Nick Moran (born 23 December 1969) is an English actor and filmmaker. His roles include Eddie the

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in '' Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' and as Scabior in ''

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'' and '' Part 2''.

Early life

Moran was born in the East End of London, to a hairdresser mother and an Automobile Association worker father. He grew up on the South Oxhey

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near

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and the

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boundary.

Career

Film

Moran's first hit film appearance was in 1990 alongside

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and Chesney Hawkes, in '' Buddy's Song'' (1990). His first lead role was later that year, in Vera Neubauer's ''Don't Be Afraid'' (1990). He then went on to star with Britpack waifs Hans Matheson and

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in a Coky Giedroyc short, ''The Future Lasts a Long Time'' (1996). In '' Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' (1998), he shared the screen with Jason Statham,

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, Jason Flemyng,

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and British singer Sting, who played the role of his father, JD. Moran co-starred with

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in ''New Blood'' (1999), and also starred with Joseph Fiennes, Sadie Frost and Tara FitzGerald in '' Rancid Aluminium'' (2000). In 2001, he played the role of Aramis in '' The Musketeer'', a film loosely based on

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's classic novel, ''

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''. The film co-starred Catherine Deneuve, Tim Roth, Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea and Bill Treacher, with Justin Chambers in the role of D'Artagnan. After his directorial début in ''Telstar: The Joe Meek Story'', Moran went on to film '' The Kid'', an adaptation of Kevin Lewis's book of the same name. The film was released in 2010 and stars Rupert Friend, Ioan Gruffudd, Natascha McElhone and Liam Cunningham. He appeared as Scabior, a snatcher in Fenrir Greyback's gang, in ''

'' and '' Part 2''.

Stage

Moran's first stage appearances was understudying the lead in '' Blood Brothers'' in London's West End. He was in the original cast of Nick Grosso's ''Real Classy Affair'' at the

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. Subsequent appearances include Paul Webb's '' Four Nights in Knaresborough'', '' Look Back in Anger'' both in 2001, ''Alfie'' in 2003, '' The Countess'' in 2005, and from November 2013 until March 2014, as 'Juror 7' in '' Twelve Angry Men'' at the Garrick Theatre. Moran co-wrote the play ''Telstar'' with James Hicks. It is a dramatisation of the life of

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, one of

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's early independent record producers, who had a massive worldwide hit with

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' 1962 ''

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'' single. The play was directed by Paul Jepson and was staged at the New Ambassadors Theatre, London, from 21 June to 12 September 2005. This was the play's West End début after a small-scale National Tour that featured Linda Robson, Adam Rickitt and Con O'Neill. A screen adaptation of the play, directed by Moran, was released in 2009. Con O'Neill reprised his stage role as Meek;

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played his financier, Major Banks. Moran also starred in the lead role of 'Roaring Trade' at Park Theatre in October 2015.

Personal life

Moran fronts his own

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tribute band, often appearing at London's Café de Paris and various charity events. In Moran's spare time, he practises

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Filmography

Feature films

* '' Hard Days, Hard Nights'' (1989) – Rick * ''Don't Be Afraid'' (1990) * '' Buddy's Song'' (1991) – Mike * ''The Future Lasts a Long Time'' (1996) – Matt * ''Clancy's Kitchen'' (1996) – Ivan * ''Miss Monday'' (1998) – Jeremy * '' Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' (1998) – Eddie * ''The Rules of Engagement'' (1999) – Jimmy * '' New Blood'' (1999) – Danny White * ''Star! Star!'' (1999) – Anatol * '' Rancid Aluminium'' (2000) – Harry the dealer * '' Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry'' (2000) – Christie Malry * ''The Proposal'' (2001) – Terry Martin * '' Another Life'' (2001) – Percy Thompson * '' The Musketeer'' (2001) – Aramis * ''White Bits'' (2002) – Dave * ''Ant Muzak'' (2002) – Goddard * ''Ashes and Sand'' (2002) – Daniel * ''Ten Minutes'' (2003) – Andy * ''Noise Control'' (2003) – The Pilot * ''Chaos and Cadavers'' (2003) – Edward Taggert * ''The Baby Juice Express'' (2004) – Des * '' Spivs'' (2004) – Steve * ''Soccer Dog: European Cup'' (2004) – Bryan MacGreggor * '' American Daylight'' (2004) – Lawrence Stokowski * '' The Last Drop'' (2005) – Pvt. Alan Ives * ''Silent Partner'' (2005) – Gordon Patrick * ''Puritan'' (2005) – Simon Puritan * ''The Pistachio Nut'' (2005) – Peter Hall * '' The Amazing Grace'' (2006) –

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(also writer) * ''Clubbing to Death'' (2007) – Mark * '' Telstar: The Joe Meek Story'' (2008) – Alex Meek (also writer and director) * '' Goal III: Taking on the World'' (2009) – Nick Ashworth * ''

'' (2010) – Scabior * '' The Kid'' (2010) (writer and director) * ''

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'' (2011) – Scabior * '' Prisoners of the Sun'' (2013) – Adam Prime * ''Little Favour'' (2013) * ''Our Lady of Lourdes'' (2014) - Detective * '' Age of Kill'' (2015) – Roy Dixon * ''Down Dog'' (2015) – Bill * ''Crow'' (2016) * '' My Name Is Lenny'' (2017) – Johnny Bootnose * ''London Heist'' (2017) – DCI Wickstead * '' Accident Man'' (2018) – Leonard Kent * '' Terminal'' (2018) – Illing * '' Boogie Man'' (2018) * '' Avengement'' (2019) – Hyde * ''82'' (2020) – Nick * ''

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'' (2021) – Frank Conway * '' Creation Stories'' (2021) –

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(also director) *'' Renegades'' (2022) – Burton *''Hounded'' (2022) *''Repeater'' (2022) *''

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'' (2023) - Catus Decianus *''Firecracker'' (2024) - Knight *''Cookster: The Darkest Days'' (2025)

Television

* '' Heartbeat'' – "Keep on Running" (1992) as Rick Parker * '' Eldorado'' (1992) – as Jim * '' Casualty'' – "Money Talks" (1992) as Jez * ''

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'' – "In Broad Daylight" (1993) as Dean Stacey / "Picking Up the Pieces" (1995) as Todd Grant / "A Bitter Pill" (1997) as Paul Shea * ''

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'' – "Blood Will Out" (1999) as Michael Smith * '' CI5: The New Professionals'' – "Miss Hit" (1999) as Tony Radelli * '' Born to Shine'' (2011) * '' Mr Selfridge'' (2012) as Reg Towler * '' The Wrong Mans'' as Stevens * '' By Any Means'' as Jamie Caine * '' The Great Train Robbery'' as Jack Slipper * '' Death in Paradise'' (2015) as Pete Thunders * '' Babs'' (2017) as John Deeks * '' Celebrity MasterChef'' (2017) as Contestant * ''

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'' – " Once Removed" (2018) as Spike * '' Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators'' – "This Rough Magic" (2018) as Steffan Shiplake * '' Richard Osman's House of Games'' (2022) as Contestant

References

External links

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