Nicholas Bell
Nicholas Bell (born 15 August 1958) is an English actor who has worked in Australia for more than 30 years.[1]
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Born | Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | 15 August 1958
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1962–present |
Bell works regularly with the Melbourne Theatre Company as well as with all the major television broadcasters in Australia, most notably the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. In addition to his work in film and television, Bell has also recorded over a dozen audiobooks with Bolinda, a company based in Melbourne, Australia.[2]
In 2001 he accepted on behalf of the cast and crew of the Australian comedy series The Games the TV Week Logie Award for Most Outstanding Comedy Program.[3]
Bell has appeared in numerous projects in 2023 Bell appeared in Stan series Scrublands,[4] Tasmanian drama series Bay of Fires (TV series).[5]
In 2023 Bell was named in the extended cast of the Foxtel/Binge series High Country (TV series). [6]
Filmography
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2024 | High Country | Senior Sergeant Cripps | 8 episodes |
2023 | Scrublands | Max Fuller | 3 episodes |
Bay of Fires | Graham | 7 episodes | |
Queen of Oz[7] | Michael Grayston | 1 episode | |
2022 | Shantaram | Professor Carr | 2 episodes |
Thai Cave Rescue[8] | Vern Unsworth | 1 episode | |
2018-21 | The Bureau of Magical Things[9] | Sean Regan | 19 episodes |
2021 | Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries | Announcer | 2 episodes |
How to Stay Married | Brian | 2 episodes | |
2019 | Secret Bridesmaids' Business[10] | Bill Cotterill | 6 episodes |
2013-18 | Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell | Various | 15 episodes |
2018 | A Place to Call Home | Neil Burton | 3 episodes |
True Story with Hamish & Andy[11] | Brother Davies | 1 episode | |
Underbelly Files: Chopper | Detective Damian Bugg | 1 episode | |
2015-17 | The Ex-PM[12] | Sonny | 12 episodes |
2016-17 | Wanted | Ray Stanton | 10 episodes |
2017 | Seven Types of Ambiguity | Gorman | 1 episode |
2015-16 | Winners & Losers | Keith Maxwell | 5 episodes |
2016 | Wentworth | Dr. Foster | 1 episode |
2015 | Childhood End | Major General Cal | 1 episode |
2014 | ANZAC Girls | General William Birdwood | 1 episode |
The Time of our Lives | Caroline's Lawyer | 1 episode | |
2013 | Serangoon Road[13] | Maxwell Black | 3 episodes |
Power Games: The Packer–Murdoch War | Rupert Henderson | 1 episode | |
Upper Middle Bogan | French Man | 1 episode | |
The Doctor Blake Mysteries | Robert Waterman | 1 episode | |
2012 | Rake | John Garden | 1 episode |
Conspiracy 365 | Rathbone | 4 episodes | |
Lowdown | Jeremy Bristol | 1 episode | |
Howzat! Kerry Packer's War | Clive Bell | 2 episodes | |
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Murdoch Foyle | 5 episodes | |
Tangle | Sean Roscoe | 5 episodes | |
Australia on Trial | George | 1 episode | |
2011 | Rush | Brett Cohen | 2 episodes |
Sea Patrol | Jack | 1 episode | |
Killing Time | Rod Conroy | 1 episode | |
2010 | Sleuth 101 | Ern / Ian | 2 episodes |
2007-09 | City Homicide | Gordon / Mark | 2 episodes |
2009 | Dirt Game | Nigel Hay | 6 episodes |
2007-08 | Newstopia | Various | 30 episodes |
2007-08 | All Saints | Oliver Maroney | 9 episodes |
2008 | Underbelly | Colin | 1 episode |
2007-08 | Satisfaction | Alexander | Season 1, 8 episodes |
2007 | The Librarians | Barrister | 1 episode |
2006 | Tripping Over | James Frost | 5 episodes |
Real Stories | Gordon | 1 episode | |
Nightmares and Dreamscapes | Health Official | 1 episode | |
Wicked Science | Virgil | 1 episode | |
2005 | The Secret Life of Us | Marc | Season 4, 3 episodes |
The Surgeon | Julian Sierson | 8 episodes | |
Holly's Heroes | Mr Crawford | 1 episode | |
Scooter: Secret Agent | Stepford | 1 episode | |
2004 | Salem's Lot | Frank | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
2003 | Crashburn | Clive | 1 episode |
2003 | Kath & Kim | Airline Rep | 1 episode |
1995-03 | Blue Heelers | Various | 5 episodes |
2002 | MDA | Oliver Maudson | 2 episodes |
Something in the Air | Michael Fox | 5 episodes | |
1998-01 | Stingers | Bill Hollister | 27 episodes |
2001 | The Micallef P(r)ogram(me) | Greg / Guildford Four | 2 episodes |
The Lost World | Edgar Gray | 1 episode | |
2000 | Tales of the South Seas | The Major | 1 episode |
1998-00 | The Games | Nicholas | 21 episodes |
1999 | Halifax f.p. | Barry | 1 episode |
1998 | Driven Crazy | Principal | 1 episode |
1998 | The Genie from Down Under 2 | Nigel Huntly | 2 episodes |
1997-98 | Raw FM | Neil Mulholland | 4 episodes |
