Nicholas Farrell

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Nicholas Farrell born Nicholas Frost in 1955 is an English stage film and television actor His early screen career included the role of Aubrey Montague in the 1981 film Chariots of Fire In 1983 he starred as Edmund Bertram in a television adaptation of the Jane Austen novel Mansfield Park In 1984 he appeared in Greystoke The Legend of Tarzan Lord of the Apes and The Jewel in the Crown Since then his film and television work has included several screen adaptations of Shakespeares works including Kenneth Branaghs 1996 Hamlet in which he played Horatio a role he had played previously with Branagh for the Royal Shakespeare Company He has also appeared in film adaptations of Twelfth Night 1996 Othello 1995 and In the Bleak Midwinter 1995 He provided the voice of Hamlet for the animated television adaptation Shakespeare The Animated Tales 1992 Other television appearances have included two Agatha Christies Poirot movies Sharpes Regiment To Play the King Torchwood and Collision He has also appeared in episodes of Lovejoy Foyles War Absolute Power Spooks Midsomer Murders Drop the Dead Donkey and Casualty Farrells theatre work includes performances of The Cherry Orchard Camille and The Crucible as well as Royal Shakespeare Company productions of The Merchant of Venice Julius Caesar and Hamlet He is married to Scottish actress Stella Gonet Description above from the Wikipedia article Nicholas Farrell licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia