Nicholas Burns (actor)

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Nicholas Burns (born 1977, Derbyshire) is an English actor, best known for his comic performance as the title character in Nathan Barley. He played Martin Weedon in Benidorm and Alex in No Heroics, as well as making appearances alongside various Nathan Barley co-stars in The Mighty Boosh and The IT Crowd.

Life[]

Burns was born in Derbyshire, and educated at Repton School. He trained at LAMDA.

Beyond Nathan Barley he has had recurring roles in the TV series Absolute Power, Roman's Empire and the sketch show Man Stroke Woman. He also made an appearance in The Mighty Boosh as the ruler of the planet Xooberon; in The IT Crowd as Jerome, the director of a musical called Gay!; and in episode "At Bertram's Hotel" of Marple as Jack and Joel Britten. He turned up as an Aussie tennis coach in The McClintock Factor, a mockumentary chronicling the rise and fall of the former media tycoon and internet blogger Jeremy McClintock.[1]

He appeared in the first three series of the ITV comedy Benidorm, playing Martin Weedon, and in the superhero sitcom No Heroics, playing The Hotness. His stage credits include Much Ado About Nothing at the Sheffield Crucible Theatre, the satire The Madness of George Dubya and Ghost Stories, both of which transferred to London's West End, Penelope Skinner's The Village Bike at the Royal Court, The Recruiting Officer at the Donmar Warehouse and Pinero's The Magistrate at the Royal National Theatre, a production included in Season 4 of National Theatre Live.[citation needed]

In April 2013 it was announced that he would be returning to Benidorm as Martin Wheedon for series 6 of the show in 2014.[citation needed]

Filmography[]

Television[]

Year Title Role Network Notes
2002
The Bill Simon Beaumont ITV Series 18, episode 16 "005"
2003
Manchild Max BBC Two Series 2, episode 4
The Inspector Lynley Mysteries Mick Cambrey BBC Series 2, episode 3 "A Suitable Vengeance"
Cambridge Spies Rightwing Student BBC One Episode 1
2003–2005
Absolute Power Nick Mayer BBC Two
2004
A Touch of Frost DC Tranter ITV Series 11 Episode 22 "Dancing in the Dark"
Swiss Toni BBC Three Series 2, episode 2 "Speed Date"
2005
The Mighty Boosh The King BBC Series 2 Episode 4 "Fountain of Youth"
Nathan Barley Nathan Barley Channel 4
2005–2007
Man Stroke Woman Various BBC Three Sketch show
2006
Fear of Fanny Christopher BBC Four Drama
Born Equal Michael BBC
2007
Agatha Christie's Marple Jack & Joel Britten ITV Series 3, episode 1 "At Bertram's Hotel"
Roman's Empire Seb BBC Two Comedy series
The IT Crowd Jerome Channel 4 Series 2, episode 1 "The Work Outing"
Comedy Showcase Rick Parish Series 1, episode 1 "Other People"
2007–2009, 2014
Benidorm Martin Weedon ITV Series regular, 23 episodes (Series 1–3, 6)
2008
Never Better Charlie BBC Two Series 1, episode 5 "First Week Euphoria"
No Heroics The Hotness ITV2
2009
Monday Monday Nathan ITV Series 1, episode 3
Misfits PC Wilson E4 Series 1, episode 2
2011
The Sinking of the Laconia Captain Coutts BBC Productions Television film
2012
Eggbox Mr. Bruce
2013
Agatha Christie's Poirot Inspector Meadows Episode: “The Big Four”
2014
Uncle Ben BBC Three
The Crimson Field Major Gerard Yelling BBC One
2015
Coalition Ed Balls Channel 4 Television film
2015–2016
Marley's Ghosts Michael Gold
2017
Doctor Who Lord Sutcliffe BBC One Series 10, episode 3 "Thin Ice"
The Crown Anthony Nutting Netflix Episodes: ”Lisbon”, “Misadventure”
2018
Midsomer Murders Barrett Lounds Episode: “Drawing Dead”
2019
Manhunt DI Richard Ambrose ITV TV Series, 3 episodes

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Hard to Swallow Steve Low-budget
2008 Albert's Speech Albert Short (15 minutes)
2013 The World's End Collaborator
The Tractate Middoth George Earle TV short
2014 War Book James
2015 The Lady in the Van Hippy husband
2017 Ghost Stories Stage psychic


2019 Hope Gap Gary
2020 Emma Mr. Cole
2021 Censor Sanderson

References[]

  1. ^ "The McClintock Factor trailer in the official blog". Retrieved 3 June 2010.

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