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Nicholas Woodeson BIO

Recent theatre: Willy in Death of a Salesman, Harold Wilson in The Audience in the West End; Malvolio in Twelfth Night as the first production in the new Everyman Theatre, Liverpool; Max in The Homecoming at the RSC; Mr Prince in Rocket to the Moon at the National Theatre; Burleigh in Mary Stuart on Broadway. Chariots of Fire (Hampstead Theatre), Von Ribbentrop’s Watch (Watford Palace Theatre), An Inspector Calls (Novello Theatre), Moonlight & Magnolias (Tricycle Theatre), Legal Fiction (Theatre Royal Bath), The Chairs (The Gate), Romance (Almeida Theatre), Arab-Israeli Cookbook (Tricycle Theatre), Jumpers (National Theatre, West End and Broadway). Recent television: "Will" (TNT), "Delicious" (Sky), "Taboo" (BBC), "The Living and the Dead" (BBC), "Friday Night Dinner" (Channel 4), "Letters From Baghdad" (Between The Republic), "The Eichmann Show" (Feelgood), "George Gently" (Company Pictures), "Mapp and Lucia" (BBC), "New Tricks" (Wall To Wall), "Ripper Street" (Tiger Aspect), "The Honourable Woman" (BBC), "Poirot" (ITV), "The Assets" (ABC), "Borgia" (Atlantique Productions & Canal +), "Moonfleet" (Company Pictures), "The Escape Artist" (BBC), "The Kevin Eldon Show" (BBC), "Silk" (BBC), "Loving Miss Hatto" (Left Bank Pictures), "Red Riding" (Revolution Films), "Shameless" (Company Pictures), "Foyle's War" (Greenlit), "Eleventh Hour" (Granada), "Rome" (HBO / BBC). Film includes: Paddington 2, The Death of Stalin (Free Range and Quad Films), Limehouse Golem (Number 9 Films), Beirut (Art Picture Studio), Race (Trinity), The Danish Girl (Kvinde Films), Skyfall (Eon), Hannah Arendt (Heimat), Mr Turner (Film 4), Pope Joan (Constantin Film), John Carter (Disney), Amazing Grace (Clapham Films), Conspiracy (HBO), Dreaming of Joseph Lees (Midsummer Films), Mad Cows (Flashlight Films), Topsy Turvy (Thin Man), The Avengers (Warner Bros), Titanic Town (Company Pictures), Maria's Child (BBC Films), Shooting Fish (Winchester Films), The Man Who Knew Too Little (Warner Bros), The Pelican Brief (Warner Bros), The Russia House (Pathe), Heaven’s Gate (UA).

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Nicholas Woodeson STAGE CREDITS

[West End]
London Tenth Anniversary Celebration, 2018
Performer

[West End]
West End Transfer, 2012
Sam Mussabini

Sam Mussabini [Replacement]

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2009
Lord Burleigh

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2004
Bones

[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 1994
Inspector Goole [Replacement]

[Broadway]
1982
Bouller

Eichmann

Maurice (Understudy)

[Broadway]
Broadway Production, 1981
Emil/Jacko

Emil

Jacko

Barman (Understudy)

Butcher (Understudy)

[Broadway]
1978
Henry Straker

[West End]
West End, 2015
Harold Wilson [Replacement]


Nicholas Woodeson Movies

[1980]Heaven's Gate Small Man

[1990]The Russia House Niki Landau

[1993]The Pelican Brief Stump

[1997]The Man Who Knew Too Little Sergei

[1997]Shooting Fish Mr. Collyns

[1998]The Avengers Dr. Darling

[1998]Titanic Town Immonger Nick Woodeson

[1999]Mad Cows Detective Slynne

[1999]Topsy-Turvy Mr. Seymour

[1999]Dreaming of Joseph Lees Mr. Dian

[2000]One of the Hollywood Ten Bill

[2006]Amazing Grace Harrison

[2009]Pope Joan Arighis

[2011]Hysteria Dr. Richardson

[2012]Skyfall Doctor Hall

[2012]John Carter Dalton

[2012]Hannah Arendt William Shawn

[2014]Mr. Turner Gentleman Critics

[2015]The Danish Girl Dr. Buson

[2016]Race Fred Rubien

[2016]The Limehouse Golem Toby Dosett

[2017]Paddington 2 Insurance Company C.E.O.

