Nigel Lindsay

Nigel Lindsay
Born	Nigel Lindsay St John's Wood, London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1992–present

Nigel Lindsay is an English stage and screen actor. He was nominated for Best British Comedy Performance in Film at the 2011 British Comedy Awards for his performance as Barry, the Muslim convert in Chris Morris's BAFTA winning film Four Lions. Additionally, he played the title role in the original West End run of Shrek the Musical at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

Early life and education

Lindsay was born in St John's Wood in London. He attended Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood and the University of Birmingham, where he studied English and French. After university, he worked for three years as a financial analyst specialising in French and Belgian equities at stockbrokers Savory Milln and Swiss Bank SBC. After performing in a friend's charity production of Robert Bolt's The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew, he gave up the City to take a two-year course at the Webber Douglas Academy, where he won the Amherst Webber scholarship. His finals show, Charley's Aunt, was directed by Michael Fry, who gave him his first professional job with his Lincolnshire touring company Great Eastern Stage.

Career

Lindsay's early work was mainly in theatre. One of his first London stage roles saw him play the King of France in King Lear at the Royal Court Theatre, with Tom Wilkinson as Lear and Andy Serkis as the Fool. At a weekly Monday night poker game organised by the actor Samuel West, Lindsay was asked by Patrick Marber to attend a week's improvisational workshop of a play he was devising about poker. This became Dealer's Choice, which premiered at the National Theatre in February 1995 with Lindsay as Mugsy and Ray Winstone and Phil Daniels among the original cast. The play transferred to the Vaudeville Theatre, and won that year's Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy and Writers' Guild Award for Best Play. Other theatre work includes: Max in The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard which won three Tonys on Broadway in 2000; Ariel in the 2004 Olivier award-winning National Theatre production of Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman, with Jim Broadbent and David Tennant; Nathan Detroit in Michael Grandage's Guys and Dolls at the Piccadilly Theatre in 2005, and Charlie Maggs in Sucker Punch by Roy Williams at the Royal Court in 2010. Lindsay has appeared in five plays at the Almeida Theatre, including as Lenny in Harold Pinter's The Homecoming with Ken Cranham and Danny Dyer in 2009 and as Moe Axelrod alongside Stockard Channing and Jodie Whittaker in Awake and Sing by Clifford Odets, for which he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in the 2008 Whatsonstage Awards.

Lindsay has appeared in many regular series, including: Spooks, Silent Witness, Waking the Dead, Midsomer Murders, New Tricks and Between the Lines. He played Odo Stevens in the 1997 Channel 4 adaptation of A Dance to the Music of Time; Ewan McGregor's boss Ron Baker in the film Rogue Trader; the Jewish terrorist Levi in Rome; Sheriff Johnny Behan in the BBC's Gunfight at the O.K. Corral; Lt Col Mervyn Gonin in the BAFTA nominated The Relief of Belsen with Iain Glen; and opposite Jack Dee in Simon Nye's fairground comedy Tunnel of Love. He has worked with Steve Coogan on Alan Partridge, with Armando Iannucci on the Armando Iannucci Shows, with Jennifer Saunders in two series of Jam and Jerusalem, and again with Chris Morris on Brass Eye.

Lindsay won the 2011 Whatsonstage Award for Best Supporting Actor as Dr Harry Hyman in Arthur Miller's Broken Glass at the Tricycle Theatre. On 27 February 2012, he finished playing the title role in the original West End production of Shrek the Musical, which opened at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 14 June 2011 and for which he was nominated for 2012 Laurence Olivier and Whatsonstage.com Awards for Best Actor in a Musical. Later theatre work includes playing Bolingbroke opposite David Tennant in the RSC production of Richard II at Stratford and the Barbican; and Jack McCracken in the National Theatre revival of the Alan Ayckbourn play A Small Family Business in the Olivier theatre.

