Nathaniel Curtis (born 29 December 1990) is a British actor. He is best known for his role as Ash Mukherjee in the

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ...

drama ''

It's a Sin "It's a Sin" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their second studio album, '' Actually'' (1987). Written by Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant, the song was released on 15 June 1987 as the album's lead single. It became the duo's ...

'' (2021).

Early life and education

Curtis grew up just outside

Bournemouth Bournemouth ( ) is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. At the 2021 census, the built-up area had a population of 196,455, making it the largest ...

to an English mother and an Indian father. He completed his acting degree at

East 15 Acting School East 15 Acting School, sometimes known simply as East 15, is a drama school based in Essex, England. It provides vocational training in acting, specialist performance disciplines, theatre directing, stage management, and creative producing. Th ...

Loughton Loughton () is a suburban town and civil parish in the Epping Forest District of Essex. The town borders Waltham Abbey, Theydon Bois, Chigwell, Chingford, and Buckhurst Hill, and lies north-east of Charing Cross. For statistical purposes ...

, Essex in 2014.

Career

After graduating, Curtis went five years without an acting job. One of his first acting roles was as Romeo in ''

Romeo and Juliet ''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...

'' for

Fuller's Brewery Fuller's Brewery in Chiswick, west London, England, was the brewing division of Fuller, Smith & Turner PLC, a family-run business from its foundation in 1845 until 2019, when it was sold to the Japanese Asahi Breweries. John Fuller's Griffin Br ...

's Shakespeare in the Garden theatre series, run by Open Bar Theatre in 2019 which was nominated for an Offie award. He later played Ferdinand, Alonso, and Trinculo in the following year's production of ''

The Tempest ''The Tempest'' is a Shakespeare's plays, play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610–1611, and thought to be one of the last plays that he wrote alone. After the first scene, which takes place on a ship at sea during a tempest, th ...

''. Curtis played Ash Mukherjee in ''

'', the Award Winning British television series developed by

Russell T Davies Stephen Russell Davies ( ; born 27 April 1963), known professionally as Russell T Davies, is a Welsh screenwriter and television producer. He is best known for being the original showrunner and head writer of the revival of the BBC sci-fi seri ...

that premiered in early 2021 on

in the UK and on

HBO Max Max (known in other countries as, and soon to be reverted globally to HBO Max) is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. It is a proprietary unit of Warner Bros. Discovery Streaming on behalf of Home Box Of ...

in the United States. Curtis was named the winner of the 2021 ''Great British Bake Off'' Christmas Special after competing in baking challenges with other members of the cast of ''It's a Sin''. In the summer of 2022, Curtis returned to the stage to play the title role in ''

Britannicus Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus (12 February AD 41 – 11 February AD 55), usually called Britannicus, was the son of Roman Emperor Claudius and his third wife, Valeria Messalina. For a time, he was considered his father's heir, but t ...

'' at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. He played the role of Brian in '' The Witcher: Blood Origin'', a Netflix miniseries that serves as a prequel to ''

The Witcher ''The Witcher'' (, ) is a series of 9 fantasy novels and 15 short stories by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous witcher, Geralt of Rivia. Witchers are monster hunters given superhuman abilities for the ...

'' and was released on 25 December 2022. Following his performance in the world premiere of Andrew Stein's play, ''Disruption'', at the Park Theatre in London in the summer of 2023, Curtis later joined the cast of '' 2:22 A Ghost Story''. His involvement in this production was marked by a UK tour, which took place throughout the autumn season. In December 2023, he had a brief appearance as

Sir Isaac Newton Sir Isaac Newton () was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, and author. Newton was a key figure in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment that followed. His book (''Mathe ...

in the Doctor Who 60th anniversary special "Wild Blue Yonder". 2024 brought Curtis back to the stage portraying the character Zaid in The Real Ones at Bush Theatre in London.

Personal life

Curtis identifies as queer and stands 6'5" tall. He has an older sister.

Stage and screen credits

Television

Theatre

Audio

Awards and nominations

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Curtis, Nathaniel 1990 births 21st-century English male actors Alumni of East 15 Acting School English LGBTQ actors English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors English male voice actors English people of Indian descent Living people