[2017]Disobedience Rabbi Goldfarb

[2017]The Death of Stalin Boris Bresnavich Conductor 2

[2018]Beirut Herzberg

[2019]The Hustle Albert

[2021]Firebird Colonel Kuznetsov


Nicholas Woodeson TV Shows

Holby City Artem Chernik

Rome Posca

Nicholas Woodeson Awards and Nominations

Olivier Awards - 1987 - Actor of the Year

Nicholas WoodesonSarcophagus

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Nicholas Woodeson News


How Many Tom Stoppard Plays Have Been Performed on Broadway?

Leopoldstadt marks the 19th production of a Tom Stoppard play to open on Broadway since Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead opened 55 years ago. Stoppard has won four Best Play Tony Awards, more than any other playwright in history. What are the 18 other productions of Tom Stoppard plays to open on Broadway? Let's take a look back!

Review: THE TWO POPES, Rose Theatre

Anthony McCarten's thoughtful and witty play is now revived at Kingston’s Rose Theatre in a production that deftly combines solemnity with fun in portraying the fictional relationship between Pope Benedict and Pope Francis.

EUREKA DAY Leads Our Top Ten Shows for September

Here are some of September's most eye-catching openings. Don't forget to check back for BroadwayWorld's reviews, interviews and features.

Full Cast Announced For THE TWO POPES at the Rose Theatre

 Joining the previously announced Anton Lesser (Pope Benedict XVI) and Nicholas Woodeson (Cardinal Bergoglio – the future Pope Francis) in the London premiere and tour of Anthony McCarten’s The Two Popes, will be Lynsey Beauchamp as Sister Brigitta and Leaphia Darko as Sister Sophia, with Malcolm James and Angela Jones in the ensemble.  

Review: THE TEMPEST, Theatre Royal Bath

What can be better than watching The Tempest on the night when Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spell was finally broken? Surely, it's a good time to reflect on the play's exploration of power, illusion, loss, revenge and redemption.

Royal & Derngate Announces Made in Northampton Season 2022-2023

James Dacre, the Artistic Director at Royal & Derngate Northampton, has announced the theatre’s new Made in Northampton season, featuring eighteen productions. The programme encompasses plays, musicals, a feature film, On Demand theatre, podcasts and a new interactive digital work.

Carrie Hope Fletcher, Anton Lesser, and Nicholas Woodeson Are Part Of Rose Theatre's 2022/2023 Season

Rose Theatre's Artistic Director, Christopher Haydon, has announced the first Rose Productions in the 2022/23 Season, beginning on 9 September with the London premiere of Anthony McCarten's The Two Popes starring Anton Lesser and Nicholas Woodeson.

Full Cast Announced For THE TEMPEST at Ustinov Studio, Bath

Casting is announced for The Tempest by William Shakespeare, which will be the first production in Deborah Warner's inaugural season as Artistic Director of the Ustinov Studio in Bath.

THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT Enters Final Weeks of Performances

The Mirror and the Light, currently running at the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End, has entered its final four weeks with its last performance on Sunday 28th November 2021. The production has been a flagship theatrical event for the reopening of London's West End, delighting audiences since it opened earlier this year. 

BWW Review: THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT, Gielgud Theatre

Many people got through the first lockdown engrossed in the final part of Hilary Mantel’s literary trilogy following the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell. After the successful stage adaptations of the first two books, fans have waited seven years to see The Mirror And The Light; the concluding part of Mantel’s epic work. Whether it was worth the wait is not entirely clear.

