Lachlan Nieboer

Lachlan Nieboer (born 11 September 1981) is an English actor and producer. He is best known for his roles as Lieutenant Edward Courtenay in Downton Abbey, Count Antonio Rossi in The Princess Switch: Switched Again[2] and Cpt. Charles Davenport in the film Into the White, and as executive producer for Shane, the documentary on Australian cricketer, Shane Warne.

Lachlan Nieboer
Born (1981-09-11) 11 September 1981[1]
Epsom, Surrey, England
OccupationActor
Years active2007–present

Career

Nieboer's first job out of drama school was the role of Gray, Captain Jack Harkness's brother, in the second series of the BBC television series Torchwood. He appeared in the series' final two episodes, "Fragments" and "Exit Wounds".[3]

He played Lieutenant Edward Courtenay in the second series of Downton Abbey.[4] He starred as Captain Davenport in the Norwegian feature film Cross of Honour (originally Into the White), based on a true story.[5] He played Dominic in Mike Figgis's suspense thriller Suspension of Disbelief.[6] He featured briefly as the lothario Ted in Fredrik Bond's Charlie Countryman opposite Shia LaBeouf and Aubrey Plaza.

Nieboer starred in the independent horror film The Unfolding and Identicals.[7] He starred in Trendy,[8] a thriller shot in East London, which premiered in competition at the Raindance Film Festival in 2017.

Nieboer played King Nikolas in Hallmark's Royal Hearts,[9] opposite Jim Brolin.

In November 2020, he played Count Antonio Rossi in the sequel to The Princess Switch, starring Vanessa Hudgens, in The Princess Switch: Switched Again.

Nieboer has also worked at the National Theatre and in various fringe theatres in London.[10]

From 2011–2015, Nieboer starred in the Heineken "Sunrise" campaign[11] with Audrey Napoleon, and the Mercedes-Benz "Sound with Power" campaign, wearing the first ever full LED suit, alongside rapper Tinie Tempah.[12]

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Heartland Ryan McGonagle Short
2009 Vivaldi, the Red Priest Lord Brandon Perry
2012 Into the White Captain Charles P. Davenport
2012 Suspension of Disbelief Dominic
2013 The House and Everything James Short
2013 Charlie Countryman Ted
2015 The Unfolding Tam Official Selection - London FrightFest Film Festival 2015
2015 Identicals (Brand New-U) Slater Official Selection - L'Étrange Festival 2015

Nominated - Edinburgh International Film Festival Best Performance in a British Feature Film

2016 Checkmate Dimitri Short
2017 Trendy Richard Allen Official Selection - Raindance Film Festival 2017
2017 Royal Hearts King Nikolas
2017 Baghdad in my Shadow Martin
2018 Little Kingdom Jack Kovac
2019 The Princess Switch: Switched Again Count Antonio Rossi
2021 Her Pen Pal Cameron Reisch
2021 Love in Verona Bud Logan

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2008 Torchwood Gray 2 episodes: "Fragments", "Exit Wounds"
2011 Downton Abbey Lieutenant Edward Courtenay 1 episode: "Episode #2.2"
2013 Jo Alain Allanic 1 episode: "Place Vendôme"

References
  1. "Lachlan Nieboer". IMDb.
  2. "The Princess Switch 2: Switched Again | Official Trailer | Netflix" – via www.youtube.com.
  3. "What movies and TV shows has Lachlan Nieboer been in?". PopBuzz. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  4. Furness, Hannah (5 January 2015). "Hugh Bonneville backs campaign to save Downton Abbey 'hospital'". The Daily Telegraph.
  5. Hemmings, Jay (25 April 2019). "The Amazing Story of Survival Behind The Movie Into The White". warhistoryonline.com.
  6. Mitchell, Wendy (12 February 2012). "Figgis starts shoot for Suspension of Disbelief". Screen Daily.
  7. Franklin, Garth (4 April 2013). "Casting: Stevens, Kidman, Nieboer, Seydoux". Dark Horizons.
  8. Maitland-Jones, Michael (27 September 2017). "Trendy - Raindance Review". The 730 Review.
  9. "Royal Hearts". Hallmark Channel. 2017. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  10. Taylor, Paul (19 January 2010). "Doctor Faustus/ A Yorkshire Tragedy, Stratford Circus, London/ White Bear, London". The Independent.
  11. "Heineken Film Advert By Publicis: Sunrise | Ads of the World™". www.adsoftheworld.com.
  12. New Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG


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