Nicholas Pinnock
Skuespiller, Produsent
2. september 1973 (52 år)
Nicholas Andre Pinnock (born 2 September 1973) is a British actor. He is known for his role as lead character Aaron Wallace in the ABC legal drama For Life and as Truman Dawes in the Peacock crime drama Long Bright River.
Nicholas Andre Pinnock was born in Balham, London, and is of Jamaican descent. He spent his early childhood living in Saudi Arabia.
On his return to England, he was enrolled at Corona Stage Academy in Hammersmith, London at the age of 12. While there, in his first week, he made his professional debut, landing several jobs as a model and child actor in adverts, music videos, film and television. Continuing his vocational training, Pinnock attended a three-year musical theatre course at the London Studio Centre. After the first year, he decided acting was his first love and in the following years, concentrated on drama and contemporary dance.
After graduating, Pinnock joined Lea Anderson's Contemporary Dance Company, the Featherstonehaughs, for several years before pursuing acting full time.
In 1986, as a child actor, Pinnock starred in the fantasy drama TV serial Mr Magus is Waiting for You, based on the novel by Gene Kemp and following the adventures of four young children who become trapped in the fantasy world of a mysterious magician. A year later, he became one of The Pink Windmill Kids on Emu's World on CITV.
In his 20s he regularly appeared in pantomime. He played guest roles in television programmes such as Grange Hill, EastEnders, The Bill, Dalziel and Pascoe, Footballers' Wives and Casualty. TV films followed, such as Kingdom of The Blind with Clive Owen and Diamonds with James Purefoy.
Theatre work included As You Like It at Stafford Castle at the Staffordshire Shakespeare Festival, Hampstead Theatre's production of Born Bad directed by Kathy Burke, and San Diego, directed by David Grieg and Marisa Zanotti in the Edinburgh Festival. He appeared in Topdog/Underdog in Glasgow's Citizens Theatre in 2009.
Pinnock appeared in his first Hollywood feature film, the 2011 summer blockbuster Captain America: The First Avenger, as a SHIELD Tech. That same year, he went on to play the role of Leon in a four-part drama Top Boy, which was broadcast on Channel 4 over four consecutive nights from 31 October 2011. After the 2011 England riots in London, Pinnock appeared in the BBC docudrama The Riots: In Their Own Words, The Rioters. The following year, Pinnock portrayed the role of Evan in the ITV drama The Ice Cream Girls. The three-part drama aired in April 2013.
Pinnock portrayed a young Nelson Mandela in the ITV docudrama Mandela: The Prison Years, which aired on 15 December 2013, the day Mandela was buried.
Nicholas Andre Pinnock was born in Balham, London, and is of Jamaican descent. He spent his early childhood living in Saudi Arabia.
On his return to England, he was enrolled at Corona Stage Academy in Hammersmith, London at the age of 12. While there, in his first week, he made his professional debut, landing several jobs as a model and child actor in adverts, music videos, film and television. Continuing his vocational training, Pinnock attended a three-year musical theatre course at the London Studio Centre. After the first year, he decided acting was his first love and in the following years, concentrated on drama and contemporary dance.
After graduating, Pinnock joined Lea Anderson's Contemporary Dance Company, the Featherstonehaughs, for several years before pursuing acting full time.
In 1986, as a child actor, Pinnock starred in the fantasy drama TV serial Mr Magus is Waiting for You, based on the novel by Gene Kemp and following the adventures of four young children who become trapped in the fantasy world of a mysterious magician. A year later, he became one of The Pink Windmill Kids on Emu's World on CITV.
In his 20s he regularly appeared in pantomime. He played guest roles in television programmes such as Grange Hill, EastEnders, The Bill, Dalziel and Pascoe, Footballers' Wives and Casualty. TV films followed, such as Kingdom of The Blind with Clive Owen and Diamonds with James Purefoy.
