Nicholas Blane
Nicholas Blane | |
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Born | |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1987–present |
Nicholas Blane is an English actor.
Career
He is best known for his roles in stage productions such as Year of the Rat,[1][2] See How They Run[3][4] and Democracy.[5]
He has appeared in numerous British television and film projects, including Coronation Street (1993–2010), Heartbeat (1993–1998), Trial & Retribution (1997–2002), Dalziel and Pascoe (1997), Life Force,[6] Sharpe's Challenge (2006) and The Great Fire (2014).[5][7] He played the role of Wopsle in the BBC adaptation of Great Expectations (1999) and he appeared in minor roles in The Illusionist (2006) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007).[5][8]
In 2012 he starred as the Spice King in the second season of the HBO TV series Game of Thrones.[9]
Selected filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1995 | Some Kind of Life | Mr. Rawlings | TV film |
1999 | Great Expectations | Wopsle | TV film |
2005 | Pierrepoint | Governor of Strangeways | |
Kinky Boots | [5] | ||
2006 | The Illusionist | Herr Doebler | [5] |
Sharpe's Challenge | Crosby | TV film | |
2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Bob | [5] |
The Shadow in the North | Mr. Harkness | TV film | |
2009 | Glorious 39 | Vicar | [5] |
2012 | National Theatre Live: The Magistrate | Mr. Bullamy | |
2013 | In Secret | Chemist | [8] |
2017 | Viceroy's House | Olaf Kirkpatrick Caroe | |
2019 | Hope Gap | Priest | |
2020 | The Good Traitor | Winston Churchill |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993–1998 | Heartbeat | Bank Manager / Mr. Hepplewhite / Mr. Handley | 3 episodes |
1993–2010 | Coronation Street | Mr. Stapleton / Neville Green / Judge | 9 episodes |
1996 | The Bill | Roly | 1 episode ("Bounds of Decency") |
1997 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Sir William Pledger | 1 episode ("Exit Lines") |
1997–2002 | Trial & Retribution | Derek Waugh | 6 episodes |
2000 | Life Force | Scuzz | |
2008 | Little Dorrit | Lawyer | 4 episodes |
2009–2014 | Law & Order: UK | Coroner Oswald Spear | 5 episodes |
2010 | The Tudors | Sidwell | 1 episode ("Natural Ally") |
Whitechapel | Lord Hessel | 1 episode ("Episode 2.2") | |
2012 | Game of Thrones | The Spice King | 3 episodes |
2013 | Spies of Warsaw | Papa Heiniger | 2 episodes |
2014 | The Great Fire | Mayor Bludworth | 2 episodes |
2015 | The Musketeers | Duc De Barville | 1 episode ("A Marriage of Inconvenience") |
2021 | It's a Sin | Mr. Hart | 2 episodes |
Doctor Who | Millington | 1 episode ("Survivors of the Flux") |
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