Nicholas Burns (actor)

Nicholas Burns
Born	1977 (age 46–47) Derbyshire, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	Louise (2008–present)
Children	Sons

Nicholas Burns (born 1977) is an English actor, best known for his comic performance as the title character in Nathan Barley. He has also played Martin in Benidorm and Alex in No Heroics, as well as making appearances alongside various Nathan Barley co-stars in The Mighty Boosh and The IT Crowd.

Early life

Burns was born in Derbyshire, and educated at Repton School. He trained at LAMDA.

Career

In addition to starring as the title character in Nathan Barley, Burns appeared in an advertising poster for a fictional phone, the Wasp T12 Speechtool, to promote the TV series.

Beyond Nathan Barley he has had recurring roles in the TV series Absolute Power, Roman's Empire and the sketch show Man Stroke Woman. He also made an appearance in The Mighty Boosh as the ruler of the planet Xooberon; in The IT Crowd as Jerome, the director of a musical called Gay!; and in episode "At Bertram's Hotel" of Marple as Jack and Joel Britten. Burns also turned up as an Aussie tennis coach in The McClintock Factor, a mockumentary chronicling the rise and fall of the former media tycoon and internet blogger Jeremy McClintock.

He has appeared in the first three series of the ITV comedy Benidorm, playing Martin Weedon, and in the superhero sitcom No Heroics, playing The Hotness.

His stage credits include Much Ado About Nothing at the Sheffield Crucible Theatre, the satire The Madness of George Dubya and Ghost Stories, both of which transferred to London's West End, Penelope Skinner's The Village Bike at the Royal Court, The Recruiting Officer at the Donmar Warehouse and Pinero's The Magistrate at the Royal National Theatre, a production included in Season 4 of National Theatre Live.

In April 2013 it was announced that he would be returning to Benidorm as Martin Wheedon for series 6 of the show in 2013.

Personal life

Burns married fiancée Louise on 21 June 2008. The couple now live in London with their sons.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2002	The Bill	Simon Beaumont	ITV	Series 18 Episode 16 "005"
2003	Manchild	Max	BBC Two	Series 2 Episode 4
	The Inspector Lynley Mysteries	Mick Cambrey	BBC	Series 2 Episode 3 "A Suitable Vengeance"
	Cambridge Spies	Rightwing Student	BBC One	Episode 1
2003–2005	Absolute Power	Nick Mayer	BBC Two
2004	A Touch of Frost	DC Tranter	ITV	Series 11 Episode 22 "Dancing in the Dark"
	Swiss Toni		BBC Three	Series 2 Episode 2 "Speed Date"
2005	The Mighty Boosh	The King	BBC	Series 2 Episode 4 "Fountain of Youth"
	Nathan Barley	Nathan Barley	Channel 4
2005–2007	Man Stroke Woman	Various	BBC Three	Sketch show
2006	Fear of Fanny	Christopher	BBC Four	Drama
	Born Equal	Michael	BBC	Drama
2007	Marple	Jack & Joel Britten	ITV	Series 3 Episode 1 "At Bertram's Hotel"
	Roman's Empire	Seb	BBC Two
	The IT Crowd	Jerome	Channel 4	Series 2 Episode 1 "The Work Outing"
	Comedy Showcase	Rick Parish	Channel 4	Series 1 Episode 1 "Other People"
2007–2009, 2014	Benidorm	Martin Weedon	ITV
2008	Never Better	Charlie	BBC Two	Series 1 Episode 5 "First Week Euphoria"
	No Heroics	The Hotness	ITV2
2009	Monday Monday	Nathan	ITV	Series 1 Episode 3
	Misfits	PC Wilson	E4	Series 1 Episode 2
2011	The Sinking of the Laconia	Captain Coutts	BBC Productions	Television film
2014	Uncle	Ben	BBC Three
2014	The Crimson Field	Major Gerard Yelling	BBC One

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Born Equal	Michael	TV Movie
	Hard to Swallow	Steve	low-budget
2008	Albert's Speech	Albert	short (15 minutes)
2012	Eggbox	Mr. Bruce	TV Movie
2013	The World's End	Collaborator
	The Tractate Middoth	George Earle	TV Movie
2014	War Book	James
2015	The Lady in the Van	Hippy husband	Film

External links

• Nicholas Burns at the Internet Movie Database