Nigel Lindsay
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Nigel Lindsay is an English actor. As well as many roles in TV and in film, most notably as Barry, the Muslim convert in Chris Morris's feature debut Four Lions for which he was nominated for Best British Comedy Performance in Film at the British Comedy Awards 2011, he has worked extensively in theatre, most recently opposite Sir Antony Sher as Dr Harry Hyman in Arthur Miller's Broken Glass at the Tricycle Theatre, for which he won the 2011 Whatsonstage Theatregoers' Choice Award as Best Supporting Actor. Nigel played Mugsy opposite Ray Winstone and Phil Daniels in the original 1995 National Theatre production of Patrick Marber’s Dealer's Choice; Max in The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard which won three Tonys on Broadway in 2000; Ariel in the 2004 Olivier award winning National Theatre production of Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman, with Jim Broadbent and David Tennant; Nathan Detroit in Michael Grandage’s Guys and Dolls at the Piccadilly Theatre in 2005, and Lenny in Harold Pinter’s The Homecoming with Ken Cranham and Danny Dyer at the Almeida Theatre in 2009. He was also nominated in the 2008 WOS Awards as Best Supporting Actor opposite Stockard Channing and Jodie Whittaker in Awake and Sing, directed by Michael Attenborough at the Almeida Theatre. He will play the title character in the West End production of Shrek the Musical, which will begin performances at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in May 2011.
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Acting
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back)
as Brian
William has failed to kill himself so many times that he outsources his suicide to aging assassin Leslie. But with the contract signed and death assured within a week (or his money back), William suddenly discovers reasons to live... However Leslie is under pressure from his boss to make sure the contract is completed.
Safe
as JoJo
After his daughter goes missing, a widower begins uncovering the dark secrets of the people closest to him.
Access All Areas
as Mack
Four runaway teenagers are catapulted on a wild and uplifting road trip out of the city and across the water to a magical island music festival.
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa
as Jason Cresswell
When famous DJ Alan Partridge’s radio station is taken over by a new media conglomerate, it sets in motion a chain of events which see Alan having to work with the police to defuse a potentially violent siege.
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Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
as Henry Bolingbroke
A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years.
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Breakfast With Jonny Wilkinson
as Nigel Maitland
Greyhawks Rugby Club is under threat from land developers, and Dave's position as chairman is being challenged by an extremely loud Australian. The faithful few have gathered on the morning before the election to watch England in the Rugby World Cup Final and tensions are running high for more reasons than one Why does Jake, the first team prodigy, leave the room every time Jonny Wilkinson takes a kick?
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Four Lions
as Barry
Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce.
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Rogue Trader
as Ron Baker
Rogue Trader tells the true story of Nick Leeson, an employee of Barings Bank who--after a successful trading run--ends up accumulating $1.4 billion in losses hidden in account #88888.
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A Few Short Journeys Of The Heart
as Drunk
A surreal and nightmarish selection of short stories derived from the cult collection DIRTY FAXES, refracted through the neurosis of a middle-aged writer.
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Between the Lines
as Insp. Alan Grant
Detective Superintendent Tony Clark is an ambitious member of the Complaints Investigation Bureau, an internal organisation that investigates claims of corruption inside the police in England and Wales. Along the way Clark overcomes strong influence from his superiors and problems in his private life, most notably the break-up of his marriage following an affair with WPC Jenny Dean.
