Nicholas Bell
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Nicholas Bell is a British actor who has worked in Australia for more than 20 years. He is a regular actor in Melbourne Theatre Company
productions as well as work with all the major broadcasters in Australia, most notably the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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TV series credits include:
TV guest credits include:
UK TV credits include:
UK:
Melbourne Theatre Company
The Melbourne Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Melbourne. Founded in 1953, it is the oldest professional theatre company in Australia, and has its own theatre, The MTC Theatre – which houses the 500-seat Sumner Theatre and the 150-seat Lawler Studio – located in Melbourne's Arts...
productions as well as work with all the major broadcasters in Australia, most notably the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
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Film and television
Film credits include:- TajTajTaj is a Persian word that means crown.Taj may refer to:-Further disambiguations:*Taj Mahal , for places and things of that name*Taj al-Din , for people of that name, including Taj El-Din, etc....
(filming in 2010), as Tony - Prey 2009, as rifleman
- Noise 2007, as Noel Birchall
- Charlotte's WebCharlotte's Web (2006 film)Charlotte's Web is a 2006 American live-action/computer-animated feature film, based on the popular book of the same name by E. B. White. It is directed by Gary Winick and produced by Paramount Pictures, Walden Media, The K Entertainment Company, and Nickelodeon Movies...
2006, as Minister Becker - The Caterpillar WishThe Caterpillar WishThe Caterpillar Wish is a 2006 Australian coming-of-age film, directed by Sandra Sciberras and starring and ensemble cast including Victoria Thaine, Susie Porter and Philip Quast. It was filmed in and around Robe, South Australia...
2006, as Father Caleb - LifeLifeLife is a characteristic that distinguishes objects that have signaling and self-sustaining processes from those that do not, either because such functions have ceased , or else because they lack such functions and are classified as inanimate...
2005, as William Burton (TV) - Opal DreamOpal DreamOpal Dream is a 2006 Australian drama film, based on the Ben Rice novella Pobby and Dingan, directed by Peter Cattaneo and starring an ensemble cast including Vince Colosimo, Jacqueline McKenzie, Christian Byers and Sapphire Boyce. It was filmed on location around South Australia, in Adelaide,...
2005, as Judge McNulty - The Great RaidThe Great RaidThe Great Raid is a 2005 war film about the Raid at Cabanatuan, adapted from William Breuer's book of the same name. It tells the story of the January 1945 liberation of the Cabanatuan Prison Camp on the Philippine island of Luzon during World War II. It is directed by John Dahl and stars Benjamin...
2005, as Duke - Attack of the SabretoothAttack of the SabretoothAttack of the Sabretooth is a 2005 horror film that premiered on the Sci Fi Channel, directed by George T. Miller, and starring Robert Carradine, Nicholas Bell, Brian Wimmer, Stacy Haiduk, and Robbie Williams. It was filmed on location in Fiji....
2005, as Niles - Salem's Lot 2004, as Frank
- Am Kap Der Lieb 2004, as Jonathan Percy
- Take AwayTake AwayTake Away is a 2003 Australian comedy movie, written by Dave O'Neil, who also features as a minor character, and Mark O'Toole. It stars Vince Colosimo, Stephen Curry, Rose Byrne and Nathan Phillips...
2003, as Squire
- Bad EggsBad EggsBad Eggs is a 2003 Australian comedy movie, written and directed by Tony Martin. It stars Mick Molloy, Bob Franklin and Judith Lucy, with Alan Brough, Bill Hunter, Marshall Napier, Nicholas Bell, Steven Vidler, Shaun Micallef, Robyn Nevin, Brett Swain, Denis Moore and Pete Smith having supporting...
2003, as Wicks - Ned KellyNed Kelly (2003 film)Ned Kelly is an Australian drama film directed by Gregor Jordan. The film portrays the life of Ned Kelly — a legendary bushranger in northeast Victoria. Ned Kelly, his brother Dan, and two other men — Steve Hart and Joe Byrne — formed a gang of Irish Australians in response to Irish and...
2003, as Richard Cook - Mission: Impossible IIMission: Impossible IIMission: Impossible II is a 2000 action film directed by John Woo, and starring Tom Cruise, who also served as the film's producer...
2000, as accountant - The MagiciansThe MagiciansThe Magicians is a short novel by J. B. Priestley, first published in 1954. An example of Priestley's perennial concern with the true nature of time, the story uses fantasy elements to discuss the midlife crisis of a successful industrialist, briefly touching on social problems and mass...