Theatre and filmography

Theatre

Year	Play	Role	Theatre	Notes
1991	The Girl Who Fell to Earth	Potoriek/Danilo	Lilian Baylis & tour	for Great Eastern Stage
1992	Anna Karenina	Stiva	Tricycle & tour	for Shared Experience, Time Out Award
1992	Relative Values	Lord Marshwood	Salisbury Playhouse
1993	King Lear	King of France	Royal Court	dir: Max Stafford-Clark
1995	Dealer's Choice	Mugsy	Royal National Theatre /Vaudeville	Evening Standard, Writer's Guild Award
1995	The Tower	Landry	Almeida Theatre	dir: Howard Davies
1996	Blue Remembered Hills	John	Royal National Theatre
1998	The London Cuckolds	Townly	Royal National Theatre	dir: Terry Johnson
1999	Morphic Resonance	Jim	Donmar Warehouse
1999-2000	The Real Thing	Max	Donmar/Albery/Ethel Barrymore - Broadway	Tony Award - Best Revival
2002	Push Up	Frank	Royal Court
2002	Bedroom Farce	Nick	Aldwych Theatre
2003	The Tempest	Stephano	Old Vic	dir: Michael Grandage
2003	World Music	Geoff Fallon	Sheffield Crucible	dir: Josie Rourke
2003	The Pillowman	Ariel	Royal National Theatre	Laurence Olivier Award - Best Play
2004	Earthly Paradise	William Morris	Almeida Theatre
2005	Woman Before	Frank	Royal Court
2005	Romance	Defendant	Almeida Theatre	by David Mamet
2005	Guys and Dolls	Nathan Detroit	Piccadilly Theatre
2007	Awake and Sing	Moe Axelrod	Almeida Theatre	Nom: Best Supporting Actor Whatsonstage.com Awards
2008	The Homecoming	Lenny	Almeida Theatre	dir: Michael Attenborough
2008	Under the Blue Sky	Robert	Duke of York's Theatre
2010	Sucker Punch	Charlie Maggs	Royal Court
2010	Broken Glass	Dr Harry Hyman	Tricycle Theatre	Winner: Best Supporting Actor Whatsonstage.com Awards
2011	Shrek the Musical	Shrek	Theatre Royal Drury Lane	Nom: Best Actor in a Musical Laurence Olivier Award and Whatsonstage.com Awards
2013	The Same Deep Water as Me	Barry Patterson	Donmar Warehouse	dir: John Crowley
2013	Richard II	Bolingbroke	RSC Stratford/Barbican	dir: Greg Doran David Tennant as Richard
2014	A Small Family Business	Jack McCracken	Royal National Theatre
2014	Speed the Plow	Charlie Fox	Playhouse Theatre
2015	Bull	Carter	Young Vic

