Nicholas Bell

Bio

Nicholas Bell has been a well known face in the Australian entertainment industry since moving from Britain over 30 years ago.  Feature film roles include Elvis, Noise, I Love you Too, Caterpillar Wish, Charlotte’s Web, Opal Dreams, Bad Eggs, The Great Raid, Take Away, Ned Kelly, The Dish, Don’t be Afraid of the Dark, Kath & Kinderella, Crawlspace, Mission Impossible II, The Craic, Dark City, Shine, Hotel Sorrento and I Frankenstein.

Notable television roles include Bay of Fires series 1 & 2 (ABC), Thai Cave Story (Netflix), Shantaram (Apple+), Wanted series 1 & 2, The Ex-PM series 1 & 2, Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, The Games, Newstopia, Stingers and Satisfaction.    Other television roles include The Queen of Oz (ABC), High Country (Foxtel) and Scrublands (STAN), as well as Secret Bridesmaid Business, How to Stay Married, Wentworth, A Place to Call Home, True Story with Hamish & Andy, The Bureau of Magical Things series 1 & 2, Underbelly Files: Chopper, Mad as Hell, Seven Types of Ambiguity, Time of Our Lives, Winners & Losers, Power Games, Childhood’s End, Parer’s War to name but a few!

He has performed numerous roles for major theatre companies including Melbourne Theatre Company, Sydney Theatre Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company in UK. Theatre credits include The Architect, North by Northwest, Madagascar, Richard III, The Hypocrite, Enlightenment, Festen, Dumbshow, Memory of Water, all for MTC, North by Northwest Australian Tour (Kay & McLean), Warhorse (Global Creatures); The Great (STC); The Wintering (Red Stitch); Richard III, Loves Labours Lost, Red Noses, Hamlet, Henry V (Royal Shakespeare UK); repertory seasons at Basingstoke, Oxford, Chesterfield and York in the UK.

Nicholas was the recipient of the Best Actor Award at the New York City International Film Festival in 2011 for his performance in the screen project Afterglow, directed by Nadine Garner.  In 2001 he also accepted the Award for the Most Outstanding Comedy Program, on behalf of the entire cast and crew of the Australian comedy series The Games at the TV Week Logie Awards.