2000, as Reverend Thompson - The CraicThe CraicThe Craic is a 1999 Australian comedy film starring Jimeoin and Alan McKee and directed by Ted Emery.-Plot:Two Irish actors flee from 1988 Belfast after a violent confrontation with a leader of the IRA and illegally enter Australia. Seeking acting work, the two fear immigration officers...
1999, as Derek Johnson - Dark City 1998, as Mr. Rain
- ShineShine (film)Shine is a 1996 Australian film based on the life of pianist David Helfgott, who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions. It stars Geoffrey Rush, Lynn Redgrave, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor, John Gielgud, Googie Withers, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd, Nicholas Bell, Chris...
1996, as Ben Rosen - Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The MovieMighty Morphin Power Rangers: The MovieMighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie is a 1995 American superhero action fantasy based on the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers on Fox Kids. It featured the characters and actors from the series itself, and used the zords from Ninja Sentai Kakuranger...
1995, as Zordon - Hotel SorrentoHotel SorrentoHotel Sorrento is a 1995 Australian drama film directed by Richard Franklin. Three sisters reunite in the sleepy Australian town of Sorrento after a ten year hiatus. One of the three has written a book called Melancholy which is a thinly disguised version of their lives...
1995, as Edwin - Paperback Romance 1994, as Sophie's Doctor
- Gross MisconductGross MisconductGross Misconduct is the second album from crossover thrash metal band, M.O.D.. It was released in 1989 on Megaforce Records and Noise International and follows 1988's Surfin' M.O.D. It was three years until the band released another record, with Rhythm of Fear in 1992.-Overview:Lyrically, Milano...
1993, as Detective Matthews - The FedsThe Feds (telemovie)The Feds is a series of Australian television films starring Robert Taylor, which was first broadcast on the Nine Network in 1993.The Feds revolves around the activities of the Australian Federal Police, who protect the national interests from crime in Australia and overseas...
as Stephen Garrard (TV) - Hunting 1991, as Piggot
TV series credits include:
- Dirt GameDirt GameDirt Game is an Australian drama television series that screened on the ABC. It was a six part series that was announced in July 2009. It premiered on 19 April 2009 and finished on 25 May 2009...
as Nigel Hay - SatisfactionSatisfaction (TV series)Satisfaction is an Australian television drama series which screened on the subscription television channel Showcase. It also screens in the Republic of Ireland on free-to-air channel TV3 and its sister channel 3e and in New Zealand on free-to-air channel TV2 respectively.The series was filmed in...
as Alexander - NewstopiaNewstopiaNewstopia is an Australian half-hour satirical comedy programme hosted by Shaun Micallef. The first series premiered at on SBS TV on 10 October 2007 and concluded on 3 December 2007. A second season began on 27 February 2008 and concluded on 30 April 2008. A third season of the show screened from...
as various characters - Tripping OverTripping OverTripping Over is a British/Australian six-part drama series. Its first episode aired on Network Ten in Australia on 25 October 2006, and in the United Kingdom on Five on 30 October 2006. In the UK Tripping Over is repeated on Five Life....
as James - The SurgeonThe SurgeonThe Surgeon was an Australian primetime television Medical drama. It screened at 9:30pm on Thursdays on Network Ten and in Ireland early morning on RTÉ One. The show was based at a fictional hospital named Sydney General Hospital....
as Dr. Julian Sierson
- StingersStingersStingers was an Australian police drama television series. It ran for eight seasons on the Nine Network before it was canceled in late 2004 due to declining ratings and the late timeslot Channel Nine gave the program...
as Detective Inspector Bill Hollister - The GamesThe Games (Australian TV)The Games was an Australian mockumentary television series about the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The series was originally broadcast on the ABC and had two seasons of 13 episodes each, the first in 1998 and the second in 2000....
as Nicholas - Ocean GirlOcean GirlOcean Girl is an Australian science fiction TV series aimed for family audiences and starring Marzena Godecki as the lead character...
as Dr. Hellegren - SkirtsSkirts (TV series)Skirts was an Australian television police drama broadcast on the Seven Network in 1990. Skirts was produced by Roger Le Mesurier and Roger Simpson. It was directed by Brendan Maher, Richard Sarell and Ian Gilmour....
as Garry Block
TV guest credits include:
- UnderbellyUnderbelly (TV series)Underbelly is a 13-part Australian television mini-series that retells the real events of the 1995–2004 gangland war in Melbourne, and is the first series in the larger Underbelly Franchise. It depicts the key players in Melbourne's criminal underworld, including the Carlton Crew and their rival,...