Extension Announced For THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT at the Gielgud Theatre

The third and final novel in the Wolf Hall trilogy has been adapted for the West End stage by Dame Hilary Mantel and Ben Miles. Jeremy Herrin, who was nominated for an Olivier Award, a Tony Award and won the Evening Standard Award for the first two productions, returns to direct. Nathaniel Parker resumes his Olivier Award winning portrayal of Henry VIII.

Final Casting Announced For THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT

New names added to the cast are: Melissa Allan (Princess Mary), Samuel Awoyo (Ensemble), Ian Drysdale (French Ambassador), Jo Herbert (Lady Rochford), Andrew Hodges (Ensemble), Niamh James (Ensemble), Umi Myers (Helen Sadler / Dorothea Wolsey), Liam Smith (Walter Cromwell) and Nicholas Tizzard (Ensemble).

Casting Announced For THE MIRROR AND THE LIGHT at the Gielgud Theatre

As previously announced Ben Miles will return to his role as Cromwell to complete the trilogy. Nathaniel Parker joins him, resuming his Olivier Award-winning and Tony Award nominated role as Henry VIII. The full cast of 23 will be the biggest yet in the series, with 13 actors announced today, five of whom - Miles, Parker, Nicholas Boulton (Duke of Suffolk), Matt Pidgeon (Stephen Gardiner) and Giles Taylor (Archbishop Cranmer) - return to their roles in the earlier plays. 

Judi Dench, Amanda Seyfried, James Norton and More Join Charity Album INCIDENTAL: Music For The Stage

To launch the project today, two singles from  the album are being released: Rachel Portman’s prologue to A Tale of Two Cities featuring Judi Dench and White Lies’ prologue to Cat on a Hot Tin Roof featuring Amanda Seyfried, both of which are available now!

Review Roundup: Tony Kushner Adapts THE VISIT at The National Theatre

The Visit plays on the Olivier Stage at The National Theatre. Based on the play by Friedrich Dürrenmatt adapted by Tony Kushner, original English version by Maurice Valency. Read the reviews!

BWW Review: THE VISIT, National Theatre

Three years after the National's enthralling revival of Tony Kushner's Angels in America, the playwright returns with his new adaptation of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's tragicomic 1956 parable a?' which has also been turned into an Ingrid Bergman-starring film and a Kander and Ebb musical.

Photo Flash: First Look at THE VISIT at the National Theatre

The Visit plays on the Olivier Stage at The National Theatre until 13 May.

Photo Flash: Inside Rehearsal For THE VISIT at the National Theatre

In the town of Slurry, New York, post-war recession has bitten. Claire Zachanassian, improbably beautiful and impenetrably terrifying, returns to her hometown as the world's richest woman. The locals hope her arrival signals a change in their fortunes, but they soon realise that prosperity will only come at a terrible price.

THE VISIT Begins Rehearsals at the National Theatre

In the town of Slurry, New York, post-war recession has bitten. Claire Zachanassian, improbably beautiful and impenetrably terrifying, returns to her hometown as the world's richest woman. The locals hope her arrival signals a change in their fortunes, but they soon realise that prosperity will only come at a terrible price.

National Theatre Announces December 2019 �" June 2020 Lineup; ROMEO & JULIET, SEA SICK, and More!

The National Theatre has announced its upcoming lineup for December 2019 - June 2020.

Nicholas Woodeson FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Nicholas Woodeson has appeared on Broadway in 6 shows.

Nicholas Woodeson has appeared on London's West End in 4 shows.

Nicholas Woodeson's first West End show was The Audience which opened in

Nicholas Woodeson has been nominated for several awards throughout his career. He was nominated for Actor of the Year at the Olivier Awards for his performance in "Sarcophagus". Additionally, he received a nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor - Play at the Drama Desk Awards for his role in "Man and Superman".

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