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Bye Bye Baby	Father	TV Film written by Jack Rosenthal
1992	Between the Lines	Insp. Alan Grant	Episode: "Nothing to Declare"
1993	The Bill	PC Tyler	Episode: "The Right Man for the Job"
1994	A Few Short Journeys of the Heart	Drunk	written by Andrew Davies
1995	The Bill	Peter Robinson	1 episode "Mitigating Circumstances"
1995 - 1998	Dressing for Breakfast	Dave	Nigel appeared in all 21 episodes
1997	Brass Eye	Various Roles	Written by Chris Morris
1997	A Dance to the Music of Time	Odo Stevens	2 episodes of 4
1999	Déjà Vu	Tim	TV Movie part of Channel 4 "Shockers" Season
2000	Harbour Lights	Charlie Badden	1 episode "A Quiet Storm"
2000	Too Much Sun	Dave Stamp	Directed by Mel Smith Nigel appeared in all 6 episodes
2001	The Armando Iannucci Shows	Various	Nigel appeared in 5 of 8 episodes
2002	I'm Alan Partridge	Bob Fraser	episode "Bravealan"
2003	Midsomer Murders	DS James Noland	episode "Painted in Blood"
2003	Casualty	Jed Blackburn	episode "Never Judge a Book"
2003	My Family	Tube Driver/Roy	2 episodes inc. Christmas Special
2004	Murphy's Law	DC Gary Fender	episode "Bent Moon on the Rise"
2004	Frances Tuesday	Lambert	TV movie
2004	Tunnel of Love	Geoff	written by Simon Nye
2005	The Bill	DS Pete Lancaster	episode "301"
2005	New Tricks	Alan	1 episode
2005	All About George	Mac
2006 - 2008	Jam and Jerusalem	Marcus	Known as Clatterford in the US. Nigel was in 9 episodes over 2 series
2007	Rome	Levi	6 episodes second series. Joint HBO/BBC production
2007	The Gunfight at the OK Corral	Sheriff John Behan	Part 1 of the 3 part BBC Wild West series
2007	The Relief of Belsen	Mervyn Gonin	BAFTA winning Channel 4 TV Film
2009	Waking the Dead	Devlin	Nigel appeared in both episodes of "Substitute"
2010	Silent Witness	DS Gus Rogerson	Nigel appeared in both episodes of "Intent"
2010	Spooks	Jacob Chapman	Known as MI-5 in the US. 1 episode
2011	Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge	Tommy Gaskell	episode "Tora Bora Alan"
2012	The Best of Men	Mr Heath	TV Movie
2012	Inspector George Gently	DS Reece Statham	episode "Gently in the Cathedral"
2012	The Fear	Donny	Channel 4 series. Nigel was in all 4 episodes
2013	Gifted	Michael	Part of Sky Playhouse series
2013	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Francesco	Penultimate ever episode "The Labours of Hercules"
2013	The Tunnel	Jonno	Nigel appeared in 4 episodes of 10
2015	Foyle's War	Clayton del Mar	episode "High Castle"
2015	You, Me and the Apocalypse	DS Frank Arden	Sky Atlantic/NBC Ep 1 dir Michael Engler
2015	The Devil You Know	Dr Griggs	HBO Pilot directed by Gus Van Sant
2015	Victoria	Sir Robert Peel	ITV series in production
2016	Death in Paradise	Andy Hammond	Episode 5.2

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Rogue Trader	Ron Baker
2001	Mike Bassett: England Manager	Mirror Journo
2003	Blackball	Targitex Chairman
2005	On a Clear Day	Sharp Suit
2006	Scoop	Strombel's Co-worker	dir by Woody Allen
2010	Four Lions	Barry	nominated for British Film Comedy Award
2010	First Night	Martin Mayes
2012	The Date	Short Film
2013	Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa	Jason Tresswell
2013	Breakfast with Jonny Wilkinson	Nigel Maitland
2013	Royal Shakespeare Company: Richard II	Bolingbroke	Live worldwide cinema screenings
2014	Captcha	Short Film
2014	National Theatre: A Small Family Business	Jack McCracken	Live worldwide cinema screenings
2014	The Divorce	Short Film
2015	Access All Areas	Mack	in production

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Crossing the Equator	Jack	BBC World Service
1997	People Like Us	Salesman	Episode "The Photographer""
2001	Morphic Resonance	Jim	BBC World Service
2002	Frederick and Augusta	Frederick	BBC Woman's Hour Play
2003	The House of Milton Jones	Ian	All six episodes Series One
2005	The Face of the Enemy	Jerome Angust	BBC Book at Bedtime
2006	Lucky Numbers	Reading	BBC PM
2007	A Pin to See the Peepshow	Harry	BBC Play for Today
2008	The Far West	Reading	BBC PM
2009	Number Ten	Lewis Smiley MP	BBC Radio 4
2009	Alex Tripped on my Fairy	Mark	BBC Play for Today
2012	The Great Animal Orchestra	Reading	BBC Book of the Week
2012	Two Minute Hate	Barry	BBC Radio 4 Play
2012	A Canticle for Leibowitz	Book of the Week	BBC Radio 4 Xtra
2012	On the Map	Reading	BBC4 Book of the Week
2013	The Reluctant Spy	Duncan Kavanagh	BBC 3 Part Series
2013	The Stranger's Will	Charlie	BBC Radio 3 Play
2015	The Hook	Louis	Radio 4 screenplay season written by Arthur Miller
2015	The Mermaid of Zennor	Jack	Radio 4

External links

• Nigel Lindsay at the Internet Movie Database