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Nicholas Pinnock
Pinnock at the UK premiere of The Keeping Room in 2014
Born
Nicholas Andre Pinnock

(1973-09-02) 2 September 1973 (age 51)
Balham, London, England, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Actor, dancer
Years active1985–present
Websitewww.nicholaspinnock.com

Nicholas Andre Pinnock (born 2 September 1973) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Jason Backland in Marcella and Leon in award-winning Channel 4 drama Top Boy.[1] [2]. Pinnock is currently starring in Criminal: UK released on 20 September 2019 on Netflix.[3]

Early life and education

Nicholas Pinnock was born in Balham, London. He is the youngest of three children. Both of his parents are Jamaican.[4] His mother is a retired midwife, and his father is an electrical engineer who works for a major global engineering company. As a result, Pinnock 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. Whilst 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.[citation needed]

Career

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 get mixed up with a mysterious magician.[5] A year later he became one of The Pink Windmill Kids on Emu’s TV Programmes on CITV. He then went on to play guest roles in television programmes like Grange Hill, EastEnders, The Bill, Dalziel and Pascoe, Footballers' Wives and Casualty, to name but a few.[4] TV movies followed such as Kingdom of The Blind with Clive Owen and Diamonds with James Purefoy.[4] Theatre work included As You Like It at Stafford Castle at the Staffordshire Shakespeare Festival, followed by working with directors like Kathy Burke in Hampstead Theatre's production of Born Bad and David Grieg and Marisa Zanotti in the Edinburgh Festival official production of the critically acclaimed San Diego and most recently Topdog/Underdog[6] in Glasgow's Citizens Theatre.

Pinnock appeared in his first Hollywood feature film, the 2011 summer blockbuster Captain America: The First Avenger,[4] as a SHIELD Tech. That same year, he went on to play the role of Leon in a four-part award-winning drama Top Boy, which was broadcast on Channel 4 over four consecutive nights from 31 October 2011.[7] After the 2011 England riots in London, Pinnock appeared in the BBC docudrama The Riots: In Their Own Words, The Rioters.[8] The following year, Pinnock portrayed the role of Evan in the ITV drama The Ice Cream Girls.[4] The 3-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.[9] Directed by Emmy and BAFTA award-winning director Tom Roberts, the programme charts Mandela's sentencing in 1963, his arrival at Robben Island through to his release on 11 February 1990.[9]

In 2015 Pinnock showcased the role of Frank Sutter in Fortitude on Sky Atlantic. He went on to play Jay 'The Sport' Jackson at the Bush Theatre in London, starring in The Royale.[10] The play opened to rave reviews in November 2015. The same year saw the release of Pinnock's next two films, Monsters: Dark Continent, sequel to Monsters in which he plays the role of Forrest, and The Keeping Room, portraying the role of Bill.[4]

Pinnock’s next role was as Jason Backland on ITV’s crime drama Marcella Series 1 and 2, alongside Anna Friel.[11] The series aired on ITV on 4 April 2016.[12] He then appeared as Ian Shaw in Counterpart, a science fiction thriller first aired on December 10, 2017.[13] He can now be seen on Criminal: UK streaming on Netflix.[14]


Personal life

Pinnock is an ambassador for the mental health charity, Mind UK [15].

Filmography

Film

Television

References

  1. ^ "The Daily Express". Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Top Boy".
  3. ^ White, Peter (17 June 2019). "Criminal': Nicholas Pinnock, David Tennant & Hayley Atwell Star In Netflix Police Interrogation Drama". Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Nicholas Pinnock". IMDb. The internet Movie Database. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Memorable TV". MEMORABLETV.COM. Archived from the original on 30 November 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  6. ^ Jones, Sam (27 October 2009). "Topdog/Underdog". Morning Star. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  7. ^ "Channel 4 Press". Top Boy Programme Info. Channel 4. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  8. ^ BBC. "The Riots: In Their Own Words". Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  9. ^ a b "Mandela: The Prison Years". ITV Studios. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  10. ^ Lawrence, Ben (19 March 2015). "The Royale, Bush Theatre, review: 'beautiful frenzy'". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  11. ^ "Anna Friel leads the cast of new ITV drama Marcella". "ITV Press Centre".
  12. ^ "Anna Friel leads the cast of new ITV drama Marcella". "ITV Press Centre".
  13. ^ McVey, Ciara (24 July 2018). Hollywood Reporter "Counterpart' Star Nicholas Pinnock Calls Working With J.K. Simmons a "Master Class"". Retrieved 11 January 2020. {{cite news}}: Check |url= value (help)
  14. ^ White, Peter (17 June 2019). "Criminal': Nicholas Pinnock, David Tennant & Hayley Atwell Star In Netflix Police Interrogation Drama". Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Mind". Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  16. ^ "New World Disorder". Retrieved 1 December 2013.
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