1997 | State Coroner | Provis | 1 episode |
Good Guys, Bad Guys | Dennis | 1 episode | |
1994-97 | Ocean Girl | Dr Hellegen | 41 episodes |
1996 | One West Waikiki | George | 1 episode |
1995 | Correlli | Holland | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
Frontline | Mike Moore's Doctor | 1 episode | |
1994 | Sky Trackers | Dan | 1 episode |
1993 | RFDS | John | 1 episode |
1992-93 | The New Adventures of Black Beauty | Weeks | Season 2, 23 episodes |
1991 | Neighbours | Martin Tyrell | 5 episodes |
1990 | Skirts | Gary Block | 40 episodes |
1989 | Mission: Impossible | Braun | 1 episode |
1988 | Tickets for the Titanic | Canvasser | 1 episode |
1987 | Inspector Morse | Dr Swain | 1 episode |
1982 | The Agatha Christie Hour | Jeremy | 1 episode |
1981 | Strangers | Roger Wood | 1 episode |
My Father's House | Ray | 2 episodes | |
1963 | Walter and Connie | William | 1 episode |
1962 | Dixon of Dock Green | Billy | 1 episode |
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2022 | Elvis | Senator James Eastland | Feature film |
2020 | The Man with the Golden Throat | Client 3 | Short film |
2014 | Parer's War[14] | Bob Hawes | |
I, Frankenstein | Carl Avery | Feature film | |
2012 | Auditioning Fanny | Bob | Short film |
Rent | Landlord | Short film | |
Dangerous Remedy | Dr. Troup | Feature film | |
Crawlspace | Caesar | Feature film | |
Kath & Kimderella | Priest | Feature film | |
Jack Irish Bad Debts | Martin Scullin | TV movie | |
2011 | Afterglow | Jonathan | Short film |
Taj | Tony | ||
The First Interview | Chevuel | Short film | |
The Applicant | Interviewer | Short film | |
2010 | Press | Detainee 128597 | Short film |
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | Psychiatrist | Feature film | |
I Love You Too | Alice's Dad | Feature film | |
2009 | Ink | Terry | Short film |
Dreamtime's Over | Bill | ||
2008 | Monash: The Forgotten Anzac | General Rawlinson | TV movie |
2007 | Noise | Noel Burchall | |
2006 | Charlotte's Web | Church Minister | Feature film |
The Caterpillar Wish | Father Caleb | Feature film | |
Opal Dream | Judge McNulty | Feature film | |
2005 | Life | William Burton | TV movie |
The Great Raid | Duke | Feature film | |
Attack of Sabretooth | Niles | TV movie | |
2004 | Am Hap der Liebe | Jonathan | TV movie |
Homesick | Alan Collins | Short film | |
2003 | Take Away | Squire | Feature film |
Bad Eggs | Detective Wicks | Feature film | |
Ned Kelly | Richard Cook | Feature film | |
2001 | Abschied in den Tod | Archie | TV movie |
2000 | The Dish | TV Scientist | Feature film |
Mission: Impossible 2 | McCloy's Assissant | Feature film | |
The Magicians | Thompson | TV movie | |
1999 | The Craic | Derek Johnson | Feature film |
1998 | Chameleon | Cam's Controller | TV movie |
Dead Letter Office | Kevin | Feature film | |
Dark City | Mr Rain | Feature film | |
1996 | Shine | Ben Rosen | Feature film |
1995 | MIghty Morphin Power Rangers | Zordon | Feature film |
Hotel Sorrento | Edwin | Feature film | |
The Feds: Deception | Stephen Garrard | TV movie | |
1994 | Paperback Romance | Sophie's doctor | Feature film |
1993 | Gross Misconduct | Det Matthews | Feature film |
1990 | More Winners: Boy Soliders | Commandant | TV movie |
Father | Paul | ||
Hunting | Piggott | Feature film | |
1987 | Walter Dixon's Wombat | Frank | TV movie |
Theatre
Year | Title | Role | Company |
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Voice of the Prairie | Barney | Soho Poly Theatre | |
Blood, Swear and Tears | Cooper | ||
An Ideal Husband | |||
Lady Windermere's Fan | |||
Piaf | York Theatre Royal | ||
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole | York Theatre Royal | ||
1983 | See How They Run! | Intruder | York Theatre Royal |
Cider with Rosie | Jack | York Theatre Royal | |
1983 | Having a Ball | Anestecista | York Theatre Royal |
1983 | Once a Catholic | Cuthbert | York Theatre Royal |
1983 | Relatively Speaking | Gordon | York Theatre Royal |
1983 | Breezeblock Park | John-John | York Theatre Royal |
1983 | Hamlet | Rosencrantz | York Theatre Royal |
1985 | Hamlet | Sailor 2 | Barbican Theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company |
1985–96 | Richard III | Earl of Surrey / Lord Grey | Royal Shakespeare Company & Australian tour |
1985 | Henry V | Soldado | Barbican Theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company |
1985 | Rattle of a Simple Man | Rick | Civic Theatre |
1985 | Equus | Civic Theatre | |
1985 | Pinnochio | Harlequin | Civic Theatre |
1985 | You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | Charlie Brown | Civic Theatre |
1985 | What the Butler Saw | Nick | Civic Theatre |
1985 | Dangerous Corner | Gordon | Civic Theatre |
