Hugo Edgar Maxwell Blick (born 7 December 1964) is a British filmmaker and actor. He has his own production company, called Eight Rooks.

Early life

Hugo Blick studied in Cardiff at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Career

He has acted in several films, including appearing as a young Jack Napier, the character who would ultimately become The Joker, in

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''. He delivers the famous line "Have you ever danced with the devil by the pale moon light?" after having killed the young Bruce Wayne's parents. He also co-wrote along with Simon Petter the TV series ''The Last Word Monologues,'' a series of three shorts featuring

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, Rhys Ifans and Bob Hoskins. He has also had producer credits on several works including '' Roger & Val Have Just Got In'' starring

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and Alfred Molina. As a writer he co-created, produced and co-directed along with Simon Petter the TV comedies '' Marion and Geoff'' with

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, '' Operation Good Guys'' in which he also appeared as 'Smiler' McCarthy and wrote and created the noir thriller '' The Shadow Line'' (2011) for the

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, which starred Chiwetel Ejiofor and

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. In 2014, Hugo Blick wrote and directed the

drama series '' The Honourable Woman'', which won a

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and

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. In 2017, it was announced that Blick would write and direct '' Black Earth Rising'' for

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and

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. In 2021, it was announced that Blick would direct ''The English'', a western with Emily Blunt, which he also wrote, for

and

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. The series debuted on 10 November 2022, on BBC Two.

Filmography

Producer/director/writer/actor

* 1997: '' Operation Good Guys'' * 2000: '' Marion and Geoff'' * 2001: '' A Small Summer Party'' * 2002: '' Up in Town'' * 2005: '' Sensitive Skin'' * 2008: ''The Last Word Monologues'' * 2010: '' Roger & Val Have Just Got In'' (Executive Producer) * 2011: '' The Shadow Line'' * 2014: '' The Honourable Woman'' * 2014: '' Sensitive Skin'' * 2018: '' Black Earth Rising'' * 2022: '' The English''

Actor

* 1989: ''

'' – Young Jack Napier * 1989: ''

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'' – Lieutenant von Gerhardt * 1989: '' A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'' –

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* 1990: ''

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'' – Claude Wooster * 1992: '' Christopher Columbus: The Discovery'' – De Torres * 1994: ''Flush'' – Executive * 1996: ''

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'' – Justin * 1997: '' Operation Good Guys'' – Narrator / 'Smiler' McCarthy’ / Hugo Crippin * 2005: '' Sensitive Skin'' – G.I. Johnson * 2018: '' Black Earth Rising'' – Blake Gaines

Self

* 2015: '' 67th Primetime Emmy Awards'' – Self–Nominee

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blick, Hugo 1964 births Living people English screenwriters English male screenwriters English male television actors Actors from Henley-on-Thames 20th-century English writers 20th-century English male writers 21st-century English writers Male actors from Oxfordshire