Nicholas Asbury

Nicholas Asbury

Born 1971-02-13 (age 55) Hereford, England, UK
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Biography

Nicholas Asbury (born 13 February 1971) is a British actor and author. He won an Olivier Award as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's complete cycle of Shakespeare's history plays in 2009 and is known for television roles such as Winston Churchill in the BBC's 37 Days, Mr. Angel in Hugh Laurie's Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, and Jim in the BAFTA award-winning Alma's Not Normal.

Asbury attended Hereford Cathedral School, then Dartington College of Arts. In 1998 he performed at The Watermill Theatre, before joining the ensemble of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1999 until 2008. He subsequently acted in the all-male Shakespearean troupe Propeller, for whom he also composed music. A diary of his experiences acting in Propeller's 2011/12 productions of Henry V and The Winter's Tale was featured as a series in The Guardian.

His first book, Exit Pursued by a Badger, is a record of his involvement in Michael Boyd's The Histories Cycle with the RSC. It won the Michael Meyer Award from The Society of Authors in 2011. He has since appeared in television series such as The Inbetweeners, Chewing Gum, Sherlock, and Alma's Not Normal. His second book, White Hart, Red Lion, is a work of travel literature revisiting the subject of Shakespeare's history plays through the locations that feature in them.

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Known For

Papillon
Papillon

2017

as Commandant

Hold the Dark
Hold the Dark

2018

as Doctor (uncredited)

Shadow Dancer
Shadow Dancer

2012

as Agent

Brian and Charles
Jacked
Jacked

2015

as Dying

Babs
Babs

2017

as Gerald Thomas

Arthur & Merlin
Arthur & Merlin

2015

as Orin

My Last Five Girlfriends
My Last Five Girlfriends

2010

as No. 5 - Shakespeare

Russia 1917: Countdown to Revolution
Hostages
Hostages

2025

as Keith

Doctor Who: Out of Time
Doctor Who: Out of Time

2022

as Captain Zenna/Kivall