The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001 film)
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is a British
movie released for TV in 2001, directed by Stephen Whittaker, based on the novel by Charles Dickens
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
movie released for TV in 2001, directed by Stephen Whittaker, based on the novel by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian period. Dickens enjoyed a wider popularity and fame than had any previous author during his lifetime, and he remains popular, having been responsible for some of English literature's most iconic...
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Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| James D'Arcy James D'Arcy -Early life:James D'Arcy was born as Simon D'Arcy and grew up in Fulham, London, with his mother, Caroline and his younger sister Charlotte. His father died when he was young. After completing his education at Christ's Hospital in 1991, he went to Australia for a year and worked in the drama... |
Nicholas Nickleby |
| Sophia Myles Sophia Myles -Early life:Myles was born in London. She is the daughter of Jane, who works in educational publishing, and Peter Myles, a retired Anglican vicar in Isleworth, west London. Her maternal grandmother was Russian, and she refers to herself as "half-Welsh, half-Russian". She grew up in Notting Hill,... |
Kate Nickleby |
| Diana Kent | Mrs. Nickleby |
| Charles Dance Charles Dance Walter Charles Dance, OBE is an English actor, screenwriter and director. Dance typically plays assertive bureaucrats or villains. His most famous roles are Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown , Dr Clemens, the doctor of penitentiary Fury 161, who becomes Ellen Ripley's confidante in Alien 3 ,... |
Ralph Nickleby |
| George Innes George Innes George Innes is an English actor.-Stage career:He began his career on the stage with the National Theatre of Great Britain under Laurence Olivier. Before that, he trained at Toynbee Hall and evening classes at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art , where he was awarded the Shakespeare Cup... |
Newman Noggs |
| Lee Ingleby Lee Ingleby Lee Ingleby is a British film, television, and stage actor.He is perhaps best known for his roles as Detective Sergeant John Bacchus in the BBC Drama George Gently and as Stan Shunpike in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban... |
Smike |
| Donald Sumpter Donald Sumpter Donald Sumpter is a British actor. He has appeared in film and television since the mid 1960s.-Life and work:One of his early television appearances was the 1968 Doctor Who serial The Wheel in Space with Patrick Troughton as the Doctor. He appeared in Doctor Who again in the 1972 serial The Sea... |
Mr. Brooker |
| Gregor Fisher Gregor Fisher Gregor Fisher is a Scottish comedian and actor.-Early life:Fisher was born in Glasgow and following the death of his parents was brought up in Edinburgh, Langholm and Neilston and attended Barrhead High School... |
Wackford Squeers |
| Pam Ferris Pam Ferris Pamela Ann "Pam" Ferris is a German-born Welsh actress. She is best known for her starring roles on television as Ma Larkin in The Darling Buds of May, as Laura Thyme in Rosemary & Thyme, and for playing Miss Trunchbull in the movie Matilda... |
Mrs. Squeers |
| Debbie Chazen Debbie Chazen Debbie Chazen is an English actress. She is most famous for playing the roles of Annie in the BBC comedy The Smoking Room, Big Claire in Mine All Mine and various roles in the BBC sketch show Tittybangbang.... |
Fanny Squeers |
| Chris Roebuck | Wackford Squeers Junior |
| Hannah Storey | Tilda Price |
| Tom Ellis Tom Ellis (actor) Tom Ellis is a Welsh actor best known for playing Dr. Oliver Cousins in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and Detective Sergeant Sam Speed in a Life on Mars parody on the The Catherine Tate Show... |
John Browdie |
| Berwick Kaler Berwick Kaler Berwick Kaler is a British actor most famous for playing the dame in York Theatre Royal's annual pantomime, which he also writes and directs. He has been awarded the freedom of the city, and in 2002 received an honorary degree from the University of York. Having grown up in "the slums of... |
Mr. Snawley |
| Abigial McKern | Miss La Creevy |
| Tom Hollander Tom Hollander Thomas Anthony "Tom" Hollander is a British actor who has appeared in productions such as Enigma, Gosford Park, Cambridge Spies, Pride and Prejudice, Pirates of the Caribbean, In the Loop, Valkyrie and Hanna.-Early life:Tom Hollander was born in Bristol and raised in Oxford, Oxfordshire, the son... |
Alfred Mantalini |
| Marian McLoughlin | Madame Mantalini |
| Rosalind March Rosalind March Rosalind March is a British actress.March's career as an actress began back in 1979 when she played Madge in several episodes of the series The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game... |
Miss Knag |
| Dominic West Dominic West Dominic Gerard Fe West is an English actor best known for his role as Detective Jimmy McNulty in the HBO drama series The Wire.-Film and TV:... |
Sir Mulberry Hawk |
| Roderic Culver | Lord Verisopht |
| Malcolm Tierney Malcolm Tierney Malcolm Tierney is an English actor who has appeared in many film and television roles.His roles include the part of Tommy McArdle in Brookside between 1983 and 1987, Charlie Gimbert in Lovejoy, Geoffrey Ellsworth-Symthe in A Bit of a Do, Patrick Woolton in House of Cards and Chief Const. Raymond... |
Vincent Crummles |
| Jacqueline Tong Jacqueline Tong Jacqueline Tong is an English actress who is best known for playing Daisy Barnes in the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs from 1973 to 1975. In 1975, she was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in the Primetime Emmy Awards.-Early life:Tong was born in Bristol,... |
Mrs. Crummles |
| Ruth Chapman | Ninetta Crummles, The "Infant Phenomenon" |
| Richard Katz | Mr. Lenville |
| Jonathan Coy Jonathan Coy Jonathan Coy is a British actor born in Hammersmith, London on 24 April 1953. He has worked since 1975 largely in television, notably as Henry in the long running legal series Rumpole and as Bracegirdle in the television series Hornblower, adapted from the books by C. S. Forester... |
Charles Cheeryble |
| Simeon Andrews | Ned Cheeryble |
| JJ Feild JJ Feild John Joseph Feild , known professionally as J. J. Feild, is an Anglo-American actor.-Early and personal life:John Joseph Feild was born in Boulder, Colorado, to British academic Reshad Feild and his American wife. Through his father, he is a relative of British astronomer John Feild... |
Frank Cheeryble |
| Frank Mills | Arthur Gride |
| Liz Smith Liz Smith (actress) Liz Smith, MBE is a British actress, best-known for her roles in the sitcoms The Vicar of Dibley and The Royle Family. She also appeared in the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.-Early life:... |
Peg Sliderskew |
| Katherine Holme | Madeleine Bray |
| Philip Bond Philip Bond (actor) Philip Bond is a British actor best known for playing Albert Frazer in 24 episodes of the 1970s BBC nautical drama The Onedin Line.... |
Mr. Walter Bray |
Awards
- Costume designer Barbara Kidd won a BAFTA in 2001 and a Royal Television Society Award in 2002 for her work on this film.