Nick Dunning (born 1957 in London) is an English

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. His credits include '' The Young Ones'' (1982), ''

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'' (1993), '' Boon'' (1995), ''

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'' (1998), ''

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'' episode '' Death's Shadow'' (1999), ''

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'' (2001), '' Alexander'' (2004), ''

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'' (2007), for which he won an

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award for Best Supporting Actor. He was in '' Waking the Dead'' (2007), and '' The Iron Lady'' (2011), ''

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'' (2013–2015), ''

Father Brown Father Brown is a fictional Roman Catholic priest and amateur detective. He is featured in 53 short stories by English author G. K. Chesterton, published between 1910 and 1936. Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intuition and ...

'' (2017).

Personal life and education

Dunning attended a private school in London, then a comprehensive school in Leicester. He attended

RADA The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, also known by its abbreviation RADA (), is a drama school in London, England, which provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in Bloomsbury, Central Lond ...

, graduating with Acting (RADA Diploma) in 1977. Dunning has been married to Lise-Anne McLaughlin since 1992, and they live in

Dalkey Dalkey ( ; ) is a village in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown county southeast of Dublin, Ireland. It was founded as a Viking settlement and became a port in the Middle Ages. According to chronicler John Clyn (c.1286–c.1349), it was one of the port ...

, Dublin.

Career

He has appeared on stage in the West End in London and at the

Gate Theatre The Gate Theatre is a theatre on Cavendish Row in Dublin, Ireland. It was founded in 1928. History Beginnings The Gate Theatre was founded in 1928 by Hilton Edwards and Micheál MacLiammóir with Daisy Bannard Cogley and Gearóid Ó Lochla ...

in Dublin. He has won two Irish Times Theatre Awards. He has worked with the

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, the

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and the

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. His early television credits include '' The Young Ones'' (1982), ''

'' (1993), '' Boon'' (1995), ''

'' (1998), and the ''

'' episode '' Death's Shadow'' (1999), ''

'' (2001), and '' Waking the Dead'' (2007). He played General Attalus in '' Alexander'' (2004), alongside

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, and

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. Dunning played the role of Thomas Boleyn in the Showtime original series, ''

'' (2007), for which he won an

award for Best Supporting Actor. He starred in the film '' The Iron Lady'' (2011).

Selected filmography

* '' The Firm'' (1989) * '' The Young Ones'' (1982), * ''

'' (1993), * '' Boon'' (1995) * ''

'' (1998) * ''

'' (2001) * ''

Alexander Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here ar ...

'' (2004) –

Attalus Attalus or Attalos may refer to: People *Several members of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon **Attalus I, ruled 241 BC–197 BC **Attalus II Philadelphus, ruled 160 BC–138 BC **Attalus III, ruled 138 BC–133 BC *Attalus, father of Ph ...

* ''

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'' (2005) * '' Fifty Dead Men Walking'' (2007) * '' My Boy Jack'' (2007) * ''

'' (2007) –

Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire Thomas Boleyn, Earl of Wiltshire, 1st Earl of Ormond, 1st Viscount Rochford KG KB ( – 12 March 1539), of Hever Castle in Kent, was an English diplomat and politician who was the father of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, ...

* ''Injustice'' (2011) * '' The Iron Lady'' (2011) * '' Hatfields & McCoys'' (2012) – Reverend Garrett * '' Quirke'' (2014) * ''

'' (2013–2015) – Lupo Mercuri * ''

'' (2017) – William Bayley – episode "The Fire in the Sky"

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunning, Nick Living people 1959 births Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art English expatriates in Ireland English male stage actors English male television actors Male actors from London