1985 | Romeo and Juliet | Romeo | Civic Theatre |
1985 | Red Noses | Mistral | Barbican Theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company |
1985 | Love's Labours Lost | Villager | Barbican Theatre with Royal Shakespeare Company |
1986 | Richard III | Festival Theatre, Adelaide, State Theatre, Melbourne, Lyric Theatre, QPAC | |
1991 | Bouncers | Eric | Universal Two |
1992 | Twelfth Night | Sir Toby Belch | Adelaide Botanic Gardens |
1993; 1994 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Bottom | Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne |
1997 | After Dinner | Gordon | Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company |
2004 | The Memory of Water | Frank | Space 28 with Melbourne Theatre Company |
2006 | The Dumb Show | Greg | Melbourne Theatre Company |
2006 | Festen | Lars | Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company |
2007 | Enlightenment | Nick | Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company |
2008 | The Winterling | Len West | Red Stitch Actors Theatre |
2008 | The Great | Arzobispo / Orlo | Sydney Theatre Company |
2008 | The Hypocrite | Cleante | Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company |
2009 | Tender | Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company | |
2010 | Madagascar | Nathan | Fairfax Studio with Melbourne Theatre Company |
2010 | Richard III | King Edward IV / Stanley | Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company |
2012 | 8 - The Play | Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, Sydney Town Hall | |
2012 | Promises, Promises | State Theatre, Melbourne | |
2013 | War Horse | Uncle Arthur | State Theatre, Melbourne, Sydney Lyric Theatre, Lyric Theatre QPAC, The National Theatre of GB with Global Creatures |
2014 | The Speechmaker | White House Chief of Staff Bob | Playhouse, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company |
2015 | Wet House | Dinger | Red Stitch Actors Theatre |
2015 | Dreamers | Fortyfivedownstairs | |
2015–16 | North by Northwest | The Newsreader | Playhouse, Melbourne, State Theatre, Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company |
2018 | North by Northwest | The Newsreader & various roles | Festival Theatre, Adelaide, Lyric Theatre QPAC |
2018 | The Architect | John Stafford | Melbourne Theatre Company |
2019 | The Lady in the Van | Underwood / Leo Fairchild / Doctor | Melbourne Theatre Company |
2019 | Golden Shield | Judge Durham | Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company |
2022 | North by Northwest | The Newsreader & various roles | Sydney Lyric Theatre |
2022 | Into the Woods | Jack | Laycock St Theatre [15] |
Audiobooks
- Reader of Murder at the Nineteenth by J. M. Gregson, 2001
- Reader of the part of Julian in Us by Richard Mason, 2005
- Reader of In the Evil Day by Peter Temple, 2008
- Reader of The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville, 2008
- Reader of Hurry Up and Meditate by David Michie, 2008
- Reader of John by Niall Williams, 2008
- Reader of Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVI, 2008
- Reader of Walking Ollie by Stephen Foster, 2008
- Reader of Buddhism for Busy People: Finding Happiness in an Uncertain World by David Michie, 2008
- Reader of Along Came Dylan by Stephen Foster, 2008
- Reader of The Leader's Way by the Dalai Lama and Laurens van den Muyzenberg, 2009
- Reader of Barack Obama: The Movement for Change by Anthony Painter, 2009
- Reader of Think! Before It's Too Late by Edward de Bono, 2010
References
- "Nicholas Bell". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2007. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007.
- "Bolinda Audio".
- "2001 Logie Awards". TV Week Logie Awards. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014.
- Knox, David (16 November 2023). "Scrublands | TV Tonight". TVtonight.
- Knox, David (12 August 2022). "More cast join Bay of Fires for ABC | TV Tonight". TVtonight.
- Knox, David (4 May 2023). "More cast added to High Country | TV Tonight". tvtonight.
- "Queen of Oz | TV Tonight". 20 June 2023.
- "Netflix casts Thai Cave Rescue drama | TV Tonight". 13 October 2021.
- "Renewed: The Bureau of Magical Things | TV Tonight". 27 November 2019.
- "Cameras roll on Secret Bridesmaids' Business for Seven | TV Tonight". 9 May 2019.
- "True Story with Hamish & Andy: Oct 2 | TV Tonight". October 2018.
- "Cameras roll on Micallef's Ex-PM comedy | TV Tonight". 9 June 2015.
- "Airdate: Serangoon Road | TV Tonight". 30 August 2013.
- "Filming underway on Parer's War telemovie for ABC | TV Tonight". 8 July 2013.
- "Into the Woods to be performed in Don Craig Room". 9 March 2022.
- "AusStage".