redwood
Trial by Fire

Trial by Fire (1999)

Movie
Wemmick
Great Expectations

Great Expectations (1999)

Movie
Dr. Darling
The Avengers

The Avengers (1998)

Movie
1
Jeremy Immonger
Titanic Town

Titanic Town (1998)

Movie
Sergei
The Man Who Knew Too Little

The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)

Movie
Mr Collyns
Shooting Fish

Shooting Fish (1997)

Movie
Asylum Proprietor
The Woman In White

The Woman In White (1997)

Movie
Derek Galton
Silent Witness

Silent Witness (1996)

TV
5.5
Keith
Men of the Month

Men of the Month (1994)

Movie
Maurice Plummer
Pie in the Sky

Pie in the Sky (1994)

TV
Hennessy
Cracker

Cracker (1993)

TV
8
Stump
The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief (1993)

Movie
6.18
Roland
Maria's Child

Maria's Child (1993)

Movie
Jorgen Tesman
Hedda Gabler

Hedda Gabler (1993)

Movie
Brother Moses
Mr. Wroe's Virgins

Mr. Wroe's Virgins (1993)

TV
Leslie Piper
Bonjour la Classe

Bonjour la Classe (1993)

TV
Bertie Williams
The Blackheath Poisonings

The Blackheath Poisonings (1993)

TV
Bertie Williams
The Blackheath Poisonings

The Blackheath Poisonings (1992)

Movie
Geoff Harris
Bad Girl

Bad Girl (1992)

Movie
Inspector Winder
A Fatal Inversion

A Fatal Inversion (1992)

Movie
The Wolvis Family

The Wolvis Family (1991)

TV
Michael Parke-Walsh MP
For the Greater Good

For the Greater Good (1991)

TV
Robin 'Jacko' Jackman
My Kingdom for a Horse

My Kingdom for a Horse (1991)

Movie
Niki Landau
The Russia House

The Russia House (1990)

Movie
2
Martin Greenbaum
Max and Helen

Max and Helen (1990)

Movie
Stilk
Blackeyes

Blackeyes (1989)

TV
Detective Sergeant Hoskins
Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)

TV
6.24
Artie Cross
Miami Vice

Miami Vice (1984)

TV
7
Emil / Jacko
Piaf

Piaf (1984)

Movie
Sir Henry Baskerville
The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982)

TV
Small man
Heaven's Gate

Heaven's Gate (1980)

Movie
Cpl. Kazmarak
A Rumor of War

A Rumor of War (1980)

TV

Ratings

Average 6.16
Based on 2.51 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1980
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Nicholas WoodesonNicholas Woodeson

Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1949-11-30 (74 years old)

Birth Place
Sudan, Sudan

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Also Known As
Николас Вудесон, 니콜라스 우드슨


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