"Earning a Crust" 2008, as Colin - All SaintsAll Saints (TV series)All Saints is an Australian medical drama which first screened on the Seven Network. The series debuted on 24 February 1998 and concluded its run on 27 October 2009...
8 episodes 2007–08, as Oliver Maroney - The LibrariansThe LibrariansThe Librarians were a power pop band from Berkeley, California who formed in 1999 by Damon Larson and Ryan Gan. They released one album, The Pathetic Aesthetic, in 2002, which received 4/5 stars from Allmusic....
"And Nothing but the Truth" 2007 as a barrister - City HomicideCity HomicideCity Homicide was an Australian television drama series that aired on the Seven Network between 27 August 2007 – 30 March 2011. The series was set on the Homicide floor of a metropolitan police headquarters in Melbourne...
"The Promised Land" 2007 as Mark Silver - Real StoriesReal StoriesReal Stories is an Australian satirical television comedy series produced by Carlton Television for Network Ten. It was created by Hamish Blake and Andy Lee. The series was first broadcast on 22 August 2006....
2006 as Gordon Kearney - Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King "The End of the Whole Mess" 2006, as World Health Officer
- Wicked ScienceWicked ScienceWicked Science is an Australian television series, which debuted on 2 July 2004. The series focuses on Toby and Elizabeth , two teenagers who are mysteriously turned into wizards of science...
"Meet the Parents" 2006, as Virgil Bailey - The Secret Life of UsThe Secret Life of UsThe Secret Life of Us was a television drama series set in the beachside suburb of St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia. The series was produced by Southern Star Entertainment and screened in Australia from 2001 to 2005 on Network Ten and on Channel 4 in the UK...
as Marc Kinnell - Holly's HeroesHolly's HeroesHolly's Heroes is a children's drama series produced as a collaboration between the Nine Network in Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand. It was produced as a series of 26 episodes and first screened in 2005.-Plot summary:...
as Mr. Crawford - Scooter: Secret AgentScooter: Secret AgentScooter: Secret Agent is an Australian children's television program screened on Network Ten in 2005.-Plot Summary:Scooter is an extremely clumsy teenager who finds a computer belonging to the world's greatest Secret Agent...
as Stepford - Kath & KimKath & KimKath & Kim is a Logie Award-winning character-driven Australian television situation comedy series. The series was created by, and is written by Jane Turner and Gina Riley who play the title characters: a suburban mother and daughter with a dysfunctional relationship...
as airline representative - Blue HeelersBlue HeelersBlue Heelers is an Australian police drama series which depicted the lives of police officers stationed at the fictional Mount Thomas police station in a small town in Victoria.- Overview :...
as Frank Schumaker
- MDA as Dr. Oliver Maudson
- Something in the Air as Michael Fox
- The Genie from Down Under 2The Genie From Down UnderThe Genie From Down Under is an Australian children's comedy television series. It was a co-production between the ACTF, the BBC and the ABC from 1996 to 1998...
as Major Nigel Huntly - Raw FMRaw FMRaw FM was an Australian Television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that aired for one season of thirteen episodes between November 1997 and February 1998. Raw FM was about an independent radio station of the same name and the young people that run it...
as Neil Mulholland - State CoronerState Coroner (TV series)State Coroner was an Australian television series screened on Network Ten in 1997 and 1998. There were two series produced with a total of 29 episodes. The series was set in the State Coroner's office complex and featured investigations into deaths, murders, suicides, accidents and natural causes...
as Provis - Good Guys Bad GuysGood Guys Bad GuysGood Guys, Bad Guys was an Australian crime TV series that screened on the Nine Network between 1997 and 1998, with a telemovie and twenty-six episodes produced. A comedy/drama set in Melbourne....
as Dennis Dreeble - FrontlineFrontline (Australian TV series)Frontline is an Australian comedy television series which satirised Australian television current affairs programmes and reporting. It ran for three series of 13 half-hour episodes and was broadcast on ABC TV in 1994, 1995 and 1997.-Production:...
as Jonathan - Lift Off 1992, as Mr. Bunyip
- NeighboursNeighboursNeighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
multiple episodes 1991, as Martin Tyrell - Mission Impossible "Command Performance" 1989, as Braun
UK TV credits include:
- Tickets for the TitanicTickets for the TitanicTickets for the Titanic was a British anthology series of television plays, transmitted on Channel 4, that ran for two three-episode seasons in 1987 and 1988. The title came from the concept of Britain in the mid/late-1980s being a sinking ship...