Theatre work included As You Like It at Stafford Castle at the Staffordshire Shakespeare Festival, Hampstead Theatre's production of Born Bad directed by Kathy Burke, and San Diego, directed by David Grieg and Marisa Zanotti in the Edinburgh Festival. He appeared in Topdog/Underdog in Glasgow's Citizens Theatre in 2009.
Pinnock appeared in his first Hollywood feature film, the 2011 summer blockbuster Captain America: The First Avenger, as a SHIELD Tech. That same year, he went on to play the role of Leon in a four-part drama Top Boy, which was broadcast on Channel 4 over four consecutive nights from 31 October 2011. After the 2011 England riots in London, Pinnock appeared in the BBC docudrama The Riots: In Their Own Words, The Rioters. The following year, Pinnock portrayed the role of Evan in the ITV drama The Ice Cream Girls. The three-part drama aired in April 2013.
Pinnock portrayed a young Nelson Mandela in the ITV docudrama Mandela: The Prison Years, which aired on 15 December 2013, the day Mandela was buried.
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| 2026 | Fightland · as Marshall Kingsley |
| 2025 | Heavyweight · as Adam |
| 2025 | Hedda · as Judge Roland Brack |
| 2025 | BETH · as Joe |
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| 2025 | Long Bright River · as Truman Dawes |
| 2024 | Here · as Devon Harris |
| 2024 | Reawakening · as Di Chambers |
| 2024 | The Assessment · as Walter |
| 2024 | This Town (2024) · as Deuce Williams |
| 2023 | The Book of Clarence · as Jesus Of Nazareth |
| 2023 | Black Dog · as DavidPå Plex |
| 2022 | Django · as John Ellis |
| 2022 | Suspect (2022) · as Joseph Buckley |
| 2020 | Unsaid Stories · as Oliver |
| 2020 | For Life · as Aaron Wallace |
| 2019 | Dark Encounter · as Sheriff Reese JordanPå Plex |
| 2019 | The Last Tree · as Mr. Williams |
| 2019 | Criminal: United Kingdom · as Paul Ottager |
| 2018 | VS. · as Terry |
| 2017 | Counterpart · as Ian Shaw |
| 2017 | Guerrilla · as Julian |
| 2016 | Barbarians Rising · as Hannibal |
| 2016 | Marcella · as Jason Backland |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | A.D. The Bible Continues · as Arik |
| 2015 | Fortitude · as Frank Sutter |
| 2014 | Monsters: Dark Continent · as Forrest |
| 2014 | The Keeping Room · as BillPå Plex |
| 2013 | The Ice Cream Girls · as Evan |
| 2011 | Top Boy · as Leon |
| 2011 | Captain America: The First Avenger · as Shield Tech |
| 2010 | The Deep · as Charlie Goodison |
| 2009 | Little Foxes · as Mike |
| 2009 | Diamonds · as Isaiah Forman (2008) |
| 2005 | Coming to England · as Dardie |
| 2003 | Spine Chillers · as Jon |
| 2002 | Footballers' Wives · as Dean |
| 2001 | In Deep · as Danny |
| 2000 | Second Sight: Kingdom of the Blind · as Ben Harris |
| 2000 | Doctors · as James Marsden |
| 1999 | New World Disorder · as Weldon |
| 1999 | Holby City · as Carl Stoves |
| 1996 | Dalziel and Pascoe · as Stephen Japp |
| 1994 | The Knock · as Mugger |
| 1993 | Peak Practice · as Ben |
| 1989 | Desmond's · as Young Customer |
| 1987 | Shark Week · as Narrator |
| 1986 | Casualty · as Reuben Myers |
| 1985 | EastEnders · as Wesley |
| 1984 | The Bill · as Durrell Beckett |
| 1978 | Grange Hill · as Jerome Cairns |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show · as Self |
| 1997 | The View · as Self |
| 1988 | This Morning · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight · as Self |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show · as Self - Award Presenter |
| 1975 | Good Morning America · as Self - Guest |
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