Nicholas George Mohammed is a British actor, comedian and writer. He has portrayed the character Mr. Swallow across both stage and television for over a decade. He is the creator of the

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comedy series ''

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''. Mohammed portrayed the character of Nathan Shelley in the

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series ''

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'', for which he was nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series category at the 73rd and

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Early life and education

Nicholas George Mohammed was born in England. His mother was a Cyprus-born

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and his Trinidad-born father worked in law. Mohammed was educated at Abbey Grange High School in Leeds. He turned down an offer to study at the

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and instead chose to study Geophysics at

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, where he was a member of St Aidan's College and played violin in the university orchestra. He had auditioned for the Durham Revue twice but failed to get in, and instead frequented the local comedy circuit. After graduating from Durham, Mohammed studied for a PhD in Geophysics at

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. His interest in comedy prompted him to audition for the

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, which he did successfully.

Career

Mohammed featured in the second series of BBC One's '' Reggie Perrin'' and was a co-presenter in

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comedy series '' The King Is Dead'' alongside

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and

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. He made guest appearances in '' Pete & Dud: The Lost Sketches'', '' Miranda'', '' How Not to Live Your Life'' and '' Life's Too Short'', and appeared in Series 2 Episode 4 of the BBC Radio 4 musical comedy show ''Alex Horne Presents The Horne Section''. Following his hit

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debut (''Quarters''), Mohammed's second series ''Nick Mohammed in Bits'' attracted further critical acclaim. He was a cast member of

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-nominated

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sketch show '' Sorry, I've Got No Head'', and supported Angelos Epithemiou (as one of his radio show characters, Mr. Swallow) on his 2010 national tour. He had a supporting role in all three seasons of C4 comedy series ''Drifters''. Mohammed developed ''The Mr. Swallow Show'' for BBC Television and wrote and starred in an original comedy-drama ''Magic'' for

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as part of the Coming Up Scheme. He appeared in CBBC show '' Hank Zipzer'' as Mr. Love. He made a guest appearance in the final episode of series 1 and first episode of series 2 of ''

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''. In 2015, he joined the cast of ITV comedy '' The Job Lot.'' He wrote and starred in two series of 'Detective Sergeant Nick Mohammed', a comedy set in a police station, for BBC Radio 4. In 2018, he voiced Piglet in the

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film ''

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''. Also in 2018, it was announced that he would collaborate on a new comedy series titled ''

'' with

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for

. In 2019, Mohammed appeared in the second series of '' Stath Lets Flats''. From 2020 to 2023, he played Nathan "Nate" Shelley in the Apple TV+ series ''

'', which ran for three seasons on

. In 2023, Mohammed starred as a police officer in the film '' Maggie Moore(s)'', alongside

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and

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. He was a contestant on the 17th series of the

show '' Taskmaster'', which launched in March 2024. In November 2024, Mohammed opened ''A Christmas Carol (ish)'' at @sohoplace in

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's West End for a Christmas run. The show was a re-telling of

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's ''

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'' with Mr. Swallow as the protagonist, also starring

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, David Elms, and Kieran Hodgson. He originally developed the show at Soho Theatre in 2022. In 2025, he is touring the UK as Mr. Swallow in new live show, ''Show Pony.''

Filmography

Film

Television

Theatre

Awards and nominations

Personal life

Mohammed learned to play the violin as a child and played it in his university orchestra, at St Aidan’s College at Durham University. There he met his wife, Becca, whom he married in 2014. Together they have three children.

References

External links

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Nick Mohammed on Spotlight
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