"Everyone a Winner" 1988 - Inspector MorseInspector Morse (TV series)Inspector Morse is a detective drama based on Colin Dexter's series of Chief Inspector Morse novels. The series starred John Thaw as Chief Inspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis. Dexter makes a cameo appearance in all but three of the episodes....
"The Wolvercote Tongue" 1987, as Dr. Swain - The Agatha Christie Hour "The Manhood of Edward Robinson" 1982 as Jeremy
- StrangersStrangers (TV series)Strangers was a UK police drama that appeared on ITV between 1978 and 1982.After the success of the TV series The XYY Man, adapted from books by Kenneth Royce, Granada TV devised a new series to feature the regular characters of Detective Sergeant George Bulman and his assistant Detective...
1981 "Soldiers of Misfortune" as Roger Wood - My Father's House 1981, as Ray
- Dixon of Dock GreenDixon of Dock GreenDixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television series that ran from 1955 to 1976, and later a radio series. Despite being a drama series, it was initially produced by the BBC's light entertainment department.-Overview:...
"Cash and Carry" 1962, as Billy
Theatre
Australia:- Richard III Melbourne Theatre CompanyMelbourne Theatre CompanyThe Melbourne Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Melbourne. Founded in 1953, it is the oldest professional theatre company in Australia, and has its own theatre, The MTC Theatre – which houses the 500-seat Sumner Theatre and the 150-seat Lawler Studio – located in Melbourne's Arts...
, 2010 - Madagascar Melbourne Theatre CompanyMelbourne Theatre CompanyThe Melbourne Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Melbourne. Founded in 1953, it is the oldest professional theatre company in Australia, and has its own theatre, The MTC Theatre – which houses the 500-seat Sumner Theatre and the 150-seat Lawler Studio – located in Melbourne's Arts...
, 2010 - The Hypocrite Melbourne Theatre CompanyMelbourne Theatre CompanyThe Melbourne Theatre Company is a theatre company based in Melbourne. Founded in 1953, it is the oldest professional theatre company in Australia, and has its own theatre, The MTC Theatre – which houses the 500-seat Sumner Theatre and the 150-seat Lawler Studio – located in Melbourne's Arts...
, 2008 - The Great Sydney Theatre CompanySydney Theatre CompanyThe Sydney Theatre Company is one of Australia's best-known theatre companies operating from The Wharf Theatre near The Rocks area of Sydney, as well as the Sydney Theatre and the Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre....
, 2008 - The Winterling Red Stitch Actors Theatre, 2008
- Enlightenment Melbourne Theatre Company, 2007
- Festen Melbourne Theatre Company, 2006
- The Dumb Show Melbourne Theatre Company, 2006
- The Memory of Water Melbourne Theatre Company, 2004
UK:
- Loves Labours Lost Royal Shakespeare CompanyRoyal Shakespeare CompanyThe Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
, 1985 - Red Noses Royal Shakespeare Company, 1985
- Henry V Royal Shakespeare Company, 1985
- Richard III Royal Shakespeare Company, 1985 and 1986 (touring Australia)
- Hamlet Royal Shakespeare Company, 1985
- Hamlet York Theatre Royal CompanyYork Theatre RoyalThe York Theatre Royal is a theatre in St. Leonard's Place, York, England, which dates back to 1744. The theatre currently seats 847 people. This reduced capacity takes into account removal of the mixing position seats and the stage side boxes which are normally not sold...
, 1983 - Breezeblock Park York Theatre Royal Company, 1983
Audiobooks
- Reader of Barack Obama: The Movement for Change by Anthony Painter
- Reader of The Lieutenant by Kate GrenvilleKate GrenvilleKate Grenville is one of Australia's best-known authors. She's published nine novels, a collection of short stories, and four books about the writing process....
- Reader of Hurry Up and Meditate and Buddhism for Busy People by David Michie
- Reader of John by Niall WilliamsNiall WilliamsNiall Williams was born in Dublin in 1958. He studied English and French literature at University College Dublin before graduating with a Master's degree in Modern American Literature...
- Reader of Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVIPope Benedict XVIBenedict XVI is the 265th and current Pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the leader of the Catholic Church as well as the other 22 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches in full communion with the Holy See...
- Reader of Walking Ollie and Along Came Dylan by Stephen Foster
- Reader of the part of Julian in Us by Richard Mason
- Reader of In the Evil Day by Peter TemplePeter TemplePeter Temple is an Australian crime fiction writer.Formerly a journalist and journalism lecturer, Temple turned to fiction writing in the 1990s. His Jack Irish novels are set in Melbourne, Australia, and feature an unusual lawyer-gambler protagonist...
- Reader of Murder at the Nineteenth by J.M. Gregson