Early life

Hemmings is the son of actor/director David Hemmings

David Hemmings

David Edward Leslie Hemmings was an English film, theatre and television actor as well as a film and television director and producer....

 and actress Gayle Hunnicutt

Gayle Hunnicutt

Gayle, Lady Jenkins , known by her birth name Gayle Hunnicutt, is an American actress.-Personal life:Hunnicutt was born in Fort Worth, Texas, the daughter of Colonel Sam Lloyd Hunnicutt and Virginia Hunnicutt, and attended the University of California, Los Angeles. She worked as a fashion model...

. He is named after his father's character, Captain Nolan, in The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968 film)

The Charge of the Light Brigade is a 1968 British war film made by Woodfall Film Productions and distributed by United Artists . It was directed by Tony Richardson and produced by Neil Hartley....

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Career

He may be most known worldwide for his portrayal of Staff Sergeant Charles 'Chuck' Grant

Charles E. Grant

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 in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers. The person he portrayed survived a gunshot to the head after the war ended while on occupation duty.

In the film, Last Orders

Last Orders (film)

Last Orders is a 2001 British/German drama film written and directed by Fred Schepisi. The screenplay is based on the 1996 Booker Prize-winning novel of the same title by Graham Swift.-Synopsis:...

, he played a younger version of Lenny, his father David's character.
He is also an actor in London's

London

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 West End Theatre

West End theatre

West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...

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Personal

He is married to Nikki Grosse, an actress who is one of the hosts on the Globe Trekker

Globe Trekker

Globe Trekker is an adventure tourism television series produced by Pilot Productions. The British-based series was inspired by the Lonely Planet travelbooks and began airing in 1994...

travel show.

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